O, The Humanities!

They want food delivered. Apparently much has changed with protesters since the 1960s. pic.twitter.com/ErkkOVMaUr

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 30, 2024

I honestly thought the Administration should simply shut off power and water to the building. Then I figured they didn’t want to wait that long 

The occupiers called the failure to deliver food a “humanitarian crisis.”

I see they’ve won everyone over to their cause https://t.co/37o2lLlLMK

— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 1, 2024

Humanitarian crisis solved. Cheering crowds don’t exactly indicate widespread support, either.

It will be interesting to learn how many of those arrested in Hamilton Hall at Columbia are actually students.

— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 1, 2024

That’s one question. It practically answers the other:

I increasingly believe this election will be a referendum on whether anything matters anymore. There's no rational case for Trump, but there's a loud contingent on the left that just wants to burn it down. Combine that with low information voters and Republicans circling the… https://t.co/PFtNm7tSsG

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 30, 2024

The noise volume level is not nearly as significant as the numbers. And since when is noise an indicator of support? There was a lot of noise on J6:

"We see this in 2022, right?" he said. "This is what this is what all the exit polling said in '22. We expected this big red wave... and then all the exit polling said, 'democracy, democracy, democracy.' Look, our hand is on the stove. Take if off!"

It didn’t inspire the political activity it was meant to. No more than the anti-war protests brought an early end to Vietnam. You know what did work?

If you choose civil disobedience that violates the law to make your point, you would certainly not be the first or last, but protesters of the past have accepted that comes with arrest & sometimes incarceration. That’s the deal. So don’t cry about it, own it. It was your choice.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 1, 2024

Civil disobedience, used by Dr. King and his followers, won hearts and minds. Whinging about taking over a college building and not getting any food after 12 hours? Not so much.

I really don’t think they’re going to be a moral, or political, force in November. School is almost out, after all.