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Students walk out during Jerry Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago

Weird choice of quotes and headlines:

From the OP article:

"He has been “uncharacteristically vocal” about his support during press calls for his new film, Unfrosted, The New York Times reported."

From the NYT link in the quote:

"As Mr. Seinfeld, who has recently been vocal about his support for Israel, received an honorary degree, dozens of students walked out and chanted, “Free, free Palestine,” while the comedian looked on and smiled tensely"

But when you go to the link to the NY Times article that references Mr. Seinfeld as being recently vocal about his support of Israel, one of the concluding comments in the article is:

Surely, Mr. Seinfeld sees it differently. His public comments have largely avoided geopolitical specifics, dwelling little on the choices of the Netanyahu government or prospective conditions for a cease-fire.

And he can still sound hesitant even in recent discussions about the Jewishness of “Seinfeld” — which an NBC executive once described as “too New York, too Jewish.”

Nothing about this makes me think Seinfield is a a strong supported of the war. Support for Israel after the attack can be a lot of things and does not mean pro Netanyahu war machine.