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Video: Cornell dean says Islamic State welcome on campus

Mar 24, 2015 11:11 pm By Robert Spencer

Why not? The Islamic State’s point of view has far more representation on college campuses in America today than does the point of view of those who believe in human rights and free inquiry.

“Cornell dean says ISIS welcome on campus in undercover video,” by Carl Campanile, New York Post, March 24, 2015 (thanks to Anne Crockett):

This guy is either the dumbest Ivy League bigwig ever or politically correct to a fault — for welcoming offers to bring ISIS and Hamas to Cornell University.

A video sting operation shows Cornell’s assistant dean for students, Joseph Scaffido, agreeing to everything suggested by an undercover muckraker posing as a Moroccan student.

Scaffido casually endorses inviting an ISIS “freedom fighter’’ to conduct a “training camp” for students at the upstate Ithaca campus — bizarrely likening the activity to a sports camp.

Is it OK to bring a humanitarian pro-“Islamic State Iraq and Syria” group on campus, the undercover for conservative activist James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas asks.

Sure, Scaffido says in the recorded March 16 meeting.

Scaffido doesn’t even blink an eye when the undercover asks about providing material support for terrorists — “care packages, whether it be food, water, electronics.”

How about supporting Hamas?

No problem at all, Scaffido said.

“The university is not going to look at different groups and say, ‘You’re not allowed to support that group because we don’t believe them’ or something like that. I think it’s just the opposite. I think the university wants the entire community to understand what’s going on in all parts of the world,” Scaffido said….

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  1. No Fear says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 12:34 am

    Great , so he would have no problem with having a Nazi group on campus?
    Hey, why not, Nazis have feelings too, you know …..and sharing their views on Jews should be enriching to all … especially the Islamophobes.

    God Bless America !

    • No Fear says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 12:35 am

      😉

    • Rob says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 4:50 am

      oh and BTW Dean, we’ve got this little interactive gas chamber that we can demonstrate.
      It’s less messy than the Dan Pearl re-enactment but hey your call Dean-baby!

      • cs says

        Mar 25, 2015 at 9:51 am

        Is it legitimate to organize a fund raising for neo-nazi groups? Because we are on the verge of legitimizing those practices. It is just beyond belief. They can get funding for every single lunacy they present. Why they don’t present this lovely projects on multi cultural Qatar, sponsored by Al-Jazeera? I would love to see that.

        • Darren says

          Mar 25, 2015 at 1:08 pm

          But if you wave an American or Israeli flag, you will be mobbed.

    • Gordon Miller says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 11:29 am

      Why not go a step further: have the Democrats run a neo-Nazi for president?

  2. gravenimage says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 12:36 am

    Video: Cornell dean says Islamic State welcome on campus
    ……………………….

    Is it OK if they behead a few students at their training camp? How about stoning some coeds to death? What about blowing up the Student Union building?

    And note: this is f*cking *ISIS*. This is not some group that has inveigled “moderate” status, no matter how implausible.

    This offers proof that there is absolutely no bottom to this depravity—no Muslim group so obviously odious that it will not be welcomed.

    • boakai ngombu says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 12:47 pm

      …extra credit for beheadings…

  3. Artie Galvin says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 12:38 am

    OMG. We’re doomed.

  4. William says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 12:56 am

    Liberalism is license to be a lunatic. It is legitimacy of lunacy.

    • Jerry says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 2:17 am

      Beware of “Liberal” intolerance.

    • john spielman says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 7:25 am

      that is why we call them LIB-TARDS

  5. katnis says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 1:07 am

    I”m embarrassed for you, Cornell. I hope this impacts your admissions. I certainly would not want to give you a dime.

    • Jae M says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 1:27 pm

      Yeah they should not only be embarrassed, but they need to fire this guy asap, look into his educational background (hard to believe he is educated at all) and make it mandatory for him read jihad watch everyday to get some info on ISIS. He sounds like a greasy, uneducated salesman that will say anything for enrollments. Disgusting and pathetic for Cornell.

  6. DJM says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 1:26 am

    I’m certain a lot of campuses would welcome an ISIS speaker. But Ayaan Ali Hirsi, not a chance!

  7. Kakodaemon says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 1:45 am

    Not surprising. Cornell is a judgement free zone. They literally show no judgement.

  8. Jerry says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 2:12 am

    Try to bring supporters of Israel to his campus and see what happens.

    • Jerry says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 2:15 am

      Quote Article Seven of the “Hamas Covenant” and you will immediately be accused of “Islamophobia”.

  9. LairdKintyre says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 3:20 am

    A pity our taxdollars couldnt go to something more constructive, like say sending Joe the fatman to a weight loss program in NewYork State Pen for say 5 to 10 years. You know it would be like teaching a sports team or something like that. I dont think most people would have a problem with that.

  10. Green Infidel says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 4:03 am

    Would the Dean be so happy to welcome, say, the Tea Party, I wonder?

