Reminder not to get trapped in "either or" thinking [View all]

Seems like many students are thinking that unless they camp out and get expelled, they are not supporting Gaza.

This is "either or" thinking. That there are only 2 options. Wrong - there are infinite options.

Just want to remind any who might be reading this that there are an unlimited number of ways to support Gaza that do not involve you getting kicked out of school, breaking your parents' hearts, wasting a few hundred thousand dollars, and wrecking your future.

Finish your education - and support Gaza, by speaking, letter writing, marching, raising and donating money, volunteering, lobbying elected officials, educating the media, running for office yourself... so many things you could be doing that are not counter-productive. If you can't be at school, then take a deferment in a way that doesn't destroy your ability to return.

I'm going to have to agree with the schools that camping perpetually in the middle of campus is not the answer. It is not safe for you or for the campus in general. I don't see why everyone become so fixated on this as being the only way.