How the Student Pro-Palestine Movement Blew It: ‘Humanitarian Aid’ and Banana Allergies

They’ve defined themselves as a bunch of entitled, whiny kids who want every single political demand immediately. And also: the meal plan. 

Sharon Waxman
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Demonstrators supporting Palestinians in Gaza barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images)

It’s been three weeks since students started taking over university campuses and we can now officially call it – they’ve blown it. 

Instead of being defined as young people driven by a principled stand against Palestinian suffering in Gaza, they’re now broadly defined as a bunch of entitled, whiny, immature kids who want their 21st century creature comforts but also every single political demand immediately. And also: the meal plan. 

Instead of being seen as champions for free speech they’re now defined as creepy groupthinkers who robotically chant slogans and follow directives by some shadowy, far-left leaders who wear masks and spew terms from Maoist playbooks like “imperialist forces” and something something “settler-colonialists.”

Sharon Waxman

Sharon Waxman

Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman

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One response to “How the Student Pro-Palestine Movement Blew It: ‘Humanitarian Aid’ and Banana Allergies”

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    Jon

    THANK YOU, Sharon. Thank you for perfectly encapsulating what it feels like for every single middle aged, well-educated, successful (yes, Jews are successful, I’m not ashamed to say this, I am never going to be ashamed to say this, you fucking Jew-hating clowns) Jew watching this madness unfold from the wings. The last two weeks have been appalling. It seemed like nobody was paying attention. Now, after the brutal failure of the UCLA encampment, the filth these kids were screaming, the mess they happily left behind, the millions of dollars in police overtime they incurred simply so they could fold like lawn chairs and be whisked away by paddywagon busses end to end…. and left behind Royce Hall, one of the most beautiful and iconic campus buildings in the country, covered in stupid, shitty, jew-hating graffiti… finally we can all see it for what it was: absolute bullshit. And worse than bullshit: anti american, anti-semitic hate, perpetuated by an ignorant group of easily-duped shithead students at one of the best colleges in the country. And it’s everywhere, on repeat. Their National Tantrum is fucking OVER. And thank god. One can hope they will soon wake up and realize just how much they humiliated and debased themselves.

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