Princeton University student: "My peers and I are starving."

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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[mcar]

1. Dude, it's Princeton

Wawa delivers.

[Ocelot II]

2. No, they aren't. They're fasting performatively for a day or two.

But it will make them feel better about themselves and their privileged white kid righteousness.

[Cha]

3. I can't understand what she's saying?

What is this about.. are they on a hunger strike?

[BannonsLiver]

11. Something about a double whopper with cheese and a Sprite.

[Cha]

16. okay.. so they won't "starve"?

TY

[betsuni]

15. She says they're starving, physically exhausted, she's literally shaking, hot and cold at the same time,

immunocompromised. The university would love them to be further weakened because they can't say no to unjust murder. It is her birthday but she would rather be standing in solidarity than doing anything else.

I don't know if on a hunger strike or they imagine the university is trying to starve them or something. In my opinion, she's practically crying because she can't have birthday cake.

[wnylib]

18. Shouldn't she be in Gaza if she really wants to

show her solidarity?

[Cha]

20. Mahalo, betsuni, for translating that for me.

We'll see how the University responds.

[betsuni]

24. University president explained to protesters that divestment has to go through a process of agreement

across the community and is therefore rare.

In 2014, faculty members submitted a petition for divestment but there was a counter-petition from students "rejecting efforts -- such as boycott, divestments, or sanctions campaigns -- that aim to demonize or assign absolute blame to either Israelis or Palestinians as they are counterproductive and drive the parties further away from compromise." Then the Center for Jewish Life submitted it's objection to divestment signed by faculty, parents and alumni.

Protesters whined about mean adults saying "process" to them and don't seem to understand.

University said that if rules and laws are broken, such as occupying a building, there has to be accountability. Of course.

Protesters are painting themselves into a corner. And the urgency, the hunger strikes -- as if a long slow process of divestment will make a bit of difference? It doesn't seem productive to me.

And the whining! I'd never show weakness like that if I wanted to look like a tough revolutionary. Whine privately.

[Cha]

25. Good Advice.. "Whine Privately"! and for that reason.

Thank you for explaining all of this so well. The protesters/encampments go too Overboard to get their way.

They're always protesting the wrong people like the Holocaust Survivors, Met Galas.. and throwing their weight around Universities.. Breaking things and Blocking Jewish Students.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

4. Send some humanitarian chickie nuggies -STAT!!!!

[Beausoleil]

5. Send in the Seabees!

Is that rude?

[Goodheart]

6. She might win me over if I could actually understand what she's saying

although I doubt it.

[republianmushroom]

7. Who suggest better planning ,

[sarisataka]

8. As she said, "This is my choice"

Choices have consequences.

BTW Happy Birthday whoever you are.

[Sympthsical]

9. I want to sue these people for damages

The hard core cringe my face just involuntarily contorted into caused physical pain.

In case anyone wanted to know what a total lack of self-awareness looks like - Exhibit A.

In addition, people keep objecting to these protestors being called privileged.

Also, Exhibit A.

[BannonsLiver]

10. But as Cut and Paste told me earlier today, they're not entitled or privileged!

[Silent3]

12. I really want to feel supportive of students standing up against violence, I'm not happy about...

...how Israel, particularly Netanyahu, is dealing with Gaza.

But damn, they make feeling supportive hard.

[unblock]

13. Well-needed diet? Do something for exercise? What an *sshole

Complicated situation, so much room for legitimate discussion, and this guy can't get past his idiotic notion of what some other people's size and shape should be.

[LeftInTX]

14. Gotta give them credit for not pillaging the place

[Ace Rothstein]

17. These are the spokespeople of the tentifada.

If this is their best then how insufferable do the rest of them sound?

[Sympthsical]

21. "Tentifada"

Coffee in my nose. Thanks ever so much.

I think this has to be the favorite thing read this week.

Tentifada.

That is so dismissively, sneeringly devastating.

[betsuni]

19. "full academic and cultural boycott of Israel" -- one of their demands. What does that mean?

I see they are on a hunger strike, since Friday, and whining that the university isn't taking care of them. Seems the students expect doctors to come and take care of them because they don't feel very well after four days.

[JoseBalow]

22. "This is absolutely unfair"

[Mosby]

23. Someone needs to get them a nissan micro

Pretty amazing features, especially for a protestor on a hunger strike. See for yourself:

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[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. These protesters are really whiny

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[betsuni]

27. They sure find a lot of things to whine about after only a few days. Good thing the big revolution didn't happen.

[Nixie]

28. Aww, the pro-terrorists are hungry.

And they are "immuno-compromised."

[betsuni]

29. "Immunocompromised" -- I guess that fancy elite education really paid off, vocabulary-wise.

The rest of us peasants just say "I don't feel very well, I think I'm coming down with something."

[Nixie]

30. Exactly. They are quite the entitled bunch.

[Mountainguy]

31. Whats stopping her from eating?

Other than herself?

[PeaceWave]

32. This generation is so bad at socializing - they can't even protest correctly.

How do they expect to get their point across effectively when they start with a list of demands that includes Taco Bell and WiFi access?