Look, if they pay tuition and don't show up, just take their money and send them packing after they fail out.
Personally, I'd make a pop quiz a staple of every "class strike" day. Giving out failing grades to students who deserve to fail? I'm good with that.
And, just as reminder of the morality of their case, these are actual Palestinian values as practiced in actual Palestinian society:
rule of law? No
free speech? No
freedom of the press? No
abortion rights? No
freedom of religion? No
freedom to protest? No
voting rights? No
LGBT rights? No
women’s rights? No
due process rights? No
But they overwhelmingly supported the 10/7 attacks, which featured mass murder, kidnapping and rape.
So that's their morality. I can only assume the students protesting on their behalf are OK with. Especially the ironic "freedom to protest" which doesn't exist in the society they are protesting for.
The only hitch would be that the leftist professors who abetted the pro-Hamas disruptions last year choose also to strike. Then the 90 percent of students who want to earn their degrees are stuck.
Profs and many professional staff are under contracts and are likely legally obligated to show up to teach, assuming they are able. Alas, not sure universities will enforce such things.
It is important to know the people behind this are the Democratic socialists, about as fringe as it gets. The true "burn it down" sorts. Universities ought to be be fearful of the foothold these awful people have gotten.
I'm sort of baffled as to what they actually think the strike would look like. Given that, at best, 10%-15% of a really activist campus like Columbia supports them enough to follow through, how noticeable would a strike actually be?
Certain social science seminars might be empty, but I suspect you'd be hard-pressed to notice that anyone was missing from Econ 101 or Chem 101.
Exactly. They aren't just morally confused, they are actually confused. Literal idiots in other words. Most people that disagree with an organization stop giving them their money. The sad thing is, they clearly need an education. But a strike might be the way to educate themselves first and foremost, like a joke that fell flat with crickets... Maybe that silence will impress upon them that they are an ineffective (thankfully), foolish minority in campuses and won't be missed.
Look, if they pay tuition and don't show up, just take their money and send them packing after they fail out.
Personally, I'd make a pop quiz a staple of every "class strike" day. Giving out failing grades to students who deserve to fail? I'm good with that.
And, just as reminder of the morality of their case, these are actual Palestinian values as practiced in actual Palestinian society:
rule of law? No
free speech? No
freedom of the press? No
abortion rights? No
freedom of religion? No
freedom to protest? No
voting rights? No
LGBT rights? No
women’s rights? No
due process rights? No
But they overwhelmingly supported the 10/7 attacks, which featured mass murder, kidnapping and rape.
So that's their morality. I can only assume the students protesting on their behalf are OK with. Especially the ironic "freedom to protest" which doesn't exist in the society they are protesting for.
You nailed it Zeke!!!!
A good list. Thank you.
The only hitch would be that the leftist professors who abetted the pro-Hamas disruptions last year choose also to strike. Then the 90 percent of students who want to earn their degrees are stuck.
Profs and many professional staff are under contracts and are likely legally obligated to show up to teach, assuming they are able. Alas, not sure universities will enforce such things.
It is important to know the people behind this are the Democratic socialists, about as fringe as it gets. The true "burn it down" sorts. Universities ought to be be fearful of the foothold these awful people have gotten.
I'm sort of baffled as to what they actually think the strike would look like. Given that, at best, 10%-15% of a really activist campus like Columbia supports them enough to follow through, how noticeable would a strike actually be?
Certain social science seminars might be empty, but I suspect you'd be hard-pressed to notice that anyone was missing from Econ 101 or Chem 101.
Exactly. They aren't just morally confused, they are actually confused. Literal idiots in other words. Most people that disagree with an organization stop giving them their money. The sad thing is, they clearly need an education. But a strike might be the way to educate themselves first and foremost, like a joke that fell flat with crickets... Maybe that silence will impress upon them that they are an ineffective (thankfully), foolish minority in campuses and won't be missed.