Bill, I’m responding to your article on universities canceling commencements. Not in regard to your point, but rather to the terms you are using. By using descriptors such as “Leftist elites”,
“Haughty disdain of the left” or
“Idiocy of the kids protesting” you end up furthering Elyse Stefanik’s narrative. That these protestors are Elites …
Bill, I’m responding to your article on universities canceling commencements. Not in regard to your point, but rather to the terms you are using. By using descriptors such as “Leftist elites”,
“Haughty disdain of the left” or
“Idiocy of the kids protesting” you end up furthering Elyse Stefanik’s narrative. That these protestors are Elites and the real and good Americans don’t react to what’s happening in Gaza, or that the protestors were ignorant. This just pushes the MAGA agenda further right. If you listen to Robert Reich who is a college professor and who queried a multitude of fellow professors across the country, you will hear a different story. One, that the majority of student protestors are motivated not by hate or antisemitism or violence, but rather by their heartfelt reaction to the gut wrenching destruction and death their country is supporting in Gaza. I would just suggest that by name calling the young protestors, you are only adding to the division building around this issue. I’m not understanding how you can think students who were accepted into Columbia “want” to spend their time away from studies and any brief R&R they can grab. You went to a challenging college, so you should understand how hard they worked to get there.
Bill, I’m responding to your article on universities canceling commencements. Not in regard to your point, but rather to the terms you are using. By using descriptors such as “Leftist elites”,
“Haughty disdain of the left” or
“Idiocy of the kids protesting” you end up furthering Elyse Stefanik’s narrative. That these protestors are Elites and the real and good Americans don’t react to what’s happening in Gaza, or that the protestors were ignorant. This just pushes the MAGA agenda further right. If you listen to Robert Reich who is a college professor and who queried a multitude of fellow professors across the country, you will hear a different story. One, that the majority of student protestors are motivated not by hate or antisemitism or violence, but rather by their heartfelt reaction to the gut wrenching destruction and death their country is supporting in Gaza. I would just suggest that by name calling the young protestors, you are only adding to the division building around this issue. I’m not understanding how you can think students who were accepted into Columbia “want” to spend their time away from studies and any brief R&R they can grab. You went to a challenging college, so you should understand how hard they worked to get there.