{"id":2229586,"date":"2024-04-24T20:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-to-admit-she-has-no-idea-whats-going-on-i-wish-i-was-more-educated\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T20:17:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T00:17:02","slug":"interviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-to-admit-she-has-no-idea-whats-going-on-i-wish-i-was-more-educated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/interviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-to-admit-she-has-no-idea-whats-going-on-i-wish-i-was-more-educated\/","title":{"rendered":"NYU Protester Admits Lack of Knowledge in Simple Interview Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finterviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-to-admit-she-has-no-idea-whats-going-on-i-wish-i-was-more-educated%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2229586&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The commentary by Allison \u200dAnton on April 24, 2024, questions the depth of understanding among protesters rallying against a distant war. Despite their fervor, the lack of coherent \u2063explanations signals a concerning trend, highlighting the performative \u200cnature of such demonstrations and the \u200bneed for genuine engagement with global issues. \u2062On April 24, 2024, Allison\u2062 Anton&#8217;s commentary\u200c raises concerns about the lack of understanding among protesters rallying against a remote war. Despite their passion, the absence of clear explanations illustrates a worrisome trend, emphasizing the superficiality \u200dof these demonstrations and the call\u200d for\u2064 sincere involvement in\u200c global affairs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/%20\"><span>Allison Anton<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 24, 2024 at 2:54pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>You would think that people spending so much time and energy protesting the supposed injustices of a war happening half a planet away would be able to answer some simple questions about why they were there to begin with.<\/p>\n<p>But in the days of protesting Current Woke Obsession simply because all the cool kids are doing it, expecting decent answers to simple questions from protesters seems to be expecting too much.<\/p>\n<p>Former Republican New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani shared a video on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X demonstrating this very phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Folks from his venture, the Common Sense podcast, interviewed some of the college students at New York University protesting Israel\u2019s actions in the Gaza war, wanting to know their reasons for participating in this demonstration.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8VIDEO: A REAL interview we had at NYU:<\/p>\n<p>QUESTION: \u201cWhy are you protesting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PROTESTER #1: \u201cI don\u2019t know. I\u2019m pretty sure there\u2019s something about Israel [turns to other person] Why are we protesting?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PROTESTER #2: \u201cI wish I was more educated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>PROTESTER #1: \u201cI\u2019m not either.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8aB2ZoTCCk\">pic.twitter.com\/8aB2ZoTCCk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RudyGiuliani\/status\/1783154103947862364?\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The interviewer began by asking one young woman, \u201cAnd what would you say is the main goal with tonight\u2019s protest?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The young woman answered vaguely, \u201cI think the goal is just showing our support for Palestine, and demanding that NYU stops \u2026 I honestly don\u2019t know all of what NYU is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should colleges expel students who refuse to stop protesting against Israel?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Wait, what?<\/p>\n<p>She was there protesting, possibly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-florida-cops-teach-palestinian-protesters-lesson-never-forget-crippled-california-cops-get-owned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">risking arrest<\/a>, and she had no clear idea of why she was there, or why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-take-drastic-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NYU<\/a> needed to be protested against?<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it got worse. Much worse.<\/p>\n<p>The interviewer asked, \u201cIs there something that NYU\u2019s doing?\u201d to which the girl replied, \u201cI really don\u2019t know, I\u2019m pretty sure they\u2019re \u2014 do you know what NYU\u2019s doing?\u201d she asked someone standing next to her, pivoting to see if one of her friends could bail her out.<\/p>\n<p>The friend, however, was of no use, asking first, \u201cAbout what?\u201d with the first girl answering, \u201cAbout Israel, why are we protesting here?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The girl\u2019s friend then confessed her ignorance, responding, \u201cI wish I was more educated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More educated?<\/p>\n<p>These girls \u2014 or, more likely, their parents \u2014 have paid around $60,000 a year to send their daughters to these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ivy-league-school-offering-segregated-graduation-ceremonies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prestigious schools,<\/a> and these girls readily admitted on camera that they weren\u2019t educated?<\/p>\n<p>The first girl then tried to save face by explaining she \u201ccame from Columbia\u201d because \u201cthey said NYU students needed our support,\u201d but at this point, there was no saving face.<\/p>\n<p>In the sober words of <a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/watch-interview-with-protester-at-nyu-i-really-dont-know-why-were-protesting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Not the Bee<\/a>, \u201cLet us remind you this person can vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She had just exposed herself and her friend as supporters of a cause, protesting it with all the righteous fury of Old Testament prophets, while having no idea of why, outside of a general notion of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-owner-cuts-funding-columbia-university-anti-israel-protests-no-longer-institution-recognize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel bad<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sad as it was to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/america-trash-liberal-university-students-responses-living-america-enrage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/winning-the-infrastructure-conversation-is-step-1-for-the-gop\/\" title=\"Winning The Infrastructure Conversation Is Step 1 For The GOP\">college-educated women<\/a><\/a> so ignorant of something apparently so important to them, it was not exactly surprising.<\/p>\n<p>As NYPD law enforcement officials told <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/about-230-people-arrested-at-nyu-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the New York Post<\/a>, in an article reporting on the lack of real consequences the NYU protesters have received, \u201cThey\u2019ll keep getting arrested and go back out and keep doing the same thing because this is all a performative game for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The operative word being \u201cperformative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These protesters have had no need of actual knowledge regarding a complex <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-biden-sec-state-appears-take-shot-israel-handling-gaza-therell-changes-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">international crisis<\/a>, because the purpose was never seriously understanding and changing international relations.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it was all about the appearance, the \u201cperformance\u201d of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-black-police-officer-schools-virtue-signaling-white-protester-racism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">righteousness<\/a> afforded by these public protests.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a way to claim <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democratic-women-return-trump-era-tradition-coordinated-sotu-outfits-ultimate-act-virtue-signaling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">virtue<\/a> without actually doing anything challenging or concrete.<\/p>\n<p>What was astonishing about this particular ignorant, incurious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drivers-try-take-matters-hands-pro-palestinian-protesters-block-la-freeway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protester<\/a> was that she admitted her absolute ignorance on the subject so readily.<\/p>\n<p>She barely even seemed ashamed.<\/p>\n<p>You would think that having to ask a friend at a protest, in front of a camera, \u201cWhy are we protesting?\u201d would make her rethink her life choices.<\/p>\n<p>And maybe she did later \u2014 however, knowing the toxically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thanks-liberals-segregation-back-vengeance-college-campuses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">liberal culture<\/a> of college campuses in general, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/photos-new-york-times-building-vandalized-anti-israel-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York City<\/a> in particular, probably not.<\/p>\n<p>As the old saying goes, there are none so blind as those who will not see.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. 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Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45810\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/aanton\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45810\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45810\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45810\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Allison Anton dabbles in fiction, as well as commenting on depressing modern trends and media. She calls the metro Atlanta area home, and when she\u2019s not writing, she\u2019s creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-unanimously-sides-with-catholic-adoption-agency-in-religious-freedom-case\/\" title=\"Supreme Court Unanimously Sides With Catholic Adoption Agency In Religious Freedom Case\">loving home<\/a> for her amazing husband.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary dated April 24, 2024, at 2:54 pm, Allison Anton highlights the irony of protesters expending energy on a distant war&#8217;s injustices yet struggling to explain their presence. 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