Thanks for the article, and since I also have a membership with The Line, I read their coverage too. I understand the nuances, and no surprise, find myself again disgusted with the stupid MSM coverage. Having said that, I can't really feel any empathy for the students. They all seem so entitled to me, useful idiots for Hamas and the Isla…
Thanks for the article, and since I also have a membership with The Line, I read their coverage too. I understand the nuances, and no surprise, find myself again disgusted with the stupid MSM coverage. Having said that, I can't really feel any empathy for the students. They all seem so entitled to me, useful idiots for Hamas and the Islamists. And why aren't they protesting Egypt for closing their border, an effective escape hatch for the Palestinian families? To be honest I'd rather hear from the students who are NOT involved in the protests. I have a theory - the protestors will be mostly made up of arts and philosophy students, and the non-protestors will be mostly in the pure and applied sciences.
I think students are, kind of by definition, entitled. They're entitled to a semi-closed world where they get to be political actors of consequence, without as much pressure or responsibility as in the real world. And they act like it. I really keep beating this drum: That's the point of university! It's also why we should put waaaaay less emphasis on covering them as closely as we do. It's unfair to them, honestly.
I will say, though: There are definitely those who want to rationalize and apologize for Hamas and their terror. But I've also heard from plenty of students who were quick to, unprompted, say: I hate Hamas, I want them gone, free the hostages, I just don't think more war will achieve those aims. I do think most of them are closer to the mainstream that some of this coverage would suggest.
I think back to my own time as a younger person and specifically to my feelings about Israel/Palestine. I was so sure when I was 20 that there was injustices being done, and there was, it was 1989 after all. Like many, I never really went back prior to 1967, this last seven months I have looked past The USA, The Brits and The Ottoman Empires to try to get a clearing picture. Alas, I am still searching.
Thanks for the article, and since I also have a membership with The Line, I read their coverage too. I understand the nuances, and no surprise, find myself again disgusted with the stupid MSM coverage. Having said that, I can't really feel any empathy for the students. They all seem so entitled to me, useful idiots for Hamas and the Islamists. And why aren't they protesting Egypt for closing their border, an effective escape hatch for the Palestinian families? To be honest I'd rather hear from the students who are NOT involved in the protests. I have a theory - the protestors will be mostly made up of arts and philosophy students, and the non-protestors will be mostly in the pure and applied sciences.
I think students are, kind of by definition, entitled. They're entitled to a semi-closed world where they get to be political actors of consequence, without as much pressure or responsibility as in the real world. And they act like it. I really keep beating this drum: That's the point of university! It's also why we should put waaaaay less emphasis on covering them as closely as we do. It's unfair to them, honestly.
I will say, though: There are definitely those who want to rationalize and apologize for Hamas and their terror. But I've also heard from plenty of students who were quick to, unprompted, say: I hate Hamas, I want them gone, free the hostages, I just don't think more war will achieve those aims. I do think most of them are closer to the mainstream that some of this coverage would suggest.
I think back to my own time as a younger person and specifically to my feelings about Israel/Palestine. I was so sure when I was 20 that there was injustices being done, and there was, it was 1989 after all. Like many, I never really went back prior to 1967, this last seven months I have looked past The USA, The Brits and The Ottoman Empires to try to get a clearing picture. Alas, I am still searching.