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Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting 'Free, free Palestine'

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1y ago

Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting 'Free, free Palestine'

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Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus and a day after the school announced that 13 Harvard students who participated in a protest encampment would not be able to receive diplomas alongside their classmates.
Some students chanted “Let them walk, let them walk” during Thursday’s commencement, referring to allowing those 13 students to get their diplomas along with fellow graduates.
- You should be able to sue. You spent 4 years and fuck ton of money going to Harvard. If you have the grades and credits they should not be able to hold your diploma.
  
  Has anyone clarified? The way I’m reading it is that they’ll still get their degree and graduate. They’re just barred from walking the stage and participating in the ceremony.
Free Palestine? I'll take it!
calls up Israel
Hey Israel? I have something you want.
- But it's gonna cost ya. That's right. All the hummus.
Genocide Joe has got to go.
- If you seriously think support of stopping genocide is bigoted, you really need to reevaluate you worldview and probably go outside.
  
  You support a people who would not only kill Israelis but would also kill any LGBTQ people they could identify. They are bigots and anti-LGBTQ!
- Hi there. I'm Jewish. What bigotry are you talking about? It's sure not bigotry against Jews unless you think all Jews are Israeli or support Israel. Which would be pretty bigoted of you.
- Well then the Republicans better get real comfortable with having a lot of bad things happening to them real quick.

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