Columbia University has fallen

[guyfriday]

Here's a fun angle in case anyone still believes that these protests are totally spontaneous.
‘Are You Being Paid to Protest’? At Columbia, Students Refused to Answer My Questions – Soldier of Fortune Magazine (sofmag.com)

 Columbia has been the scene of protests in the aftermath of Oct. 7, when Hamas brutally attacked Israelis in their homes. The terrorists killed innocent people, raped helpless targets, and took hostages. I am not aware of any protests where the Columbia students spoke out against the Oct. 7 attack. Instead, they condemn Israel for defending itself and for striking back against the terror network.
A group of students, calling themselves Columbia University Apartheid Divest, erected dozens of tents in the early morning hours last Thursday on the lawn at the center of campus. They declared the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”

So that was the background of this, now here's where the story gets interesting,

 
The whole thing was so weird, so unbalanced and vicious, it didn’t seem normal; it didn’t seem like a natural outgrowth of honest dissent. Everything seemed planned and staged, like an open-air performance. People wore costumes. They recited lines. They had choruses. Even their tent city was like a stage set. The tents are identical to one another, and obviously came from the same supplier.
 
The whole thing seemed very discordant; as in, why now? In years gone by, the situation in Israel / Gaza has not been high on the radar at U.S. college campuses. Students have been far more interested in things that could apply to their own lives, such as, the abortion debate. Why are they so suddenly interested in the Palestinian cause? 
 
Someone sent me a tip that the protests were using paid participants. This apparently is a thing. There is a company on the web that says it provides crowds or protesters for events and PR stunts.

and to the issue of that tip-off about people being paid,

 
I turned to the nearest agitator. 
 
“Are you being paid to attend this protest?”

She immediately began screaming at me.

“Why are you here? Why do you support Hamas? Did someone pay you?” I asked.

Her tone grew angrier. Her friends joined in.

I called Susan. I wanted her to hear the shrieking. Some of it was from the small group near me, and some came from the crowd at large. These people definitely like to yell.

My personal screamers closed in. Their tone got uglier. They accused me of being Jewish – as if that were a crime. One of them was carrying a tree branch.

I spoke into the phone: “They have a tree branch.”

A few crowd-clumps away, a lawn chair took flight. I couldn’t tell where it landed. I told Susan: “Someone threw a chair.” An identical chair soon followed. “There goes another one.”

Susan said some stuff I couldn’t decipher. Then she started yelling at me.

“I can’t hear you,” I said. “It’s too noisy.”

Then I get this:
GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!
 
Okay boss. Got it.

I backstepped slowly away. They followed. I got a heavy “rabid animal” vibe. I thought of dropping to the ground and baring my throat, as a sarcastic counter-protest, but I figured they wouldn’t appreciate the joke. I kept walking. My haters followed me a little ways. Then they seemed to lose interest.

Now where did we see this exact tactic being used before?
Oh that's right, this event here:

Now I'm not saying that the Chinese are involved in this, but it's clear that while Alex Soros is behind the funding of these groups, the leadership and training manuals are coming from some where else. Now who are these people that are providing the "Crisis Actors" for these events, and where are they getting trained. I wouldn't be surprised if China isn't far off from those groups.