Posting this on a football board is like pitching a tent in the Quad!
Yes, @DerekJohnson is a staunch free speech advocate but there has to be a balance, where by those that are just here to talk DAWGS are free to go about their day free of harassment.
I called a customer who I knew had a daughter and niece at Columbia. I was curious what he thought. He is a very successful developer, great guy, tough as nails and an Independent like me. He said he and his wife actually saw his Niece on Television participating in protests. He informed her that he has cut off her funding for next year (School is just about over) and that she would have to move home to live with her parents and they could discuss her future once she was settled. His daughter took exception to what her father did to her cousin, so he cut her off too. The moral of the story is, read the room. If the guy who pays for your education might be appalled that his family is populated by Jew haters, you probably shouldn't be a Jew hater.
Should make for an interesting summer break huh?
He said basically what we all know about these stupid kids. They are taking part in this shit and they do so for popularity and virtue signaling. He said his daughter couldn't even answer basic questions about the Palestinian people and their supposed homeland but she still wanted to argue with him to the point of pissing him off. Both he and his wife are alumni of the school and in his chat with others, several parents are yanking their kids out of school and many have pledged that they will never give another dime to the institution. He lives in Beaufort SC and guesses he will give the girls the choice between Clemson, Coastal Carolina or University of South Carolina. There will be preconditions this time and I think he means it.
I told him that he should thank the girls. He will save about $600K over the next 3 years by sending them to state schools. Think about that? $600K for two kids for 3 years worth of a shitty education. The price is out of control. The 600K is probably what he takes in after taxes in about 45 days of work so it is relatively no skin off his nose but to people like me, that is a game only the rich can play and is a huge waste of money regardless of who you are or how much you make.
MLK was jailed numerous times
Civil rights protestors were beaten, attacked by dogs, jailed and killed
Kent State and Jackson State students were shot down during anti war protests
Those were tuff liberals who would smash your face in
People approve of protests they agree with. And vice versa.
Only giving I have ever done is buying tickets to football games. The school was too lib/woke 20 years ago.