Over reacted? They didn’t react harsh enough. They basically held the universities hostage until they met their “demands”.
They didn't really get what they wanted except in very isolated cases. Some colleges agreed to
consider divestment at later dates. At those later dates they will decide not to. There isn't yet enough public pressure to do it since, again, large universities are mostly hedge funds. It will take years before public pressure hits apartheid South Africa levels though things are definitely headed that way quicker than I thought.
If you burn the U.S. flag, I feel you should just move and go to a country that you love and will respect. I have no sympathy or respect for U.S. flag burners. It may be a protected form of speech but that doesn’t make it any less disgusting.
Why isn't the inverse of that true? If you don't like the first amendment why do they have to leave? There are many other countries that don't value free speech.
Muslims are the number 1 sponsor of terror in the world. If they don’t like that label maybe they should do something about it.
On a global scale they've got nothing on us. It's not even remotely close either.
en.wikipedia.org
It does cause some funny situations though. Here's a fun one from 2016:
Syrian militias armed by different parts of the U.S. war machine have begun to fight each other on the plains between the besieged city of Aleppo and the Turkish border, highlighting how little control U.S. intelligence officers and military planners have over the groups they have financed and…
www.latimes.com
Not one of these Palestinian protesters or terrorist sympathizers seem to care about the persecution of Christians by the Islamic State that involves the systematic mass murder of Christian minorities, within the regions of Iraq, Syria, Egypt, Libya, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique and Nigeria.
They were protesting US diplomatic support, arms sales, and economic aid for Israel because of what Israel is doing in Gaza. They cannot keep doing this stuff without us (whether you agree with it or not). Which is why Netanyahu had to come here to say "Give us the tools so we can finish the job" to Congress.
What exactly would they protest in regards to ISIS? Are we funding ISIS? Giving ISIS diplomatic cover at the UNSC? Threatening ICC/ICJ prosecutors who are trying to charge ISIS with war crimes? Whipping up support from the UK, Germany, and Italy to give ISIS more weapons? Deploying billions of dollars of military assets to protect ISIS from the consequences of its own actions? We've been actively targeting/fighting ISIS for years and still have troops based in Syria, Iraq, Jordan, and other places for that stated purpose.
If you want to get mad about US support for people bullying Christians, here you go.
www.vox.com
