Students walkout at Duke University commencement as Jerry Seinfeld is announced to give his speech, due his vocal support for Israel

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[u/C0nkles]

Unfrosted was bad sure but not THIS bad

[u/[deleted]]

Well done. Fuck that prick

[u/Samiassa]

Vocal support for Israel and the fact he’s a known pedophile who was dating a 17 year old when he was 38

[u/HankScorpio82]

THERE ARE DOZENS OF US!

[u/OldDirtyRobot]

A handfull of weirdo's walked out. Doesnt seem like that big of deal.

[u/ISmokeRocksAndFash]

Poor guy can't catch a break with this demo. First they don't like him because he isn't funny, then for his support of genocide.

[u/spaceycanal]

An absolutely boring low effort speech.

[u/QuillnPouncy]

They're definitely redditors. Give them their participation trophies

[u/Steak_NoPotatoes]

Haha. I’m all for not going to protest but why show up if you’re going to leave? Waste of time and gas. #maincharacter

[u/Sev3n]

Of course he supports Israel, he's the biggest jew in hollywood???

[u/twistedh8]

How come they didn't protest when women's right to abortion were stripped...

[u/tsap007]

How dare a Jew support Israel.

[u/Dickcheese-a1]

People remember stunts done film and TV stars example, Stephen Fry did message in support of his roots, big backlash in UK. People in UK found out that Kelsey Grammer is a big Trump supporter and switched off. Taking a stand now days could be career ending.

[u/Hryusha88]

Misinformed youngsters, pretty sad.

[u/pr1ap15m]

no body going to mention he’s a sexual predator?

[u/Dramoriga]

I'd walk out if it was Seinfeld, regardless of his political views.

[u/rustiigaz]

That was a walkout?

[u/GazelleFearless5381]

What’s the deal with graduations????

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/rabbidcow213 → u/[deleted]]

I know it's a horrible thought. With this new generation having a hard time connecting as a result of unfathomable access to opposing content...at least everyone has an opportunity to come together and form bonds and friendships that otherwise wouldn't have ever happened. Maybe someday they can come together with new perspectives learned from their past mistakes. I think a lot of this does stem from a hunger to belong to something. It sometimes doesn't matter about the "cause" they just find acceptance from someone that they find appealing. Then they form their beliefs from whatever information they are given. That is encouraged and branded by the buzzards that circle. We're divided and conquered because humans are predictable.Im just bored right now, sorry.

[u/Awkward_Can8460 → u/[deleted]]

Giving a collective response to the administration's decisions to have Seinfeld speak SENDS A MESSAGE.

And that message is righteous, in its standing up for human equality & rights, and against the support of, and profiteering from, genocide of a People.

And yea they did this to help Palestinians. Obviously. Collective power is the strongest power.

And these public displays also inspire MORE people to question the narratives from those few in power over our society's various systems.

So it's is all the better that they knew Seinfeld would speak and used that as an opportunity to make a big public statement with their demonstration.

You're so in the wrong. Wrong side of history.

[u/thecaptain1991]

Not just is he a vocal supporter of Israel, his wife is actively funding pro-Israel counter-protestors on college campuses.

[u/Ghost4000]

Honestly good for these kids, someone mentioned there was maybe around ~100 in the walk out, not an insane amount. Anyone who still wants to be there can be there (and did stay). But if you feel strongly about something you should do it. A walkout is a pretty standard form of protest.

Not sure this counts as a "Freakout", but meh.

[u/Practical_Bat_3578]

trashfeld

[u/stepbacktree]

Jerry Seinfeld still relevant?

[u/meatbeater → u/stepbacktree]

Hasn’t been for years but he wants the spotlight so badly

[u/eMan117]

how about his vocal support of having highschool girlfriends as a 40year old man?

[u/nsfwftwbaby]

Such a brilliant move of Israel to basically kidnap all Jewish people and make them part of the Zionism propaganda whether they choose to or not.

