Ana Marie Cauce has called the situation in Gaza “horrific”, has vocally supported a ceasefire, and allowed UW students to form a pro-palestine encampment on campus, despite opposition from her colleagues.
I am doubtful that these were actual pro-Palestine protesters. “UW partners with Boeing (the largest employer in the Seattle area) and Boeing does business with Israel, therefore the president of UW is pro-Genocide” doesn’t sound like a real argument.
Privileged college kids larping as radicals that will only protest in safe spaces and only protest against people that agree with them and/or aren’t a threat to them. It’s kind of like whatever the opposite of “fighting the power” is. I’m convinced that’s why there’s so much fighting on the college left: they’d rather hyperventilate about a minor action that fails a purity test for someone that 99% agrees with them otherwise than actually take their politics somewhere with people with real disagreements.
Not all are like this, obviously, but I regularly interact with “campus activists,” and it’s largely a self-hating circle jerk in my opinion. It’s incredibly difficult to convince them to do something that might actually take them out of their comfort zone. They’d rather yell at each other, other privileged college students that disagree with them, or protest college administrators. As though college administrations are some great fascist force. They’re one level above high school principals, Olivia. Relax.
Ana Marie Cauce has called the situation in Gaza “horrific”, has vocally supported a ceasefire, and allowed UW students to form a pro-palestine encampment on campus, despite opposition from her colleagues.
I am doubtful that these were actual pro-Palestine protesters. “UW partners with Boeing (the largest employer in the Seattle area) and Boeing does business with Israel, therefore the president of UW is pro-Genocide” doesn’t sound like a real argument.
Privileged college kids larping as radicals that will only protest in safe spaces and only protest against people that agree with them and/or aren’t a threat to them. It’s kind of like whatever the opposite of “fighting the power” is. I’m convinced that’s why there’s so much fighting on the college left: they’d rather hyperventilate about a minor action that fails a purity test for someone that 99% agrees with them otherwise than actually take their politics somewhere with people with real disagreements.
Not all are like this, obviously, but I regularly interact with “campus activists,” and it’s largely a self-hating circle jerk in my opinion. It’s incredibly difficult to convince them to do something that might actually take them out of their comfort zone. They’d rather yell at each other, other privileged college students that disagree with them, or protest college administrators. As though college administrations are some great fascist force. They’re one level above high school principals, Olivia. Relax.
Never underestimate the penchant of people for stupidity. Even people on our side.