I Was Protested At Bard College For Being A Jew

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3. When I read these words. . .

“Why are you silencing Palestinians?” he demanded. “There should have been a Palestinian discussing anti-Semitism. They have many thoughts about it!”

I imagined a a panel on racism in America, and someone asking why no white people were on the panel. "They have many thoughts about it."

(Mind you, the writer alluded to an idea like this.)

Far be it for me to suggest that anti-Semitism wasn't at work in that situation. Another aspect to be considered, however, is the tendency of passionate, supposedly "woke" individuals to be self-righteous and one dimensional in their thinking.

This is the classic trope about making everything about themselves and their concerns.