While students at Columbia are dancing for “decolonization,” women in Tehran are dancing for civilization. ...

I’m sure the keffiyeh-clad students imagine themselves in solidarity with the courageous women and men of Tehran who have — truly — risked their lives for freedom and equality. However, these students are actively aligned with the very regime that threatens the life and liberty of these Iranian women. (The supreme leader of Iran himself has voiced his great admiration of the pro-Hamas student movements in the U.S.)

All of the anti-Israel students on American campuses are cosplaying the suffering of a population that largely lives in extreme poverty (save, of course, their “wellness tents,” vapes, and boxed lunches). Their project is analogous to a wealthy person purchasing a pair of ripped jeans for $299 to feel like a member of the American working class. Ultimately, these campus “protests” have been a fashion statement to help self-hating rich kids feel better about themselves.