A time for choosing: Chaotic America vs. Orderly America

At certain inflection points, people and societies are called to make society-altering decisions. Glenn Reynolds' latest column highlights the fact that we're at one of those inflection points right now. The column opens, saying "In some parts of the country, standing up for Israel is controversial, even dangerous.

The column continues, saying "On the campuses of places like Harvard, Columbia and the University of Pennsylvania, anyone who dares to wave an Israeli flag, or, increasingly, wear a kippah in public, is at risk of being assaulted by angry mobs of people with their faces covered. In Los Angeles, a pro-Israel protester was allegedly killed by a pro-Palestinian computer-science professor. (Judge Ryan Wright slashed the prof’s bail from the original $1 million to just $50,000.) Many parents of Jewish students are concerned, and rightly so, about their kids’ safety at these institutions."

Thankfully, there are places where it isn't controversial to support Israel or to identify as Israeli. According to Prof. Reynolds, one of those places is at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. That's where Prof. Reynolds teaches.

In Washington, DC, which is definitely not reliably red like Tennessee, things got violent at DNC HQ:

Jewish students at Columbia are definitely feeling threatened:

This is the scene from Knoxville, TN:
Call me crazy but I'd say that Knoxville, TN looks like an orderly city. Meanwhile, I'd say that Washington, DC looks rather chaotic and dangerous. Call me old-fashioned but I prefer orderly over chaotic.

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