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Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:

“Parliament had turned over its constitutional authority to Hitler and thereby committed suicide, though its body lingered on in an embalmed state.” Shirer, William L. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (p. 331)

“Section 14 of the Press Law ordered editors ‘to keep out of the newspapers anything which…tends to weaken the strength of the German Reich, outwardly or inwardly.’” - William Shirer, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, p. 405

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Watch: “In 1939, 20,000 Americans rallied in New York’s Madison Square Garden to celebrate the rise of Nazism – an event largely forgotten from American history.“

I would have been fired if they’d tried to make me teach this.

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Atlanta federal judge temporarily blocks visas of international students from being revoked www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...

If you are so inclined, this is a decent way to support small businesses in other countries. www.kiva.org

So if the Great Pumpkin actually cares about “hiring for merit” as opposed to DEI, then why are ALL the probationary employees being fired? Surely some were hired for their qualifications…