The news media has been drawing parallels between the riots at the 1968 DNC and the planned protests at this week’s DNC. One difference is that there are still significant Democratic believers in the right of Israel to protect itself. How long will that be true?
College students are carrying the torch for Hamas. They stop traffic, they shut down businesses. No matter your belief on the war in Gaza, we should be able to agree that your fellow citizens should not be harassed.
I was watching an episode of Somebody Feed Phil wherein the happy chef is enjoying a carnivorous meal and a bothersome anti-meat crusader passes by Phil and his companions, saying “meat is murder,” or something to that effect. Phil responds, “I guess no one learned manners.”
People deserve to be free from harassment. Your cause may be important to you, but don’t force others to have to support your cause.
It’s a basic tenet of our Bill of Rights. You get free speech and freedom of association, and others get their freedom to not have to listen to your free speech and to associate with people who don’t care about your cause.
It’s time to grow up.