Post Ab6XfmdRrtF0n9COGm by macha@spinster.xyz
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(DIR) Post #Ab6XfmdRrtF0n9COGm by macha@spinster.xyz
2023-10-24T19:13:01.940452Z
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Very sad update from the friend I met up with last weekend. After just a few weeks at university her 18 year old has returned home having decided to take to gap year and restart her course at a different university next year.She was overwhelmed by the reaction to what is happening in Israel/Gaza and the pro Palestine supports and events being organised. As a Jew she felt very much in a minority and for example was the only Jew in her main study group. Students in her hall of residence were also putting up pro Palestine posters and in some cases anti-Semitic ones too. She was scared of expressing an opinion or of an escalation which would lead to violence.She was not directly targeted but as we all know there are many ways to intimidate and silence people without actually naming, threatening or physically hitting people.I am so sad for my friend and her daughter. They are now planning how she can have a great gap year and go back to uni next year. I hope to meet them both soon to find out what they have planned.
(DIR) Post #Ab6buJ4qRk4PHNC5eC by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2023-10-24T19:14:01.686809Z
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@macha That is completely unacceptable, an outrageous carry on.
(DIR) Post #Ab6buJvfHMJxvBuGye by macha@spinster.xyz
2023-10-24T19:17:33.305743Z
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@HebrideanHecate Yes it is. I suspect other students who go directly from Jewish schools to university will have the same shock given what is happening right now. The universities should be supporting all students including those who are Jewish but instead most of them are more interested in woke virtue signalling.
(DIR) Post #Ab6buKhAQkJoIW8D1E by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
2023-10-24T19:19:03.589001Z
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@macha Of course they are, that and it is increasingly obvious the raging antisemitism being legitimised too.