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Hail Cornell’s prez for refusing to let student brats take him prisoner
Kudos to Cornell University’s president, Michael Kotlikoff, for refusing to let a bunch of entitled student protesters hold him hostage by blocking his car as they bullied him for not kowtowing to their cause.
Instead, he did what so many viewers of protest footage have silently urged drivers to do: maneuver his car away from the scene — and if one of his attackers suffered from it, that’s on them.
It all played out on Thursday, after Kotlikoff presided over a (peaceable) campus debate concerning Israel’s response to the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023: A pack of anti-Zionist loudmouths intercepted Kotlikoff on his way to his car, demanding he “dialog” with them then-and-there and insisting it was a free-speech violation to refuse.
The mob encircled his car, reportedly banging on the windows........