whatever you may think of the underlying issues and intentions, elite-university-centered, loud and disruptive “solidarity” with Gaza takes pressure off of Israel and the Biden administration.
the excesses of the most aggressive and cartoonish protestors come to define the news cycle, overshadowing even mass graves.
the incentive for an American politician becomes to distance themselves from the on-video excesses of the worst kids, rather than the much more deadly excesses of a distant army.