At the same time, amid alleged incidents of hate speech, harassment and threats of violence by some participants, Jewish students have voiced concern about their safety on campus.
proceeds to not point to a single incident or even quote a Jewish Columbia student voicing concern
almost makes you think the crackdown on and media reaction to these students doesn’t have anything to do with their “antisemitism” thinkin-lenin
What about overcrowded refugee camps? Hospitals with no power or running water? Entire cities with murdered people everywhere? Bulldozers running over people? People crushed by falling crates? Operating rooms with no anesthetics?
But I never did say that they are the same. There is a way to point on logical fallacy by taking the logic to the extreme. Also, we may argue about semantics, whether to call protest peaceful or not, but it is a disturbance and against the university rules. There are ways to protest without violating those.
When you use hyperbole like that you will only win idiots to your side. Maybe that’s what you want. But you are literally comparing this protest to mass murder, whether you are being sincere or not. If you’re not then you have no point. Is breaking university rules as bad as mass murder? No.
There is nothing to take to the extreme here. The comment was, “if you’re drawing national attention with your protest, you’re doing it right”. Shooting people is in no way, shape, or form a protest.
Can you tell me how this protest is different from the ones about Vietnam War or South African Apartheid or Iraq War?
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