    • Always On Watch says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 6:57 am

      Green Infidel,
      Hell, no!

  11. Parousia says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 4:18 am

    Doom!!!

  12. Lia Wissing says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 5:17 am

    Do parents really still send their children there? How do you feel, taxpayers?

  13. vlparker says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 6:50 am

    More proof that the left is evil. They always, always, always side with evil.

  14. Always On Watch says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 6:53 am

    Makes one wonder if the same isn’t transpiring on campuses all over the United States!

  15. Always On Watch says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 6:56 am

    Tuition and fees at Cornell University.

  16. Charli Main says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 7:53 am

    “Scaffido casually endorses inviting an ISIS “freedom fighter’’ to conduct a “training camp” for students at the upstate Ithaca campus — bizarrely likening the activity to a sports camp.”

    Practical lessons and demonstrations by ISIS tutor in gang rape, child rape, burning, crucifixions, live burials, throat cutting and beheadings.
    Special practical demonstrations in goat XXXXXXX and how to have sex with dead women.
    All perverts and psychopaths apply to assistant Dean of Cornell University to register for place on Practial Islam 101 course.

    • ATO1965 says

      Mar 25, 2015 at 9:02 am

      I hope this ends up on O’Rielly

  17. Theb Nyip says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 8:51 am

    If I was the parent of a student at Cornell I’d be very concerned for their safety.

  18. American says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:01 am

    I don’t know what to say. This is just unimaginable. I’ll write my Congressmen (both state and Federal)about this today, send this link, and demand an investigation. This is treasonous. I’ll also write the President of Cornell and demand a similar investigation and removal of Scaffido.

  19. Kilfincelt says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:05 am

    Providing material support for terrorists is against the law! And Cornell is considered one of the top Ivy League schools? This dean is a buffoon.

  20. BC says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:16 am

    Can we get a campaign going to get this fool fired? He has no business working at a US university as a cook or janitor let alone in a top position

  21. anonymous says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:19 am

    Someone needs to help this guy connect the dots!

    Suppose ISIS established a beachhead in his “liberal community”… “Infidels” like him would be targeted for elimination.

  22. hussam says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:56 am

    Is this guy for real? I have lost hope in the sanity of America… I am speechless, what the hell is wrong with this guy? maybe if he lost one of his kids or family members to ISIS he would react differently?
    The real danger is having idiots like him in a place of power, or to speak on behalf of the people, he should be in a mental institution

  23. Mark DeFord Eletion says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 10:39 am

    A (fake) south pacific islander asks:

    Dear Cornell Dean Joe:

    I have a few questions about Cornell. Due to the recent discovery of oil under our island in the South Pacific, many of our students now have the means to attend university in the USA. We have heard that Cornell maintains a non-judgmental, inclusive environment. Because our population is small, and our culture is endangered and under pressure, we could not withstand negative activity directed at us.

    Q: Would your Uni welcome our students?

    Dean Joe: Absolutely. We won’t stand for any sort of discrimination against minorities. You’ll find that Cornell will do its best to become a kind of second home for you.

    Q: Without foreign help and education, our people’s culture and traditions are in danger of disappearing. If we attend Cornell, would we be allowed to form a club for the purpose of educating your other students and including them in our cultural practices?

    Dean Joe: Of course. We are particularly sympathetic to endangered cultures.

    At our meetings, we would have a need for recently deceased cadavers to dissect and distribute sections to attendees. Perhaps your medical school could provide them?

    Dean Joe: That could be arranged. We could tap student fees or apply for a grant to pay any costs. By the way, where are you from?

    Long Pig Island. Google “Long Pig wiki” for all you need to know.

  24. David M says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 10:47 am

    This fat ass (Scaffido) needs to get off his fat ass & do some exercise before he has a heart attack. He has more chins than a Chinese phone book.

  25. J Ramsey says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 10:56 am

    I think part of the problem is that the man did not know what the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are! Or even Hamas! He needs to be a little more educated. Especially if he is working with students from all over the world.

  26. Gordon Miller says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 11:22 am

    How can this be happening in our leading universities? Have they gone crazy? This is close to treason.

  27. Boston Tea Party says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 11:29 am

    Folks, let’s not overreact, here. Why, Cornell is simply celebrating their deep commitment to free speech, and their benevolent tolerance of differing viewpoints:

    http://legalinsurrection.com/2014/11/cornell-incident-anti-israel-boycott-movement-breeds-campus-hate/

  28. Charles T. says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 11:35 am

    Why not grant isis access to a college campus? Our president himself, by his example and by his words, has clearly shown that under his guidance, this nation is far more friendly with mullahs and muslims generally than with Israel, Jews, Christians. Moreover, there is growing antisemitism on many colleges. Yes, we live in an upside- down world. However, far more importantly, we live in times of rapidly fulfilling Biblical prophecy, imo.

  29. Linda Rivera says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 12:06 pm

    DIRTY TRAITOR.

