Whingers

But what is being obfuscated is that the students who are most unsafe right now are the student activists who have been arrested and evicted from their housing and the rest of the student activists who are risking everything in solidarity with Palestinians.

— Josh Kadish (@kadish_josh) April 21, 2024

We had no alternative except to prepare for direct action, whereby we would present our very bodies as a means of laying our case before the conscience of the local and the national community. Mindful of the difficulties involved, we decided to undertake a process of self purification. We began a series of workshops on nonviolence, and we repeatedly asked ourselves: "Are you able to accept blows without retaliating?" "Are you able to endure the ordeal of jail?" We decided to schedule our direct action program for the Easter season, realizing that except for Christmas, this is the main shopping period of the year. Knowing that a strong economic-withdrawal program would be the by product of direct action, we felt that this would be the best time to bring pressure to bear on the merchants for the needed change.

Letter From Birmingham Jail 

Get back to me when you’re ready to be an adult, and accept responsibility.

Nothing personal here. You can find this sentiment all over Twitter, but mostly, it seems, centered in Columbia.

On the broader point of the situation at Columbia. It's important to know who's doing what. Students vs hangers-on, activists from off campus etc. But let's not kid ourselves. Think abt this situation from the perspective of a minority group you actually care about.

Students…

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 21, 2024