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Of course, the intent of the article by Business Insider was to stop Bill Ackerman's ongoing attacks on Higher Education and Diversity and Inclusion by pointing out his wife's plagiarism. Exposing hypocrisy is a well known strategy for thwarting witch-hunts. We need to also be concerned about antisemitism, attacks on those supporting Palestinian rights and all sorts of instances that need to balance freedom of expression with personal safety. And we should address academic standards for attribution in publications.
But the issue of the moment is an attack on academia by wealth elites who desire even more control than they already have.
