{"id":2243387,"date":"2024-05-13T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-during-his-commencement-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-05-13T11:24:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T15:24:18","slug":"pro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-during-his-commencement-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-during-his-commencement-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-Palestinian Graduates Walk Out on Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s Commencement Speech"},"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\">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%2Fpro-palestinian-graduates-cant-handle-jerry-seinfeld-storm-off-during-his-commencement-speech%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=2243387&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>Pro-Palestinian graduates at Duke University walk out on Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-mocked-trump-last-september-i-run-up-ramps-he-stumbles-down-ramps\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Mocked Trump Last September: \u2018I Run Up Ramps\u2019 He \u2018Stumbles Down Ramps\u2019\">commencement speech<\/a>\u2064 due\u2062 to his views on Israel. Seinfeld, a Jewish comedian, addresses the importance of humor and life&#8217;s \u200bchallenges, urging graduates to\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-vowed-to-elect-more-women-they-did-just-that\/\" title=\"Republicans Vowed To Elect More Women...They Did Just That\">work hard<\/a>, pay attention,\u2062 and\u2063 fall in love. Despite \u2064the controversy, his speech\u2063 emphasizes \u2064essential life lessons and the need for a sense of \u2062humor. Pro-Palestinian graduates at Duke University walked out on Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s \u200ccommencement speech over \u2062his stance on Israel. \u2064Seinfeld, a \u2063Jewish comedian, emphasized humor and life&#8217;s complexities, urging graduates to persevere, \u2062stay attentive, and \u200bembrace love. Despite the uproar, his speech highlighted vital life\u200b lessons and the value of \u2062humor.  <\/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\/news\/\">  News <\/a>  <\/p>\n<h2>Pro-Palestinian Graduates Can&#8217;t Handle Jerry Seinfeld, Storm Off During His Commencement Speech<\/h2>\n<p> <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 13, 2024 at 7:59am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Have you heard the one about the college graduates who left their ceremony because they could not take having a Jewish comedian give them good advice?<\/p>\n<p>That was the scene at Duke University on Sunday, as a few dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-school-students-protested-schools-stringent-mask-policy-now-they-face-truancy-fines\/\" title=\"High School Students Protested School\u2019s Stringent Mask Policy. Now They Face Truancy, Fines\">students walked<\/a> out of the school\u2019s commencement as thousands more remained to hear comedian Jerry Seinfeld speak, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/12\/us\/jerry-seinfeld-duke-students-walk-out-protest.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld, whose Jewish roots have been a thread of his decades-spanning comedy, has become more vocal on the serious subject of Israel after the Hamas slaughter of innocent civilians on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, some students walked out of Duke\u2019s ceremony Sunday in a protest.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld did not address the protests directly in his comments, although some remarks appeared to obliquely address student objections.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jerry Seinfeld was chosen as the commencement speaker at Duke University.<\/p>\n<p>Seinfeld is an American Jew \u2013 who as far as I know doesn\u2019t sit on Israel\u2019s war cabinet, serve in the IDF, or have absolutely anything to do with the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>That didn\u2019t\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4tvxuwomCp\">pic.twitter.com\/4tvxuwomCp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvivaKlompas\/status\/1789710320283406727?\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI grew up a Jewish boy from New York. That is a privilege if you want to be a comedian,\u201d he said at one point, later adding, \u201cit is worth the sacrifice of occasional discomfort to have some laughs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re never going to believe this: Harvard used to be a great place to go to school. Now it\u2019s Duke,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think institutes of higher education are failing their students?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Seinfeld tried to pierce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerry-seinfeld-rips-modern-day-films-movie-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">political correctness bubble<\/a> in his comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI totally admire the ambitions of your generation to create a more just and inclusive society. I think it is also wonderful that you care so much about not hurting other people\u2019s feelings in the million and one ways we all do that every second of every day,\u201d Seinfeld said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/politics\/news\/jerry-seinfeld-duke-commencement-speech-walkouts-free-palestine-1236000401\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s lovely to want to fix those things, but \u2014 all caps, but \u2014 what I need to tell you as a comedian, do not lose your sense of humor. You can have no idea at this point in your life how much you\u2019re going to need it to get through,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Much of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerry-seinfeld-unleashes-extreme-left-devastating-impact-comedy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">address<\/a> came down to sharing what Seinfeld called his \u201cthree real keys to life,\u201d which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/story\/just-swing-the-bat-and-pray-seinfeld-shares-3-keys-to-life-with-nearly-7-000-graduating-duke-students\/21427341\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WRAL-TV <\/a>summarized as work hard, pay attention, and fall in love.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the problem with the media. The focus on a small handful of students walking out on Jerry Seinfeld\u2019s speech has completely obscured any coverage of the actual speech, which is excellent, completely apolitical, and full of gems all young people need to hear.<\/p>\n<p>Here it is in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sgag2aQEHJ\">pic.twitter.com\/sgag2aQEHJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aliamjadrizvi\/status\/1789746629458682096?\">May 12, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhatever you\u2019re doing, I don\u2019t care if it\u2019s your job, your hobby, a relationship, getting a reservation at M Sushi,\u201d Seinfeld said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMake an effort. Just pure, stupid, no-real-idea-what-I\u2019m-doing-here effort. Effort always yields a positive value, even if the outcome of the effort is absolute failure of the desired result. This is a rule of life. Just swing the bat and pray is not a bad approach to a lot of things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Graduates were also given a Seinfeldian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerry-seinfeld-doubles-says-seinfeld-jokes-never-written-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">definition<\/a> of falling in love.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFall in love with your coffee. Your sneakers. Your Blue Zone parking space. I\u2019ve had a lot of fun in life falling in love with stupid, meaningless physical objects\u2026I have truly spent my life focusing on the smallest things imaginable, completely oblivious to all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-pick-for-secretary-of-state-tony-blinken-is-connected-to-biden-family-in-their-shady-deals-with-china-and-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Pick for Secretary of State, Tony Blinken, Is Connected to Biden Family in Their Shady Deals with China and Ukraine\">big issues<\/a> of living,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jerry-seinfeld-gives-vicious-pro-palestinian-protesters-exact-response-deserve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seinfeld<\/a> noted that life has downs as well as ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind something where you love the good parts and don\u2019t mind the bad parts too much \u2014 the torture you\u2019re comfortable with. This is the golden path to victory in life. Work. Exercise. Relationships. They all have a solid component of pure torture, and they are all 1000 percent worth it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. 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Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/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>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" 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>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Palestinian grads walk out on Jerry Seinfeld&#8217;s speech. 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