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The Daily Tar Heel Opinion Monday, November 13, 2017 3
can come,
We, student leaders You seem to distin-
of UNC Hillel, strongly guish among speakers
oppose the appearance on the basis of their
but why?
of Sebastian Gorka on associations and exper-
our campus on Nov. 13. tise.
Gorka is slated to talk You conclude, with
about U.S.-Israel rela- baffling circularity, that
T
oday, UNC College tions and the state of campus speakers should
Republicans, UNC the Middle East under be held to the same
Christians United for
Israel, UNC Turning Point USA
EDITORIAL the Trump administra-
tion.
standard as our univer-
sity.
A
College Republicans past track tioned idea of someone a standard that narrows
record of bringing controversial nthony Rapp said the time of the crime, was Spaceys ability to make being invited to our freedom if and when we
but substantively empty speak- he was 14 years only recently a crime in choices, to make conscious campus who has been dislike or deplore its ori-
ers. Like Ben Shapiro and David old when Kevin and of itself, and coming decisions. repeatedly condemned gins and content.
Horoitz, Gorka has gained fame Spacey, who was 26, sexu- out as gay in the 80s after At UNC, we love to for connections to anti- The current editors of
by explicitly endorsing the worst ally assaulted him. an accusation of sexual analyze the who with the Semitic groups that the DTH are too young
racist tendencies of more tradi- 30 years later, in assault would have been what. We emphasize the allied with Nazis during to recall the long, dreary
tional conservatism. response to Rapps sexual a nail in the coffin for his identity of the actor just WWII, especially fol- battle of the 1960s
In Gorkas case, this has assault claims, Spacey career. But these gross as much as their actions. lowing last weeks cam- against a restrictive law
manifested in academically- tweeted a short apology. associations and stigmas For example, many would pus visit by Tibor Spitz, banning known com-
unfounded claims about the The two worked have largely been erased, react much differently a Holocaust survivor. munists from the UNC
inherent violence of Islam and As leaders of a pro- campus.
together at the Old Vic and we have the work of to a woman catcalling a It was almost certain-
affiliation with traditionally Israel campus organi-
fascist organizations. Gorkas Theatre in London, and many resilient gay men to man than a man catcall- zation, it is important ly conceived by the late
core claim about the Middle Rapp recalled an event thank for it. ing a woman. The act of for us to distinguish Jesse Helms to punish
East is that instability in the in which Spacey thrust This history of the catcalling is condemnable. between varying pro- student and faculty civil
region has not been caused by himself onto Rapp. In his persecution of gay men Yet when we toy with the Israel stances and rights demonstrators.
poverty, colonialism, recent tweeted statement, Spacey only adds a bitter irony to identity of the actor, a gray acknowledge that being The nominal protec-
American policies or failed describes the incident as his coming out story. He area appears. pro-Israel and anti- tion of students from
governance but is instead the dated and immemorable took the work of gay men So will our moral stand- Semitic are not mutu- communism was a
result of a fundamentally total- to him. And, in a move before him to help himself ing on sexual assault ally exclusive. mere smokescreen and
itarian and violent religion. that was surprising to apologize for the same act waver as assailants come Islamophobic senti- the law was correctly
This ignores almost all of many, Spacey also found for which these gay men out as gay or lesbian? For ments are intolerable, identified as a gross
the existing scholarship on the and in this case they abridgment of academic
room in his short apology were wrongly persecuted. many, they did not. For all,
subject. This view fits unfor- diminish the possibility freedom.
tunately snugly with Gorkas
to come out as a gay man. In 2017, people stepped they should not. Calling a for productive discus- It was strenuously
more controversial affiliations. Like statements back to re-analyze this gay man a sexual predator sion about Israel and opposed by the presi-
Not only has he been con- released by other sex scenario given Spaceys may feel uncomfortable; the Middle East. dent and chancellor,
nected to the Order of Vitz, offenders, the statement sexuality especially this statement may feel There are academics tested in an embarrass-
an organization the State was self-serving, and given the juxtaposition of reminiscent of a homo- and government offi- ing physical exclusion
Department listed as under Spacey was desperately his apology and his com- phobic past. But these cials from a variety of of one or two prominent
the direction of the Nazi hoping to mitigate the ing out. feelings of discomfort political ideologies who communists from the
Government of Germany dur- severity of Rapps claims. His sexuality was most should not shift our moral can valuably contribute campus, and ultimately
ing World War II, he has also He framed his apology as likely repressed; he didnt compass; these feelings to discussions on Israel overturned on First
expressed explicit support for an if then conditional know how to control his must be secondary to what and the Middle East. Amendment grounds by
the Hungarian Guard. statement: suggesting he feelings or emotions; he is objectively right and Due to his dubious a Fourth Circuit judicial
That organization func- academic credentials panel.
