Thread by @InezFeltscher

The action we should be considering is whether universities deserve the massive federal benefits and funds given to them. We should be taking this demonstration of what universities produce (and make no mistake, these protests are a natural part of the ideology on campus for decades) to pull their funding, tax their endowments, and generally rein them massively in if they wish to stay wards of the taxpayer. Instead, the GOP seems to be working on appointing anti-semitism hall monitors at corrupt institutions. GOP proving itself wholly incapable of notching Ws once again.

Then there’s the cowering reaction in the face of these completely pathetic protests. WHY? The danger these protestors pose to both Jews and the US is primarily through what we can call the Chesa Boudin route - that they’re just the latest class to graduate into the Fortune 500, DOJ, and the next Democratic administration. In that sense, they’re an enormous threat, as they have been for the last decade and more.

But a physical threat? The assaults so far have been people wrestling over flags etc. There’s language that amounts to Title VI violations, sure, sue the crap out of universities. Don’t cower, don’t stay home, don’t whine. This isn’t kristallnacht. Stand upright, you have a perfect right to be there as a student, or as a counter-protester.

Things we should absolutely do:
- haul university presidents in front of Congress to humiliate them
- cut taxpayer loans and grants to universities
- file CRA lawsuits against universities when they’re in violation

Things we should NOT do:
- send in the national guard to solve university admins’ self-created problems for them
- create carveouts or appoint hall monitors specifically for anti-semitism that will do exactly nothing in the face of the overwhelming ideological commitments of universities