Anti-Israel Princeton Protesters Brought In Replacement Hunger Strikers

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What do you do when you're on a hunger strike, and you haven't gotten your demands met? You eat and bring in replacements, apparently. The anti-Israel, pro-Hamas, anti-American protesters at the university finally caved, but they brought in a new crop of people ready to give up food.

The Daily Princetonian, a student newspaper at the university that seems squarely on the side of the protesters (go figure), posted a lengthy article that squarely pits the protesters as the oppressed and Princeton as the oppressor (go figure). 

Of course, it's important to note that these students are not victims. They are choosing not to eat, while also demanding medical resources and getting angry any time the university imposes its policies against camping on the campus. 

The group of strikers is part of a larger organization that they call "Princeton Israeli Apartheid Divest." You'd think that students at Princeton, an Ivy League school, would understand the definition of "apartheid" but, apparently, they do not. 

"Due to health concerns" is a funny way to say: "these students were really, really hungry because it turns out that not eating is bad for the human body." 

"In the tradition of rotary hunger strikes" is also hilarious. I had never heard this term before, so I Googled it. It turns out, that's not a real thing. What a shock. What this post should read is, "We have ended our hunger strike and eight new protesters are starting a new one." 

When they try to count the days accrued by the original strikers, just remember that's classic misinformation. The first strike ended after nine days. The new strikers are not on Day 10. They are on Day 1. 

The anti-Israel Princeton protesters finally had to eat, so they brought in replacements to continue the "hunger strike."

The anti-Israel Princeton protesters finally had to eat, so they brought in replacements to "continue" the "hunger strike." 

(Tanya Breen/Asbury Park Press / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Also, this isn't how hunger strikes work. If the goal of these protesters is to entice the university into action, this isn't how you do that. They gave away all of their leverage. 

If the university legitimately was worried that these students might actually starve themselves and that would be a bad look, that fear is gone. 

"Hey, as soon as they get really hungry, they're going to quit. There's no reason for us to do anything," university officials, probably. 

This whole situation is a perfect microcosm for what's going on at these college campuses. These students think they're heroes, "protesting" in favor of a terrorist organization, but as soon as they get a little too uncomfortable, they quit. 

(Maybe they could take inspiration from OutKick founder Clay Travis, who once went on a pudding strike.)

That's good news for all normal people. Just wait it out. It's annoying, but these "warriors" don't have the stomach for real protest. 

Pun intended. 

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