Ever since the October 7 massacres in Israel, antisemitism has exploded on college campuses. Universities that had embraced DEI and canceled students and faculty for imaginary microagressions suddenly took an expansive view of free speech when it meant allowing demonstrators to take over campuses, disrupt classes, chant genocidal slogans, harass Jewish students, and target Jewish spaces. No matter how heinous the actions of the protesters, they have been framed as coming from idealistic students expressing genuine humanitarian concern for the people of Gaza, and as mere criticism of Israel.
