Northern Virginia VCU student denied diploma after participating in pro-Palestinian protests

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26. Of course not.

1960s civil rights protesters didn't scream at Jewish students, calling them "Zionists." Nor did civil rights protesters invoke the call for the elimination of Israel with the Hamas chant, "[Jordan] river to the [Mediterranean] sea, Palestine shall be free." They were peaceful, and sought equality.

Expecting students to abide by the same rules all other students abide by is not "authoritarianism." It is equality.

The rule of law is already on life support, we shouldn't pull the plug.

Columbia University's antisemitism task force found that 66% of Jewish students reported the encampment affected their daily routine “a great deal or somewhat,” and 70% of Jewish students strongly or mostly opposed the encampment. The task force also found that over half of Jewish students have experienced religious discrimination, compared with 10% of the student body at large. Jewish students did not comprise a large proportion of the Gaza protesters.

These encampments made Jewish students feel unwelcome on college campuses. Setting up access-blocking illegal encampments on college property did not and will not help feed starving kids, nor help end the war in Gaza. College encampments are a stupid and illegal thing to do.