The BDC Proposal: An Exercise in Deception

Submission to the Advisory Committee on University Resources Management

First, they broke both the law and university policies. Then, as extensively documented below, they lied to the university about nearly every aspect of their cause. Now, the Brown Divestment Coalition (“BDC”) expects the university to harm its own interests and violate its own values in service of the BDC’s bigoted demands.

The antisemitic boycott movement is, as will be argued by others, immoral and fueled by bigotry. But it is also substantially aided by a lack of public knowledge about antisemitism and the Gaza conflict. It is this lack of knowledge that the BDC has relied upon in its proposal.

This submission identifies and corrects the record on 45 false claims made by the BDC. These false claims involve demonstrably false statements, materially misleading omissions, intellectually dishonest arguments, and highly emotive language designed solely to distract readers from the fundamental truth that the BDC cause is based on bigotry and lies, not justice.

It is critical that Brown's decisionmakers be fully and accurately informed. Each false claim identified below is followed by the real facts, all of which are clearly sourced for further investigation.

If the BDC and its supporters are willing to lie and mislead about basic facts, can anything about their cause be trusted? The answer is plainly and unequivocally no. The BDC proposal must be rejected in its entirety.