Greetings. It's Monday, May the 6th, 2024. Welcome to the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins,

narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

While many over the weekend were focused on Mystic Dan's long-shot photo finish victory at the Kentucky Derby,

protesters clashed with police at the University of Virginia and disrupted graduation ceremonies

across the country. More than 2,100 anti-Israel protesters have been arrested so far.

We now know that activist groups were training students for months before campus protests began.

Many are not just anti-Israel, but anti-America as well.

At a New York City rally, for example, one protester said, Osama bin Laden did what he did because he had to do it.

Others burned the American flag.

Wall Street Journal columnist Walter

Russell Mead summarized the activist beliefs. Quote, many of Hamas's most passionate campus supporters

believe that the organization wants to establish a secular Palestinian state. They also believe

that Israeli Jews are European immigrants, displacing an indigenous

population, white settlers who should go home to Poland. They see Hamas as a part of a global

coalition of progressive movements advancing causes such as climate change, democracy,

and LGBTQ rights against global capitalism.

In quotes.

Not one of the beliefs you just heard is true.

What is the best way to respond to a movement based on such delusions?

There have been no protester disruptions at the University of Florida,

despite its elite status and Wall Street Journal ranking,

it as the number one public university in the country.

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