This is an effective form of protest. It causes someone who is clearly courting public affection to see they won't get it. It doesn't interrupt the speech for others who want to hear. But it's also not going to be missed by anyone at the assembly. Moreover, it communicates to the administration–who are also courting donations and prestige–that this gets more difficult when there is a massive gap on an issue students care about between them and leadership.
My only gripe is the lack of a clear ask. But perfect is the enemy of good.
It's more like happening. Effective would be to abandon using services of company that I don't agree with. Which most of protesters probably don't. It's like going by diesel car to protest against oil production.
No, it wasn't. I don't think 200 students is a significant proportion of audience. (BTW, bad reporting for not giving a % estimate.) This is a gross lack of solidarity. If this was to happen in Europe 50 years ago, 90% of students would walk out.
> It causes someone who is clearly courting public affection to see they won't get it.
It didn't even make him feel bad. (BTW, bad reporting again for not saying how many people applauded him at the end.)
> It doesn't interrupt the speech for others who want to hear.
Oh, yes they did. They blew whistles. Read the article.
> Moreover, it communicates to the administration–who are also courting donations and prestige–that this gets more difficult when there is a massive gap on an issue students care about between them and leadership.
Apparently they cared about Palestine. I get it that Google supported Israel, but what does the administration has to do with any of it?
The upper middle class' opinions and reflections on business seem to be shifting in this environment. It seems less mutually beneficial than it used to be.
IMHO, they (the students) should have walked out in protest of Android lockdown, AI, google ads, enshittfication, spying, profiling, and 100 other reasons the Google CEO is directly more responsible than having Israel as a client. I'm not saying protesting what Israel did and does in Palestine isn't a valid reason, but... they're so ignorant of all the rest of bad things Google does, things that affects them directly.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 35.9 ms ] threadMy only gripe is the lack of a clear ask. But perfect is the enemy of good.
No, it wasn't. I don't think 200 students is a significant proportion of audience. (BTW, bad reporting for not giving a % estimate.) This is a gross lack of solidarity. If this was to happen in Europe 50 years ago, 90% of students would walk out.
> It causes someone who is clearly courting public affection to see they won't get it.
It didn't even make him feel bad. (BTW, bad reporting again for not saying how many people applauded him at the end.)
> It doesn't interrupt the speech for others who want to hear.
Oh, yes they did. They blew whistles. Read the article.
> Moreover, it communicates to the administration–who are also courting donations and prestige–that this gets more difficult when there is a massive gap on an issue students care about between them and leadership.
Apparently they cared about Palestine. I get it that Google supported Israel, but what does the administration has to do with any of it?