{"id":2235249,"date":"2024-05-02T07:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trust-fund-kids-protesting-on-campuses-know-nothing-about-oppression\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T07:51:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T11:51:47","slug":"trust-fund-kids-protesting-on-campuses-know-nothing-about-oppression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trust-fund-kids-protesting-on-campuses-know-nothing-about-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"Privileged students protesting on campuses lack understanding of oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Ftrust-fund-kids-protesting-on-campuses-know-nothing-about-oppression%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=2235249&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 University \u200dof Southern California canceled its main commencement\u2062 ceremony in May due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-deletes-president-trumps-tweets-threatens-permanent-suspension\/\" title=\"Twitter deletes President Trump\u2019s tweets, threatens permanent suspension\">security concerns<\/a>\u2063 during anti-Israel protests. The\u200b class of 2024 and their\u200c families were\u200d disappointed as\u200c their milestone celebration was disrupted by protestors. The protests highlighted privileged students&#8217; \u2064support for causes \u200cwithout\u2063 deep understanding\u2064 or personal \u2064experience. The \u200dcancellation of the University of Southern California&#8217;s main commencement ceremony in May\u200d due to\u200b security concerns amidst anti-Israel protests left the class of 2024 and their families disappointed.\u200c The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/listen-911-call-over-bidens-energy-secretarys-comedy-of-errors-tour\/\" title=\"911 Call Regarding Biden's Energy Secretary's Tour Mishaps\">incident \u200dhighlighted<\/a> \u200bhow\u2063 privileged students supported causes without a profound \u200cunderstanding or \u2064personal experience.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>The University of Southern California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/usc-university-of-texas-at-austin-columbia-arrests-pro-palestinian-protests-ac51fd18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">canceled<\/a> its main commencement ceremony in May due to security concerns amid anti-Israel protests on campus. The majority of the class of 2024 and their families and friends must be disappointed that their opportunity to celebrate an important milestone in life was ruined by a few careless Champagne Marxists.<\/p>\n<p>When the terrorist group Hamas launched its brutal attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, it probably had never envisioned it would find its loudest supporters at America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/destroyed-in-the-name-of-wokeness-sf-forces-top-high-school-to-eliminate-merit-based-admissions\/\" title=\"\u2018Destroyed In The Name Of Wokeness\u2019: SF Forces Top High School To Eliminate Merit-Based Admissions\">elite universities<\/a>, where a four-year bachelor\u2019s degree costs more than many Americans\u2019 mortgages and the majority of the student body are children of the rich and powerful.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1525786074\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-587a7b54b6a63f89eaef71f19d770f90 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-587a7b54b6a63f89eaef71f19d770f90\"><\/div>\n<p>The Champagne Marxists claim they care about the Palestinian people. But it\u2019s likely that most of them, if not all,\u00a0have never been to Gaza. Most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.israelhayom.com\/2019\/12\/02\/they-support-palestine-but-cant-find-it-on-a-map\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">couldn\u2019t locate Palestinian territory on a map<\/a>. Many\u00a0are clueless that when they chant \u201cfrom the river to the sea,\u201d they are calling for the elimination of the nation of Israel \u2014 because they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/article-776987\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">don\u2019t know the names or locations of the river and the sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this ignorance hasn\u2019t stopped them from labeling Israel a \u201ccolonizer\u201d and willfully ignoring atrocities committed by Hamas against Israelis on Oct. 7. In fact, emboldened by ignorance, they held <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/glory-to-our-martyrs-georgetown-university-students-mourn-palestinian-deaths-ignore-hamas-atrocities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">candlelight vigils<\/a> for Hamas terrorists killed by the Israeli military; <a href=\"https:\/\/forward.com\/fast-forward\/566853\/george-washington-university-anti-israel-projection-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">projected<\/a> antisemitic slogans on buildings on campuses; <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/12\/05\/news\/jews-at-harvard-mit-nyu-and-penn-recount-campus-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">harassed and threatened<\/a> Jewish students; <a href=\"https:\/\/video.search.yahoo.com\/search\/video;_ylt=AwrNPdrxMChmcAQAbcNXNyoA;_ylu=Y29sbwNiZjEEcG9zAzEEdnRpZAMEc2VjA3Nj?type=E210US1276G0&#038;p=college+students+torn+down+Israeli+hostage+posters&#038;fr=mcafee&#038;turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse3.