Reason & dignity seem lost these days to new normal 'human-collective opportunism' eagerly waiting to leverage 'the Guilt Trip' based on 'faux-victimhood-power-mongering'

Surely we all remember how easy it was to deliver the good old fashioned 'Guilt Trip' in childhood in order to garner advantage over another
Emotional Parents & Children play at this; it still remains an artifact of 'anger' from childhood 

So to use a manipulative 'Guilt Trip' to 'blackball' an elder Jewish prof & force him to resign drops a cold dead chill over terms of 'academic understanding', 'Cdn senior citizen, colleague & reasoned discussion sans victim-caterwauling' 

Why didn't his colleagues understand his mindless obvious inappropriate quip? Anyone ask him?   

Adults discuss to understand.  Adults update understanding with dialogue & kindness; simple.

Given this prof's ethical background in humanitarian law, he should have been given a chance to engage in dialogue in order to straighten out perceptions.