[RagnarD]

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[woodruffw]

There are a lot of Jewish, pro-Israel professors in the US. I don't see any evidence that it was a factor in this man's death. I think it would be irresponsible for a news organization to speculate until more information is actually available.

(You'll note that even Yeshiva World News isn't speculating about motives here.)

[root_axis]

What evidence do you have that the "MSM" are "carefully avoid mentioning" it?

[IAmBroom]

> a critically important fact pointing towards the motives of the killer

That's some Uri-Geller-level mindreading you're doing there, of someone we can't yet identify.

[crazygringo]

How on earth are you making conclusions about the motive of the killer?

People also get burgled and shot. Lovers take revenge. A grad student loses their mind.

It's entirely irresponsible to suggest that something is being hidden if there's zero evidence so far that someone's religion or political views are even remotely relevant.

[qball]

And media lies by omission.

[acdha]

You’re trying too hard to make that conspiratorial take: most responsible outlets don’t speculate on motives until there’s some evidence of a connection. For example, the stories I’ve read quoted his neighbors wondering whether there’s a connection to what happened at Brown, which is just an hour away and still has the killer at large. If there’s any evidence of an anti-Jewish motive, I will be shocked if it’s not an NYT headline within minutes.

[uselesswords]

> most responsible outlets don’t speculate on motives until there’s some evidence of a connection

That is simply not true, every single news outlet without fail speculates, uncritically quotes a speculator, or leaves out warranted critical speculation at their own discretion. Pick a news site that you think doesn’t do this and I will happily find an example from their front page.

[jimbo808]

The title of this article leads with "Jewish, Pro-Israel MIT Professor..." so I think they've already decided to go with the "victim of antisemitism" default until proven otherwise.

[alphazard]

Certainly it's more conspiratorial to assume that his death had something to do with his research, or that he was secretly a some kind of Walter White character?

Being politically outspoken on an issue which is contentious in that area, and which has caused violence before seems like the most plausible explanation that I have heard so far.

[jimbo808]

Your only data point is the ethnicity of the victim, and that's all it takes for you to suggest it was a hate crime?

[richardfeynman]

Another data point is that Jews are getting killed and assaulted around the world. With that said, I agree that for now there's no actual evidence supporting this allegation. But I wouldn't be totally shocked to learn that his ethnicity or zionist beliefs had something to do with this, if indeed he was Jewish (which hasn't been confirmed).

[unmole]

Right, because American media is famously anti-Jewish and anti-Israel. /s

[richardfeynman]

Yes, American media is anti-Israel, which is why we've seen daily accusations of genocide, forced starvation, and other absurd allegations for what was a totally normal war, much less destructive than the war in Iraq or Afghanistan or even Vietnam. /non-sarcastic