The line between peaceful protest and violent or hate speech
can be very thin and easy to cross
While Columbia drew red lines in the sand over the
encampments on its lawns then when the time expired the deadlines tossed
Others like University of Texas at Austin and USC when
protestors refused to move police were called in
To arrest the pro-Palestinian antisemitic protestors who
thought their antisemitic chants would enable them to win
Demanding a ceasefire, divestment of investments in
companies doing business in Israel and an end to military arms
Absent from their demands was a release of hostages held by
Hamas in tunnels now in Racca facing death or bodily harm
University trustees and presidents forgot they were supposed
to have spines
Fearful of violence cancelled classes to go viral and at USC
commencement was declined
Finally Columbia protestors seeing administration deadlines
come and go
Broke in to occupy the Dean’s Office to announce to the
nation they were running the show
When the protestors waive Hamas flags and shout “we are
Hamas” in Jewish students’ faces
How can they not feel that elite universities reeking of
antisemitism have become deadly places
Our politicized AG Merrick Garland still seething for SCOTUS
he was not confirmed
Has done nothing to the acts of these pro-Palestinian as terrorists affirm
But was so quick to declare Catholics domestic terrorists
As the desire for revenge to against Trump and his MAGA
backers he could not resist
© April 30, 2024 Michael P. Ridley aka The Alaskanpoet
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