In a delightfully refreshing move at Google headquarters, 28 staffers — or “Googlers,” as they are called — were fired after orchestrating an anti-Israel sit-in inside of their bosses’ offices.
The keffiyeh-wearing bunch, which organized the “No Tech for Apartheid” group, were protesting a $1.2 billion deal Google recently made with the State of Israel. Specifically, they were protesting Project Nimbus, a joint contract with Amazon that provides cloud-computing and artificial-intelligence services to one of America’s firmest and longest-standing allies.
Unable to do their work in the face of such injustice, the “Ceasefire now!” squadron sat screaming their malformed opinions at other employees who were attempting to do their jobs.
After jamming up Google’s executive offices in New York, California, and Washington, these “Free-Palestine folx” — to the surprise of many — had to face the consequences of their actions. Treated as equal citizens under the law (this is America, after all), the privileged protesters were arrested, removed from the premises, and fired from their positions.
The recent events at Google serve as a helpful contrast to the latest happenings on Columbia’s campus (and other university campuses across the country). Within the wrought-iron gates of New York’s Ivy League university, yesterday hundreds of students pitched tents on the main quad to demonstrate support for the terrorist organization ruling over Gaza.
As reported by our James Lynch,
The “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” began around 4:00 a.m. Wednesday and demanded the university cut all financial ties to Israel, the Columbia Spectator reported. A campus spokesperson told the outlet protesters were violating university policy by setting up shop on the lawn.
National Review and other outlets were unable to attend the on-campus protest because of the safety measures taken by Columbia. A campus police officer told NR he had never seen anything like it during his time working for the university.
Whereas it is no secret that Ivy League students can skip out on class, fall behind in their assignments, pitch protest tents on the quad, and still graduate with a respectable G.P.A. and a degree in Gender Studies — the real world is slightly less accommodating.
Let the fate of the 28 Googlers serve as a warning to the Columbia campers — even an illimitable amount of self-righteousness and woke defiance will not save you from reality.