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.sWH7N05fi5G8ooRd_LSyaQEsCo%26pid%3DApi%26w%3D296%26h%3D156%26c%3D7%26p%3D0&#038;rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fnyu-student-admits-tearing-down-israeli-hostage-posters-blames-misplaced-anger&#038;tit=Individuals+tear+down+photos+of+Israeli+hostages+on+NYU%E2%80%99s+campus&#038;pos=01&#038;vid=525023d0b92e6ec90fdb5bc705c981dc&#038;sigr=ZncKbsujhR0A&#038;sigt=olgAHhwD6xFm&#038;sigi=Xg1vfChXYD89\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tore down<\/a> posters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13371267\/columbia-protest-palestine-israel-journalism-todd-bensman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">putting up<\/a> photos of Hamas terrorists on campus to memorialize them;\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13297643\/uc-berkeley-law-student-jewish-dean-palestine-israel-genocide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disrupted<\/a> a private dinner party hosted by a Jewish professor in his\u00a0own\u00a0backyard. Their latest protesting tactic was to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/education\/columbia-university-protests-remote-classes-yale-arrests-111ffc5d?mod=hp_lead_pos2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occupy<\/a> open campus spaces and turn them into tent cities. <\/p>\n<p>The encampment at Columbia University has received the most public attention. Student protesters at the \u201cGaza Solidarity Encampment\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13340891\/columbia-palestine-protestors-buffet-spread-food.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> sustained their revolutionary zeal with various organic, vegan, and gluten-free food choices, including \u00a0$12 croissants and $14 avocado toasts. Despite a sign inside the encampment saying, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/annals-of-education\/how-a-generation-is-being-politicized-on-palestine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resist colonial power by any means necessary<\/a>,\u201d these Champagne Marxists couldn\u2019t give up their privileged lifestyle made possible by \u201ccolonial power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After all, those overpriced foods gave Champagne Marxists the energy to dance to the rap song singing, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/i-was-stabbed-in-the-eye-at-yale\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">F-uck Israel<\/a>,\u201d call Jewish students \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2024\/04\/26\/student-protesters-israel-gaza-encampments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nazi<\/a>,\u201d and tell them to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/21\/nyregion\/columbia-protests-antisemitism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">go back to Poland<\/a>.\u201d One pro-Palestinian protester <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kane\/status\/1782223942234825017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">held a sign<\/a> that pointed to a group of pro-Israel protesters and called them Hamas\u2019 next target.\u00a0Several Jewish\u00a0students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/they-were-assaulted-on-campus-for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a> being physically harassed on campus.\u00a0Columbia\u2019s rabbi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/columbia-rabbi-tells-jewish-students-leave-campus-warns-school-nypd-cannot-guarantee-your-safety\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged<\/a> Jewish students to leave campus because the school wouldn\u2019t be able to keep them safe. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-512b39903b117fa9afa139e83b4d0e2f fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-512b39903b117fa9afa139e83b4d0e2f\"><\/div>\n<p>Initially, at the request of Columbia President Minouche Shafik, the\u00a0NYPD tried to clear the campus encampment by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/04\/18\/nyregion\/columbia-university-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">arresting<\/a> about 100 protesters, including <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/21\/us-news\/columbia-protester-who-killed-elderly-vermont-couple-in-crash-should-be-in-jail-not-on-campus-furious-family-says\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Isabel Jennifer Seward<\/a>, the daughter of a UPS senior executive. Seward (whose listed home address is a $2.2 million mansion) walked away from a traffic accident in 2020 that killed an elderly couple in Vermont with just a $220 fine (apparently paid by her mother).<\/p>\n<p>Another notable arrest was Isra Hirsi, a student of Barnard College (where the annual cost of attending is <a href=\"https:\/\/barnard.edu\/finaid\/cost-of-attendance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$90,000<\/a>).\u00a0Hirsi later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13334881\/Rep-Ilhan-Omars-daughter-Isra-Hirsi-homeless-anti-Israel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complained<\/a> to Teen Vogue that she became homeless and was starving after Barnard College suspended her. People who doubted her claim quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/22\/us-news\/ilhan-omars-daughter-says-shes-homeless-after-being-suspended-from-college-over-anti-israel-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a> that Hirsi\u2019s mother is Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and her father owns a political consulting agency.<\/p>\n<p>The initial arrest energized more pro-Palestinian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-schoolgirl-admits-lying-about-teacher-who-was-murdered-for-showing-class-muhammed-cartoons\/\" title=\"French Schoolgirl Admits Lying About Teacher Who Was Murdered For Showing Class Muhammed Cartoons\">student protesters<\/a> to set up encampments on Columbia\u2019s campus, with additional demands of divestment from Israel and turning the exclusive private college into the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaitlinPacific\/status\/1782458459130307007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People\u2019s University<\/a>.