No, choosing to defend a state over internal AHA democracy and cohesion, and then complaining that it makes people mad, comes from his extremely privileged position.

Bell is a long time tenured professor at Princeton, so he doesn’t care about the destruction of academia under various pretexts. Academics can only fight this together. But thanks to people like him and you, never going to happen.

Sure, but as a general rule.

In the American iteration of capitalism, where health care is tied to employment, it is difficult for almost everyone to just quit their jobs.

Never ask students how they feel about a topic, that’s my takeaway from this (read the assignment instructions in the link.)

Excellent caveats! And while, like many, I support a “big tent” approach, I wouldn’t want to share it with everyone.

In my opinion, thinking about who sponsors events is important and I would choose carefully and make sure they align with my values.