Thank you for sharing your perspective. I understand your concerns and why you would want to stand up for the students. I may not have your years in academia, but I am a former grad student. I do respect the students and, like I said, believe they should make their voices heard.
Unfortunately, given the black and white presentation of a c…
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I understand your concerns and why you would want to stand up for the students. I may not have your years in academia, but I am a former grad student. I do respect the students and, like I said, believe they should make their voices heard.
Unfortunately, given the black and white presentation of a complex issue and the hatred for Biden who is between a rock and hard place, I do think it's only fair to raise the issue of outside manipulation. But that's it; I have no intention of pursuing the point. More importantly, I'm not going to use my suspicions to question the sincerity of the protestors or undermine the validity of the protests.
Kevin I talked too much! I could more simply have said that few of the students involved have a black and white notion of this agonizingly complex mess. They do have, as do I, a sense that genocide or even ethnocide is under way (some generals and officials have been explicit), however complex the causes, which is no better for Israelis in the long run than for Palestinians. And that our government is enabling and funding that, and research in many of our universities supporting that.
Thank you for sharing your perspective. I understand your concerns and why you would want to stand up for the students. I may not have your years in academia, but I am a former grad student. I do respect the students and, like I said, believe they should make their voices heard.
Unfortunately, given the black and white presentation of a complex issue and the hatred for Biden who is between a rock and hard place, I do think it's only fair to raise the issue of outside manipulation. But that's it; I have no intention of pursuing the point. More importantly, I'm not going to use my suspicions to question the sincerity of the protestors or undermine the validity of the protests.
Kevin I talked too much! I could more simply have said that few of the students involved have a black and white notion of this agonizingly complex mess. They do have, as do I, a sense that genocide or even ethnocide is under way (some generals and officials have been explicit), however complex the causes, which is no better for Israelis in the long run than for Palestinians. And that our government is enabling and funding that, and research in many of our universities supporting that.