Maybe you’ve noticed that a lot of student protesters are wearing cloth masks or kaffiyehs that cover their faces. This isn’t just about striking a revolutionary pose. It’s also about avoiding the consequences of their actions. As the NY Times reports today, many of these students at elite schools are thinking about life after the revolution.
On campuses from New England to Southern California, students leading one of the largest protest movements in decades have increasingly strapped on face masks and checkered Palestinian kaffiyehs in a polarizing bid to protect their anonymity even as they demand universities and governments be held to account…
In interviews, a dozen student demonstrators across the country cited the risk of being doxxed by pro-Israel groups accusing them of antisemitism, featured by news media or captured in viral videos. Several were intimately familiar with…