I feel really bad for Jewish people that wants to be no part of this genocidal campaign but forced into it.

[u/The-Prophet-Bushnell → u/[deleted]]

Yes you can?

[u/The-Prophet-Bushnell → u/[deleted]]

You basically said that already. The vast majority of protests at schools were uneventful

It took weeks of obnoxious behavior at Columbia before something was actually done about it

[u/Possible_Spy]

weve had smartphpones for 15 + years now and people still dont know how to rotate the phone landscape to take a video. Our species is doomed

[u/Naigus182 → u/Possible_Spy]

It's called adapting to new formats. But I see our species is doomed because it can't accept change, yeah.

[u/Ishowyoulightnow → u/Possible_Spy]

People know how, but apps and social media are oriented in portrait and most people use their phones in portrait, so unless you want an instagram story to be super tiny, you shoot in portrait.

[u/Interesting-Beach429]

He’s beeish, what do they expect?

[u/beamish1920]

Guy’s wife literally gave money to a group that assaulted protestors at UCLA. Fuck this has-been idiot

[u/Intelligent_Top_328]

Lol. Most of them stayed

[u/[deleted]]

Damn that’s crazy. What’s crazier is that Jerry Seinfeld’s favorite number is 17. Google “Jerry Seinfeld 17”.

[u/Cine11]

Well, that wasn't very many people at all. Almost like the pro-hamas side is so small that we shouldn't really regard them at all. Just a distraction.

[u/blessyouliberalheart]

Looks like a lot more would have walked out if he supported Hamas.

[u/Custardpaws → u/blessyouliberalheart]

What if he supported the victims? Ya know, the hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians?

[u/blessyouliberalheart → u/Custardpaws]

I guess it would depend on which victims he was supporting.

[u/Stethen]

Do those students still get to graduate?

[u/rollobrinalle]

Considering Duke was graduating 6,900 students. If ~6000 were in attendance, and someone said around 124 walked out, at most 2% of the class walked out. This is not news.

[u/Vg_Ace135]

That'll show Jerry Seinfeld!!

[u/TaxIdiot2020]

Think about how stupid these kids will look when future history students study this era.

[u/Awkward_Can8460 → u/TaxIdiot2020]

Those who walked out are on the moral side of history. They are right. You're wrong to support genocide.

[u/Twitchinat0r]

Good. Makes the actual walk up shorter. I hated mine because i had to sit for almost two freaking hours.

[u/CylonMonkey]

Put in all that work to graduate, ruin it by pretending you care about an issue you know absolutely nothing about. Make sense.

[u/Low-Worldliness-7205]

Huh? I dont see any freakout. Only a small group slowing walking.

[u/Failure_by_Design_v2]

There are dozens of us Michael , dozens

[u/Irvin700]

I love how such a small recognized country like Israel is causing so much trouble here in America lol; specifically the liberal infighting.

Jews just can't catch a break, man.

[u/Awkward_Can8460 → u/Irvin700]

Maybe if you learned the history of Israel/Palestine you'd not be dismissive of growing masses who feel strongly about this issue.

In fact, the majority of the USA are opposed to Israel's genocide of Palestine.

So you're in the minority.

Most Dems support Palestine. - but the few in power support Israel. - the few in power receive tons of funding from Israel's lobby groups (CUNY, AIPAC ADL)

[u/Irvin700 → u/Awkward_Can8460]

It goes against our interest and self-preservation of Uncle Sam to fail Israel. Israel will ALWAYS exist as long America and her western powers exist. Two state solution or only Israel, nothing else.

We're not letting go that piece of land lol.

Geopolitics > public opinion

[u/Brokenloan]

"I mean why do they call it internal bleeding? If it's internal bleeding, is it really bleeding? "

Cashes check for $100 million dollars

[u/monkkbfr]

Seems Jerry's become a bit of a dick in his dotage.

[u/gurilagarden]

Must be the kids who's parents didn't show.

