Ivy League Shame: Columbia’s Protests and Your Potential Complicity

Dear Columbia University Students and other Ivy League Puppets,

Let’s cut through the noise and the virtue signaling. You sit in your hallowed halls, decrying injustice thousands of miles away, and it begs the question: is your outrage genuine, or is there something more sinister at play? You demand change, yet your actions, confined to campus protests and online echo chambers, feel hollow, performative. “Be the change you want to see,” the saying goes. But what change are you truly enacting beyond amplifying division and spewing rhetoric?

Many have journeyed to Israel since the brutal attacks of October 7th, driven by a fundamental human desire to rebuild, to offer solace in the face of devastation. They didn’t just tweet their sympathies; they rolled up their sleeves and got to work. So, why the stark contrast? Why aren’t you, the supposedly enlightened students of Columbia, organizing similar missions of aid for Gaza? Why isn’t there a groundswell of your peers mobilizing to tangibly improve the lives of Palestinians beyond symbolic gestures?

Perhaps the answer lies in uncomfortable truths. Whispers circulate, growing louder by the day, suggesting your fervent activism isn’t entirely organic. We see the coordinated messaging, the unwavering intensity, and a nagging question arises: are your strings being pulled by forces unseen? Are your impassioned cries fueled by something far more insidious than righteous indignation?

The accusation hangs heavy in the air, a shadow darkening your pronouncements: are you being paid by terrorists?

This thought, like a shard of ice, should pierce through the very core of your self-proclaimed moral superiority. If there is even a kernel of truth to these suspicions, it taints every banner you wave, every chant you utter. It transforms your supposed empathy into a grotesque charade, your calls for justice into the cynical pawns of those who perpetrate the very violence you claim to abhor.

Think long and hard about the source of your fervor. Examine the motivations behind your actions. Are you truly acting from a place of independent conviction, or are you merely puppets dancing to a tune orchestrated by those who seek not peace, but further destruction?

This isn’t just about a distant conflict; it’s about the integrity of your beliefs, the authenticity of your activism, and the potential stain on your conscience. If you are indeed being manipulated, if your outrage is bankrolled by terror, then the change you are enacting is not one of justice, but one of complicity. And that, Columbia students, is a dagger aimed not at some far-off entity, but directly at your own puny little hearts.

And to the wider world observing this spectacle: do not be deceived. The narrative emanating from these prestigious halls is increasingly suspect. The students and faculty leading these movements are potentially compromised, their outrage fueled by nefarious sources. If you continue to lend credence to their pronouncements without demanding rigorous scrutiny of their funding and motivations, you are not just misguided – you are actively enabling a dangerous and potentially terror-linked agenda. Your unwavering support, in the face of such serious questions, makes you an unwitting accomplice in a deeply troubling deception.

Sincerely,
Tamar Weinberg
Columbia/Barnard Class of 2003 (and on the right side of history)