\u201d President Minouche Shafik seemed to have lost her nerve. Rather than calling back the NYPD to restore order, she <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/education\/4614798-columbia-hybrid-classes-protests-israel-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">made most classes hybrid<\/a> for the rest of the semester.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s worth asking why children of elites are so attached to the Palestinian cause. Their youth explains part of it. When you are young, you are attracted to radical ideas, you tend to be rebellious, and the idea of joining in a revolution led by the \u201coppressed\u201d against the \u201coppressor\u201d sounds exciting. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-df06acc7f7115c00ef8a8c3d10569e8d fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-df06acc7f7115c00ef8a8c3d10569e8d\"><\/div>\n<p>However, the main reason is that these hyper-privileged young people are bored. They have\u00a0been insulated\u00a0from the rest of the society since birth. From exclusive kindergarten to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-insanity-top-10-stories-of-the-week-vol-31\/\" title=\"Education Insanity: Top 10 Stories Of The Week (Vol. 31)\">private high schools<\/a> to elite private colleges, their sheltered lives are too predictable.<\/p>\n<p>Even without a credential from an Ivy League college, their future\u00a0is set. As American writer Caitlin Flanagan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CaitlinPacific\/status\/1782458459130307007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pointed out<\/a>, the irony is that\u00a0these Champagne Marxists who pretend they are attending \u201cThe People\u2019s University\u201d know only too well that they will \u201cgo to work at The People\u2019s Hedge Fund and The People\u2019s Consulting Firm\u201d upon graduation. <\/p>\n<p>These Champagne Marxists like to pretend to be part of a proletariat revolution because sleeping in brand-new <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/27\/us-news\/gen-z-doesnt-know-why-theyre-protesting-for-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">North Face tents<\/a> and shouting slogans they don\u2019t understand in between yoga and dancing sessions add thrills to their otherwise dull and insulated lives and gives them the sort of prestige that money and power cannot easily buy.<\/p>\n<p>But deep down, they are the \u201ccareless people\u201d F. Scott Fitzgerald warned us about in his masterful novel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gutenberg.org\/cache\/epub\/64317\/pg64317-images.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Great Gatsby<\/em><\/a>. Champagne Marxists \u201csmashed up things and creatures\u201d with little regard for how much disruption or harm their actions will cause others, because in the end, they always \u201cretreated into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>History has shown that most notorious Marxists were from families that were well-off. For instance, Vladimir Lenin was born into a wealthy middle-class family. He launched the Bolshevik Revolution and founded the Soviet Union, the first communist totalitarian regime. He taught his future successor, Joseph Stalin, how to silence dissenting voices with gulags and mass executions. Lenin was the first mass murderer of the 20th century. <\/p>\n<p>Growing up,\u00a0Mao Zedong enjoyed the\u00a0many benefits that\u00a0came with being the son of a prosperous farmer. Inspired by Lenin\u2019s Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Mao led his version of\u00a0the Marxist\u00a0revolution\u00a0in China and founded a communist regime. His socialist policies caused the deaths of more than 40 million people in China. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone who thinks that today\u2019s Champagne Marxists will never become someone as dangerous as Lenin or Mao should check out a livestream <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1783629597696782732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a> recorded by Columbia\u2019s encampment leader, Khymani James, in which he said, \u201cZionists, along with all white supremacists\u201d need be killed. He also stated that the public should be thankful that he had not gone out to murder them yet. Last week, Columbia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/04\/26\/nyregion\/columbia-student-protest-zionism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">barred<\/a> James from being on campus after the video drew backlash, but it\u2019s unclear if the suspension is only temporary.<\/p>\n<p>The rest of society should never underestimate or indulge Champagne Marxists. If no one holds them accountable\u00a0for smashing up things\u00a0now, some\u00a0of them\u00a0will someday inflict pain and suffering on many people.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3999f015f5609275cc8d81858249fc58 fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-3999f015f5609275cc8d81858249fc58\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Southern California canceled its main May commencement citing security issues during anti-Israel protests. The class of 2024, plus their loved ones, likely felt dismay as a crucial life moment was disrupted by a handful of reckless protestors at the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":2235250,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024_Columbia_pro-Palestine_protest_24.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/2024_Columbia_pro-Palestine_protest_24.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}