Look, Rawls's approach to politics was deeply flawed, but this story is a little fishy. Rawls signed many petitions and was active in campus politics. In the 60s, he organized Harvard faculty opposition to US draft policies during the Vietnam war ( https://thecrimson.com/article/1967/1/11/faculty-shelves-draft-resolution-after-debating/) 1/ https://twitter.com/JimGoldgeier/status/1352379882433609733
Again, I agree Rawls's approach to politics and political philosophy are profoundly flawed - my book is partly about those problems! - but I'd be careful drawing conclusions from a dubious anecdote that serves as such a convenient synecdoche. 4/
Also, this is not the main point of the thread but the last few paragraphs of @thecrimson’s “Professors Ask U.S. to Stop Latin American Military Aid” story linked above are gold.
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