I interpret signing the student letter as support for the protesters and their tactics. If any of the signers does not like that interpretation, they should sign a clarifying public letter, or ask to have their signature removed from the original one if they have learned facts that make them regret their signing it. In my op-ed, I suggest that law firms and, especially, judges, should not hire anybody who signed the original letter.
Yes, the bit on "advocacy being coalitional" struck me as a hollow excuse. I suspect that if the emailer here were honest with him/herself, they'd recognize that social pressure and fear played a substantial role in their decision to sign the letter; the same fear, I'm sure, that led them to request anonymity here.
I invite comment on my draft op-ed on the Protest and the Judge S. letter at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fLIi6vC9tE-5Dkad3oOWg1IHnZp73BVGcepTr-_tJlo/edit
I interpret signing the student letter as support for the protesters and their tactics. If any of the signers does not like that interpretation, they should sign a clarifying public letter, or ask to have their signature removed from the original one if they have learned facts that make them regret their signing it. In my op-ed, I suggest that law firms and, especially, judges, should not hire anybody who signed the original letter.
Yes, the bit on "advocacy being coalitional" struck me as a hollow excuse. I suspect that if the emailer here were honest with him/herself, they'd recognize that social pressure and fear played a substantial role in their decision to sign the letter; the same fear, I'm sure, that led them to request anonymity here.