didnt remember if the was a victim of his time. wrong. It happens that
tioned as the paramilitary wing and extremist views,
of Hungarys nationalist party incident played out as These are the hesita- In conversation and Sebastian Gorka is not October 2017 marks
which has been repeatedly Rapp claimed, but that tions Spacey likely hoped thought, do not be afraid among those whose per- the centennial of the
decried as neo-Fascist, and was if it did, he regretted his to conjure. In 2017, his to separate the what spectives contribute to Bolshevik revolu-
eventually banned by the EU actions. sexuality grants him from the who. The iden- the intellectual discourse tion in Russia, which
due to its material threat to And his decision to entrance to a club of tity of an actor may offer around Israel at UNC. under Lenin and Stalin
minority groups in the country. come out in the same oppression not a club of insight and context, but Allowing Gorka to dwarfed other ideolo-
These affiliations and opinions breath? An attempt to predators. does not justify an act of add to the discussion gies, save Adolf Hitlers,
are that of a fringe figure, not a thrust the accusation Any and all of these harm. on Israel makes the in oppression and mur-
legitimate intellectual. into a new light. A light statements may be true, Gay men are condemn- U.S.-Israel relationship der.
His credentials do little to in which he was once a but they dont lessen the ing Spacey for his actions, a partisan issue, under- Do you mean to
offset these concerns, as covered mines UNC Hillels imply that UNC should
closeted gay man who offense. They dont undo and you should too. have submitted tamely
by the DTH editorial board. As mission and pluralistic
an advisor he proved too contro- values and is dangerous 50-odd years ago to a
versial and unqualified for even to Israel and the Jewish law that banned the
the Trump administration, itself People. known advocates of
the poster child for controversial EDITORIAL Hillel seeks to estab- communism, nominally
lish an inclusive space associated as they were
T
oversell Gorkas credentials. Carolina. associations of Donald
None of this is to say that here are few things some important steps alarm system. It might We stand with all Trumps sometime
Gorka cannot come to campus, more precious to can be taken to ensure even fall within your students who may feel henchman Mr. Gorka,
but it should illustrate the a college student that your belongings are rights as a tenant. unsafe and unwelcome are indeed distasteful,
bad faith in which he is being than a laptop. secure. Lastly, one of the best as a result of Gorkas but irrelevant.
brought. His speech will likely Having that laptop Besides just simply ways to get to know your visit to campus. I wish you had said so
generate facile debates of com- snatched from your grasp, locking your doors and neighbors is to talk to clearly.
monly accepted knowledge. without any chance to windows, speak to an them about safety in the Emily Adcock
This event delegitimizes save, back-up or capture insurance company about area or simply getting to Katy Smith Edwin Yoder, Jr.
the civic discourse it suppos- any of its contents com- possibly being covered know them. If youre leav- Oliver Mitchell-Boyask Former DTH Editor
edly enhances, and it serves as pletely devastating. Student leaders of UNC 1955-1956
with renters insurance. ing town or feel unsafe,
a reminder that recent action Hillel Chapel Hill
For students living in One example is USA having a good relationship
by the Board of Governors and
NCGA is meant to silence pro-
houses, and even apart- Today Colleges partner- with your neighbor can
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Sports! Sports!
How are our basketball
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Monday.
SportsMonday
SCOREBOARD
Field hockey: UNC 3, Princeton 2
Mens swim: Texas 162, UNC 137
Womens swim: Texas 172, UNC 125
Volleyball: UNC 3, Clemson 0
Womens soccer: UNC 3, High Point 0