A measured statement from Dean Chemerinsky describing recent bad behavior at his law school. It's pretty clear what's going on: students who feel impotent in the face of the horrors in Gaza are taking it out on a symbolic representative, i.e., their Jewish Dean. There's a word for that, and it's not one that reflects well on them.
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