My only gripe is the lack of a clear ask. But perfect is the enemy of good.
No, it wasn't. I don't think 200 students is a significant proportion of audience. (BTW, bad reporting for not giving a % estimate.) This is a gross lack of solidarity. If this was to happen in Europe 50 years ago, 90% of students would walk out.
> It causes someone who is clearly courting public affection to see they won't get it.
It didn't even make him feel bad. (BTW, bad reporting again for not saying how many people applauded him at the end.)
> It doesn't interrupt the speech for others who want to hear.
Oh, yes they did. They blew whistles. Read the article.
> Moreover, it communicates to the administration–who are also courting donations and prestige–that this gets more difficult when there is a massive gap on an issue students care about between them and leadership.
Apparently they cared about Palestine. I get it that Google supported Israel, but what does the administration has to do with any of it?
It keeps it in the news cycle. Though it was genuinely unclear to me if this was mostly a pro-Palestine thing or folks pissy about AI and the Epstein class’s public corruption.
Economically, the BDS movement is making demands of so many companies that there’s hardly a large firm or other organization in the country they don’t have a problem with. But if you are saying you’re going to boycott everyone, it means you’re not really boycotting anyone.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/college-mobilit...:
The bourgeoisie are literally the middle class [1].
