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Columbia's Satire Paper Declares "Land Acknowledgments" Are No Laughing Matter
Columbia's Satire Paper Declares "Land Acknowledgments" Are No Laughing Matter
Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org,
Columbia University satire student paper The Federalist has long relished triggering viewers, particularly conservatives. When it mocked the murder of Charlie Kirk, it shrugged off objections that people need to get a sense of humor. However, the paper has now apologized for something beyond satire: land acknowledgments. The editors issued a cringing apology for a joke about land acknowledgments. It appears that, unlike political assassinations, land acknowledgment are simply not laughing matters. It pledged to...
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