Israel/Palestine
In reply to the discussion: Who’s Really Driving “Grassroots” Anti-Israel Activism (BDS) in America? [View all]procon
(15,805 posts)is due to their idealistic altruism in defense of "gays, women, blacks, christians, and children"? Given the historical evidence to the contrary, your latest defensive posture appears to need a bit more work before it's ready for prime time.
Who is this "everyone" you speak of? I certainly agree that there are public institutions that quite literally can't afford to gainsay their pro-Israel supporters. But here's the thing, for every public venue that reflexively sides with Israel's political injustices, there are hundreds and thousands of actual consumers around the world that are saying "no" with their checkbooks and not buying products, goods and services. That's a real time loss of revenue, and looking at all the ostentatious anti-BDS claims, it is clearly having a detrimental effect of some bottomlines.