So now the real test kicks in. We as readers and observers have to decipher, and wade through the noise. The water is getting murky, so to speak, as the campus protests drag on. More people are getting involved, counter protesters are making an appearance. Who knows where they’re coming from or who might be riling them up?
We see pictures, we see the lines more definitively drawn between Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli sides. One picture has a group of younger white protesters, assumed to be pro-Israeli, verbally attacking a group of pro-Palestinian protesters. It’s all starting to feel staged, moving toward theater and pageantry and something that’s losing its immediacy and relevance. More like a show.
Violence has broken out in places, the whole thing has long become another political hot potato with implications for the presidential race. Just another thing about which to have an opinion and engage in finger pointing.
It feels more and more like manipulation for political purposes, including the reporting. Less effort is being exerted to parse the intricacies and acknowledge shades of gray, or to give a nod to those who are simply protesting against war in general. The essence of the “struggle” has been lost in the fog of partisanship, and demon racism appears to be rearing its ugly head.
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