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Jack Lebowitz's avatar

Well, its not because of disease, unless unemployment from professional jobs is a disease. It's because of NGOs like Canary Mission which "dox" and publicly identify student protestors by name which might foreclose lucrative job offers in finance,corporations and media from employers which might not like controversy or anti-semitism. You might or might not think this is "fair", depending on your polutics.

(For the record, I think kiddies who think this is about "colonialism" are horribly misguided, writing this from Tel Aviv, but Im conflicted as to whether "youthful misdecretions" should cost them working for Goldman Sachs or some white shoe law firm. I was young once, long ago. That being said, Gaza really isn't Vietnam.

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Bridget Ball's avatar

I agree with the commenters who point out the difference in today's protest ramifications vs those of the past. AI and other technology puts today's protestors in a different kind of danger.

Having said that, I stand with the protestors. There. I said it. I am a huge fan of the Biden/Harris administration and applaud their great accomplishments, low unemployment, desperately needed infrastructure investment, support for Ukraine, and the list goes on. But our continued support of Israel's genocide in Gaza is beyond disgusting. If you provide the gun to the kid who mows down 20 classmates, are you not aiding and abetting murder? If after the kid mows down 20 classmates, you hand him more ammunition, are you not also the murderer?

The argument that opposing Israel's attacks on Gaza is antisemitic is a ridiculous stance.

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