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POLITICS 02/28/2018 06:42 am ET
University Faculty Votes To Revoke Donald Trumps Honorary Degree
By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying.
By Lee Moran
Faculty members at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, have voted by a large majority that the school should annul the honorary degree awarded Donald Trump in 1988.
Almost 83 percent of faculty members who participated in this weeks ballot approved the motion calling on the schools board of trustees to rescind Trumps degree, reports Lehigh Valley Live. The motion says Trump is unworthy of the honor based on a long history of numerous documented statements that are antithetical to our core values and beneath the standard for Lehighs honorary degrees holders.
A preamble to the motion declared that statements made by President Trump do not meet Lehighs standards for respectful discourse where differences of opinion exist.
If a member of Lehighs on-campus community made one of these statements, he/she would be subject to disciplinary action; taken in their entirety, he/she would be at risk of dismissal, the motion said.
By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying; we enable people in positions of power to corrode the foundations of civil society; and we abdicate our commitment and responsibility to uphold and sustain our core values, it added.
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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lehigh-university-donald-trump-honorary-degree_us_5a967962e4b09c872baf4c14
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University Faculty Votes To Revoke Donald Trumps Honorary Degree (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2018
OP
Someone should write Trump a letter requesting a return of the certifiate, cap, gown and cords
BoneyardDem
Feb 2018
#2
In response, Trump just awarded himself another honorary degree from Trump University.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2018
#4
Gothmog
(145,480 posts)1. K&R
BoneyardDem
(1,202 posts)2. Someone should write Trump a letter requesting a return of the certifiate, cap, gown and cords
Doodley
(9,119 posts)3. Words to use when meeting Trump fanatics:
"By staying silent we are bystanders; we normalize hate speech, condone discrimination and bullying; we enable people in positions of power to corrode the foundations of civil society."
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,189 posts)4. In response, Trump just awarded himself another honorary degree from Trump University.
Freedomofspeech
(4,227 posts)5. I love this.
bdamomma
(63,917 posts)6. good go ahead
and do it.
aikoaiko
(34,183 posts)7. Most excellent, but WTF were you thinking in 1988, Lehigh, when you bestowed the honor?
IronLionZion
(45,494 posts)8. Those liberal elitists!
Maybe he'll have some pissy tweets about this!
LiberalFighter
(51,020 posts)9. Why did they even award it to him in 1988?
Cha
(297,496 posts)10. That's HUGE! Taking away
an honorary degree from his past, because it contributes to the "normalization" of donny trump!