Texas Tech Suspends Librarian Over Anti-Semitic Tweets

As noted by StopAntisemitism, Meixell posted to X on Feb. 18: “Hezbollah just launched multiple strikes. Zionism, the real barbarism, will be defeated.” 

On March 7, he commented “It would be nice to have one major party in this country that doesn’t worship the ground Jews walk on.” 

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Meixell also condemned Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s campus anti-Semitism guidelines in a post on March 28, saying “his speech rules to protect Jews from discomfort, while the Jewish state commits genocide. What happened to the conservative dismissal of ‘safe spaces.’”

On May 22, Meixell referenced an article by Philip Weiss. Meixwell tweeted “F— organized Jewry’s incessant accusations of antisemitism! As usual, Weiss seems at least as concerned that Zionism is bad for the Jews as he is that it is just bad.” 

Ed Morrissey

Sauce for the gander, I suppose, and this guy sounds like a bigot and jerk. However, I don't think this helps in securing free speech. If he made these statements on the job and in a harassing manner, that certainly would be actionable, but the story doesn't mention any allegations of such conduct. This looks more like the kind of precedent that will bite conservatives in the tucchus eventually. Why not just expose him as a loon and force him to defend the remarks?

This reminds me that Elon Musk once promised to fund the defense for anyone 'canceled' over their speech on Twitter/X. Will he do so in this case? 

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