A U. of Illinois professor exposed the hypocrisy of academia part in the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against Israel with a unique experiment of his own.
It began when Dr. Fred Gottheil noticed a letter to President Obama by USC professor David Lloyd signed by 900 academics. Gottheil explains to FrontPage Mag (via Power Line) what he did next:
The thought occurred to me: Would these same 900 sign onto a statement expressing concern about human rights violations in the Muslim Middle East, such as honor killing, wife-beating, female genital mutilation, and violence against gays and lesbians? I felt it was worth a try. My ‘Statement of Concern’ became a four-page document providing evidence of these human rights violations . . . By late spring, I had the email addresses of 675 who signed Lloyd’s petition and sent them my ‘Statement of Concern,’ requesting their support. The results were surprising even though I thought the responses would be few. They were almost non-existent.
Only 27 people signed Gottheil's letter. His scathing conclusion:
It turns out that with all their professing of principle, they are sanctimonious bigots at heart. And some are so obsessed about Israel that they would undermine their own self interest.
