I’ve also seen many news reports of Jewish college kids harassed by peers getting threatening while protesting against Israel’s actions and for Palestinian rights. (Two things I would agree with, but that I wouldn’t march for if I feel like my safety would be at risk merely because I’m Jewish.)
I would caution against tales like this. Not that I doubt they happened, but I would be skeptical that these events happened because they were Jewish. I can imagine a scenario where the protests get “energetic,” and they go up to people who maybe haven’t really given it a lot of thought or wrestled with the mess that is the decades-long war, and give them an ultimatum of essentially “if you’re not with us, you’re against us.” You yourself gave a great example of a scenario where you wouldn’t want to join a protest. On campus, people often just want to get to class.
But then, I haven’t read the articles you have. I just know that news outlets, lately, have been really trying to paint the Left like, “They have an extremist problem, too, therefore they’re no better than the Right” (bullshit Horseshoe Theory).
I would caution against tales like this. Not that I doubt they happened, but I would be skeptical that these events happened because they were Jewish. I can imagine a scenario where the protests get “energetic,” and they go up to people who maybe haven’t really given it a lot of thought or wrestled with the mess that is the decades-long war, and give them an ultimatum of essentially “if you’re not with us, you’re against us.” You yourself gave a great example of a scenario where you wouldn’t want to join a protest. On campus, people often just want to get to class.
But then, I haven’t read the articles you have. I just know that news outlets, lately, have been really trying to paint the Left like, “They have an extremist problem, too, therefore they’re no better than the Right” (bullshit Horseshoe Theory).