Columbia is the home of the Frankfurt School of Marxism. Marx wanted to bring down all of Western Civilization so I guess it isn’t surprising.
Columbia University activists are planning a protest of Veterans Day — which organizers want to “reclaim” from the “Israel-US wr machine” in the name of Palestinians killed in Gaza.
The unsanctioned student group Columbia University Apartheid Divest is circulating flyers for the event — set for Monday on the Ivy League school’s main Morningside Heights campus.
“Veterans Day is an American holiday to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of veterans. We reject this holiday and refuse to celebrate it,” a flyer for the agitator group’s event said.
“The American war machine should not be honored for the horrors unleashed on others,” the flyer added. “Instead, we will celebrate Martyrs Day in honor of those martyred by the Israel-US war machine. A day to honor the patriotism, love of country, and sacrifice of those martyrs.”
Campus veterans outraged by the plans are planning a celebration of veterans at the same time to counter the antagonists.
The protest was viewed as a slap in the face after the on-campus vitriol sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel — much of which wound up directed at student-veterans.
“That post really shook the hornet’s nest,” said Sam Nahins, a 31-year-old Air Force veteran and Columbia graduate student who completed his undergraduate at the school in the spring.
“They’ve never hid their disdain for veterans. But now it’s really out in the open,” he added. “Last year when students and faculty members were running around dressing up as jihadist and screaming death to America, death to western civilization, death to everything but their cause, I had friends get called infidels, and murderers and baby killers.”
Columbia University Students Holding ‘Anti-Veterans Day’ Protest
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Recently, there was controversy at Columbia University surrounding an “Anti-Veterans Day” protest organized by a student group called Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD). CUAD planned an event called “Martyrs Day” on Veterans Day, aiming to “reclaim” the day from what they perceive as the “Israel-US war machine.”
According to their flyers, they wanted to honor those “martyred by the Israel-US war machine,” specifically referencing Palestinians killed in Gaza. Their stance rejects celebrating Veterans Day, considering it an American holiday that honors the “horrors unleashed on others” by the U.S. war machine.
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