APAD: Push one's button

"Push one's button": to do things that create a very strong emotional reaction in one, especially anger, irritation, or exasperation.

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I was listening to a CBC radio podcast of a recent episode of the "Ideas" talkshow.  The topic was "How 'freedom' has been distorted", by American historian Timothy Snyder.

In the show, the scholar talked about his 2017 bestseller book, "On Tyranny", as well as his recent book: "On Freedom". (If anyone is interested, you can find an excerpt from their conversation in: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/on-freedom-timothy-snyder )

I remember reading in the news that there are three scholars who left Yale and joined the Munk School at the University of Toronto, and Snyder is one of them.

Why did these renowned scholars choose to leave Yale to come to Canada at about the same time? Who and what pushed their buttons? 

Dear Google told me: "Several scholars, including philosophy professor Jason Stanley and history professors Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder, left Yale University to join the University of Toronto in 2025 due to concerns about academic freedom and the political climate in the United States under the Trump administration. They expressed worries about the direction of the country, potential threats to academic freedom, and the rise of authoritarianism, with some even drawing parallels to the pre-World War II era. "

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• First heard it in the movie "As good as it gets" where the -7grizzly- ♂ (133 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 09:37:50

• Haha, that's a funny 1 (like Nicholson, may have watched it, -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 09:54:10

• but don't remember the line ;-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 09:56:09

• The profs might also have left to escape the US inflation. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 09:40:29

• Any examples? (when inCA last year, meats were much cheaper -最西邊的島上- ♀ (29 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 09:59:14

• The same meat, apple to apple, so to speak? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 10:11:40

• Yes. Same Coastal cities &same WholeFoods stores as well:-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:47:57

• Canada imports grass-fed beef? Neither rhyme nor reason. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:59:39

• Oh, that ;-)) guess not all organics r the same … -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 12:02:25

• Or classic fear-mongering and profiteering? -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 12:57:01

• Ain’t they all? :-) (Sorry 4 late reply, just got back) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 13:56:58

• 阿富汗戰爭時有幾個美軍反戰士兵跑到加拿大，The Sun這麽評論：These courageous soldiers -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 10:06:31

• refuse to fight. Made me LOL -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 10:07:13

• Irony, yes. But they might've risked more by refusing. -7grizzly- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 10:24:18

• Yes, the US required deserters. Not sure if they entitled -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:18:43

• political asylum. -移花接木- ♂ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:19:10

• It likely happened in Vietnam war 2. My E teacher took 2 -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:50:47

• master degrees in Harvard 2 avoid going 2 that disaster;-)) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:52:01

• Sorry guys4 late reply: in field now picking strawberries:-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:37:59

• I did that decades ago:) Have fun! -暖冬cool夏- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:41:06

• Shaking hands! do it every single year, so yummy:-) -最西邊的島上- ♀ (0 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:45:30

• U-picked 11lbs, + 2lbs mud on shoes & berries in stomach. C: -最西邊的島上- ♀ (456 bytes) () 06/22/2025 postreply 11:42:51