I remember protests in the 60’s and the 70’s. Why is no one harnessing all that good student energy toward a productive purpose? Raising money to feed Gaza? Raising money for Gazans left homeless and destitute? Agitating for elections to replace Hamas with some sensible leaders for Gaza? Agitating for elections to replace Netanyahu with …
I remember protests in the 60’s and the 70’s. Why is no one harnessing all that good student energy toward a productive purpose? Raising money to feed Gaza? Raising money for Gazans left homeless and destitute? Agitating for elections to replace Hamas with some sensible leaders for Gaza? Agitating for elections to replace Netanyahu with some sensible leaders for Israel? Getting lost in the weeds of anti-Palestinian/anti-Semitic displays against college campus administrators is just giving the fundamentalist wing of the Republican Party more excuses to waste tax-payer money throwing monkey wrenches into the wheels of the Biden administration. Ugh.
I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist and I know it. But I think both Hamas’ attack on Israel and the student protests were/are designed and timed specifically to lessen Biden’s chance of re-election, to take our eyes off Ukraine, and to weaken American generally. I do not believe these protests are organic. When I see matching pricy tents or lots of catering, I wonder who is paying for that. I do think the students are sincere, but when I hear them speak, I also think they’re naive and ignorant of the incredibly complex and fraught history of that part of the world. And the anti-semitism is unconscionable.
Sabine, I am more than aware, particularly as my father was German and my husband is Italian, and I have lived outside of the US. But to pretend that what happens here electorally doesn’t affect the rest of the world is naive. And to think that Putin doesn’t have the motivation is worse than naive.
I remember protests in the 60’s and the 70’s. Why is no one harnessing all that good student energy toward a productive purpose? Raising money to feed Gaza? Raising money for Gazans left homeless and destitute? Agitating for elections to replace Hamas with some sensible leaders for Gaza? Agitating for elections to replace Netanyahu with some sensible leaders for Israel? Getting lost in the weeds of anti-Palestinian/anti-Semitic displays against college campus administrators is just giving the fundamentalist wing of the Republican Party more excuses to waste tax-payer money throwing monkey wrenches into the wheels of the Biden administration. Ugh.
I sound like a crazy conspiracy theorist and I know it. But I think both Hamas’ attack on Israel and the student protests were/are designed and timed specifically to lessen Biden’s chance of re-election, to take our eyes off Ukraine, and to weaken American generally. I do not believe these protests are organic. When I see matching pricy tents or lots of catering, I wonder who is paying for that. I do think the students are sincere, but when I hear them speak, I also think they’re naive and ignorant of the incredibly complex and fraught history of that part of the world. And the anti-semitism is unconscionable.
It's only crazy if you're wrong, and I don't think you are...
Thanks, Ally. You live up to your name ❤️
As surprising as it probably is - not everything in this universe evolves around the US.
Sabine, I am more than aware, particularly as my father was German and my husband is Italian, and I have lived outside of the US. But to pretend that what happens here electorally doesn’t affect the rest of the world is naive. And to think that Putin doesn’t have the motivation is worse than naive.