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In Today's Distorted World Of 'human Rights,' Truth Takes A Back Seat To Ideology, And False Claims - Especially Those That 'support' Radical Ideologies - Persist Even After They Have Been Exposed.

I Fear That The Impact Of University Censorship And University Denial Of Due Process Will Be To Mis-educate A Generation Of Students Away From Core Values Of Civil Liberties And Constitutional Safeguards. Students Who Have Been Led To Believe By University Administrators And Faculty That Censorship And Denial Of Due Process Are Acceptable Norms Will Be More Susceptible To Accepting Those Norms In Their Post-university Lives. That Would Be A Tragedy For America.

The Very Concept Of An Iranian University Is An Oxymoron. There Are No Free And Open Places Of Learning In That Repressive Theocracy. Dissenters Are Not Given Tenure; They Are Murdered, After First Being Tortured. Blasphemy, Which Is Broadly Defined, Is Punished. Gays Are Not Only Excluded From Iranian Universities, But Are Imprisoned And Killed.

I Generally Don't Select My Chicken Or My Hamburgers Based On The Personal Ideology Of The Person Who Is Either Flipping The Hamburgers Or Making The Money Back At Corporate Headquarters. But If People Want To Do That, They're Free To Do It.

Israel And The Palestinians Must Resolve Their Own Differences. The United States Can Play An Important Role As Facilitator And Guarantor.