The Carthaginian Solution
Posted By: Hazymac, 2/5/2025 11:40:00 AM
Yesterday I took note of the Trump Department of Education’s investigation of five universities for their toleration of anti-Semitism. First on the DoE list is Columbia University and and rounding it out is the University of Minnesota. I commented that Columbia should be razed and the ground underneath it salted — the Carthaginian solution. A prominent historian and teacher reasonably implored me: "Please be a little more moderate in your language. Making comments like 'Columbia University should be razed to the ground' are painful to read for Columbia grads like myself, who are grateful for all we’ve received from that great institution of learning. In the spirit of Burke, I believe,
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... delenda est.