Taylor Lorenz“The real reason for the protests is being ignored in favor of stories about encampment crackdowns or overblown allegations of antisemitism.” https://newrepublic.com/article/181107/college-protests-israel-gaza-media-coverage-shameful
Steffen Christensen@taylorlorenz That's it, Taylor.
Jerome (He/Him)@taylorlorenz if it’s antisemitic to care for the dead civilians caught in the crossfire of this political crusade then I am proud to be one.
Escarpment@jeromechoo @taylorlorenz But only for the civilians in this conflict and not the civilians dead in Haiti or Sudan. Not a peep about those civilians.
Charles J Gervasi ⚡🛡️🥥@escarpment
The article addresses why people in different countries might focus on different wars about a quarter of the way through it.
@jeromechoo @taylorlorenz
The article addresses why people in different countries might focus on different wars about a quarter of the way through it.
@jeromechoo @taylorlorenz
@cgervasi @jeromechoo @taylorlorenz I don't see the specific strings "Haiti" or "Sudan" in the article. As is common, the bias can be seen in word counts. The string Israel occurs 11 times in that page. The string Hamas occurs 0 times. The strings "Gaza"/"Palestin" occur combined 8 times. And Haiti and Sudan get nary a mention because even the people who purport to care about humanitarian crises apparently don't care that much.
@escarpment @jeromechoo @taylorlorenz
If you're concerned these protests are drawing attention away from your efforts to help Sudan or Haiti, try using ChatGPT or #Kagi to summarize the articles instead of a string search. Better yet, read them; there's no substitute for that.
I'm sort of joking because I don't believe you're really concerned about criticism of the war in Gaza affecting efforts to stop other wars.
@cgervasi @jeromechoo @taylorlorenz I read the article first. Then I did the string search.
I'm not particularly concerned with any of these conflicts because I'm not convinced in a moral framework that obligates me to stop conflicts around the world. I'm just saying that *if* you ascribed to such a framework, for that framework to be logically consistent, you should care about all conflicts.
Martin Vermeer (not Jesus)
Pamela@taylorlorenz They scream force is justified because of antisemitism BUT when the Tiki- torch NAZIS were marching the police collectively sat on their hands???
Ryan Germann 
@taylorlorenz Weird how anti-war protesters who are Jewish aren't called anti-Semitic.
Galad@taylorlorenz Downplaying the antisemitism at those protests is a bad look.
FreediverX
Rob@taylorlorenz Is it antisemitic to ignore October 7 and the hostages still held in Gaza? Is it antisemitic to ask the people of Israel not to defend their borders from people who use rape as a tool of war?
Do the people on this thread think it's ok to rape civilians? If so, can you please explain your rules to me of when it is ok to rape someone?
I think most Americans - even left leaning such as myself - are recoiling in horror at the wrongheadedness of these protests.
@taylorlorenz Where were these student protestors before October 7? And why should we listen to them now?
If the last year has showed us anything, it is that the Palestinians are *ABSOLUTELY*, without question, antisemitic. And those people who now rally in the streets are scary and going down a bad path.