  30. gts58 says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 2:05 pm

    Scaffido is a “good reason” not to send your child to college where he will be indoctrinated into an American hating culture. No doubt, this fool Scaffido is an Obama supporter!

  31. Jules says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 2:09 pm

    WTF. I live in Ithaca. I figured it was just a matter of time before something like this would happen.

  32. Carlos Danger says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 4:56 pm

    This is both funny and sad. Apparently the bar is pretty low to manage an Ivy League University.
    this dizzy dean come across as being dumb as a bag of hammers.

    • johnnie hammer says

      Mar 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm

      That’s an insult to all hammers!

  33. Jecolon says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 6:10 pm

    I thought that being a traitor in America gets you jail time. This man is a traitor. Right now we are at war with ISIS and Hamas, and this man is inviting them here? Why isn’t he fired?

  34. Carlos Danger says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 6:39 pm

    boy is the Cornell Univ. President angry. Why he wants to …..wait for it….shoot the messenger!

    http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2015/03/president-responds-ludicrous-and-offensive-allegation

  35. Bheki says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 8:15 pm

    Yes, all welcome with the exception of those who believe in Jesus Christ.

  36. david says

    Mar 25, 2015 at 9:20 pm

    clearly this guy was accelerated to the top based on the Peter Principle

  37. Ganesh says

    Mar 26, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    How about leaving Cornell Dean in ISIS stronghold with ISIS querying him on gays

  38. JHK says

    Mar 26, 2015 at 1:56 pm

    It seems the man you voted for is with us(saw) now. And it seems he is called Immanuel(as).

  39. Bindon blood says

    Mar 26, 2015 at 6:08 pm

    something has gone seriously wrong with American society; it seems to have caught the European disease of treachery through Socialism. I suppose it was only a matter of time ; first political correctness,the placid face of Marxism ,entrenched itself in American society which in turn opened the gates for other militant isms and ists . It will be much more difficult to get the bourgeois left out than it was to let them in. Here in Britain we have learned that like the plague Socialism ,once it gets into the body politic , quickly spreads until everything is infected. Everything being infected the cure is very difficult to administer. The future is looking bleak I’m afraid.

    • Mirren10 says

      Mar 27, 2015 at 11:25 am

      ” Here in Britain we have learned that like the plague Socialism ,once it gets into the body politic , quickly spreads until everything is infected.”

      Too true.

      Perhaps the EDL and LibertyGB will be our Alpheus and Peneus .

  40. bullfrogger says

    Mar 27, 2015 at 9:13 pm

    I despise Obama as much as anyone with half a brain . But what does it say about conservatives that we cant put forward a true statesman with the ability to unite and lead us? We don’t even have someone with enough spine to take a stand against Islam . When right and wrong matter again instead of getting re-elected we will have a chance .

  41. Porkistan says

    Apr 1, 2015 at 12:31 pm

    April 1 and this guy is ALREADY “Dhimwit of the Month” on thereligionofpeace.com ?

    They must be REALLY confident that no one will out dhimwit this guy in the next 30 days. I wouldn’t count out (formerly) Great Britain yet. Their muslim ass kissing and capitulation is becoming legendary. And don’t count out the Swedes who seem even more determined to commit cultural suicide.

    30 days is a LONG time in the Counter-Jihad.

  42. Really? says

    Apr 17, 2015 at 12:28 am

    There is no malice in educating people of other perspectives whether that’s educating families there on their rights or educating ourselves to truly understand what goes on in the middle east. It’s this tinkering with people’s words and scaret tactics that media feeds off of nowadays to spur controversy where people would otherwise act rationally and maybe even find peaceful resolution and common understanding…

    It’s truly sad that most of you have likely only heard about from biased quote-fragmenting ‘documentaries’ and vague news reports that report with little to no evidence before jumping to conclusions and catchy titles to raise ad revenue. I mean, the big channels people look to for news dont even wait for police evidence when it comes to spreading rumors and inferences about local news – imagine how little they must know before they start blabbering about international affairs!

    I implore you to take advantage of your technology and your easy access to thousands of videos of muslims all around the world, and find a deeper explanation of the Islamic belief system from someone who has actually studied it as opposed to these news channels that treat us viewers like children that get pleasure only from hearing action movie plot lines and catchy titles for stories. Who knows? Maybe you’ll even accidentally debunk some of the inflated BS so many media outlets are diseased with.

  43. Yang- Pyo Hong says

    Apr 22, 2015 at 7:12 am

    Thanks a lot! Your website has contributed to the World Peace through the informations on anti religions, anti peace, anti democracy and above all anti-human rights of Isalmic Terrorism.
    I am a peace researcher, and wish to be a peace contributor in this world.
    However, I feel deep agony about how to deal the terrorism between the realistic anti-terrorist actions including military power and the tolerance of the core of democracy and Chritian Love.

    April 22, 1015, YP Hong, a peace researcher

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