Pro-Palestine protestors gripe over imaginary places and grievances and now apparently they lie about so called 'chemical weapons from the IDF' used against them at Columbia. This claim is is both so outrageous and so dumb, it is hard to believe it was ever believed.
NEW: Pro-Palestinian activists claimed in January that an Israeli student had deployed an IDF-made chemical weapon against peaceful student protesters at Columbia.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
That "weapon" appears to have been a harmless fart spray purchased on Amazon for $26.11.🧵https://t.co/qFTNQRxlmE
Yes, the 'weapon' was actually fart spray likely delivered in less than 24 hours by Amazon.
The imbroglio started when pro-Palestinian protesters told the Columbia Spectator they had been sprayed with "skunk," a crowd-control chemical developed by the Israeli Defense Forces, at a rally in January. https://t.co/loURehz8v5
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
If your flatulence smells like a skunk, please seek medical attention.
Mainstream media amplified the allegations, and Columbia suspended a student involved in the "attack"—who had previously served in IDF—within days.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
Oh, of course, mainstream media picked the claim up with no evidence whatsoever. Isn't that what they always do?
The narrative was a progressive fever dream: At one of the best universities in the country, an Israeli student had deployed chemical weapons against peaceful student protesters for challenging the alleged depredations of the Jewish state.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
The Media loves to run a story about the big bad Israel supporters, always.
Columbia president Minouche Shafik repeated this claim at a meeting of the university’s senate. "Demonstrators," she said, "were sprayed with a toxic chemical."
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
It now appears that the "toxic chemical" was a harmless fart spray purchased on Amazon for $26.11.
Yes, the very toxic chemical known as 'fart spray' purchased off of Amazon. It kills thousands of people per year. Heh.
According to a lawsuit filed against Columbia on Tuesday, the suspended student had in fact dispersed "Liquid Ass"—a "gag gift for adults and kids," per its product description—at an unsanctioned pro-Palestinian rally.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
The result was a swift suspension for which the student is now suing, alleging that the university "rushed to silence Plaintiff and brand him as a criminal" through "biased misconduct proceedings."
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
If they are going to start suspending college students for pranks like fart spray, they are going to have a huge dip in enrollment quite quickly.
The result was a swift suspension for which the student is now suing, alleging that the university "rushed to silence Plaintiff and brand him as a criminal" through "biased misconduct proceedings."
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
Farts are now apparently hate crimes. Please alert all the husbands in America.
In February the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice filed a lawsuit against Columbia and Barnard alleging that Jewish students had been "assaulted, spit on, threatened, and treated unequally," in part due to the schools’ failure to enforce their own policies.
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 17, 2024
While this particular incident is a hilarious embarrassment for Columbia, what is more concerning is the actual treatment of Jewish students on American campuses and the lack of protection for those students.
The fact that they rushed to condemn the Israeli student- all to bolster their narrative- really stinks. pic.twitter.com/WKVQvoI3cY
— Gege, An Adult Human Female. i.e.: A Woman (@Pomquat) April 17, 2024
Oh, we see what you did there. Heh.
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