Students in April-May 2024 have been protesting Israel’s efforts in the Gaza war not because their opinions have merit, or even because they know & understand any basic facts about the issues, or because they basically don’t like Jews. They’re protesting because of a trend we’ve all been observing of teens for many decades, especially these last couple of decades . . .

They want to be liked.

Seriously. This is just a fad, and they do it so they’ll be liked by their peers and won’t have FOMO. In this age of the internet & specifically social media, people are connected in an Orwellian manner. Everybody knows what everybody else is doing, and the popular people have more followers and more “likes” on their posts. It’s like they never left high school. The y join these groups simply to fit in & be liked.

The protests mean nothing other than to the students’ narcissism. This too shall pass.