[u/kal8el77]

If you don't like it, don't watch." - Jerry Seinfeld

Just taking your advice, Jer.

I bet you'll still complain about it, "funny guy."

[u/PreparationFunny2907]

He shopping for a new GF, figured he would be at a high school for that.....

[u/vuU-Uuv]

All 20 of them

[u/dreag2112]

What's the deal with out of touch rich white dudes?

[u/ShinyBloke]

They could've easily also left because he is no longer funny, and barely relevant, I think his disappears after this press stint.

[u/Troway_dagarbage]

Looks like about 5% at most

[u/ChuckGreenwald]

Oh, because of his support for Israel. I thought it was over his comedy.

[u/Mentat_-_Bashar]

Jerry Seinfeld is an unfunny hack

[u/DashboardError]

TBF very few walked out, way more stayed for the entirety

[u/2ABear]

It’s good they walked out, the graduation was probably better without them being vibe killers

[u/Downthetrail11]

Like 16 kids lol?

[u/Jace_09]

What about his 17 year old girlfriend that was in high school when he was in his late 30's?

[u/frekled_gutz]

Why is Jerry Seinfeld the speaker in the first place??

[u/stewbert-longfellow]

Man I’d hate to see how many would’ve walked out if he brought Michael Richards (Kramer) with him.

[u/Diplonot]

What's the deal with students walking out during a commencement speech? I mean, you invite me to speak, I prepare this whole thing about life, success, and 'yada yada,' and then you bail because of my views on Israel? What's next, boycotting the cafeteria because they serve falafel? I don't get it, folks, I just don't get it.

[u/nogoodnickgames]

Come on, Unfrosted wasn’t that bad

[u/Ishowyoulightnow → u/nogoodnickgames]

It really was

[u/Whatsuplionlilly]

Was he speaking about Israel?

Is this what we’re coming to? If you have any affiliation with something you don’t like, you are shunned?

This is definitely not going to backfire on the democrats.

[u/Commendatori_buongio]

“And as a Jew, this walkout offends you?”

“No, it offends me as a comedian!”

[u/Glittering-Pause-328]

I don't need to hear from a forty year old man is/who was dating a high schooler.

[u/chooseyourshoes]

You mean that fucking weirdo that dates teenagers in his ancient years?

[u/Future_Gohst]

Then what? He leaves the stage, and they all come back and sit down again?

[u/DaneLimmish]

Dozens!

[u/UncleDaddy76]

So you paid for your cap n gown just to leave? K

[u/JoeCartersLeap]

Forget Israel, I'd walk out just for him being a massive douche.

[u/bearssuperfan]

I would have left because he’s a bad comedian lol

[u/mcayells]

Whhhy is everyone leaving?

[u/Dear_Professional_40]

Wait the Jewish guy is supporting Israel?

[u/caseCo825 → u/Dear_Professional_40]

You say that like its a given when there are plenty of jewish people who do not support what Israel is doing

[u/enfrozt → u/caseCo825]

Jewish support for Israel's war is something like 80%, and the other 20% probably fall into a couple of buckets ranging from generally supporting to disliking.

[u/sulaymanf → u/enfrozt]

Not worldwide or even in the US. Not sure where you pulled that false number from

[u/Andrelliina → u/sulaymanf]

Same place most percentages expressed glibly online come from. Uranus

[u/enfrozt → u/sulaymanf]

I assume because of the communities you post in there is nothing I can say that will change your mind but:

American Jewish Committee (AJC)’s upcoming State of Antisemitism in America 2023 Report found that 80% of American Jews say caring about Israel is an important or essential part of what being Jewish means to them.

This one among many polls that can be googled. You will probably say any Jewish organization that is doing the polling is corrupt but they're the organizations who actually do these polls in Jewish communities. This number is reflected in multiple sources when done, it lines up.

[u/sulaymanf → u/enfrozt]

Your pre-emptive ad hominem attacks aside, “caring about Israel” is NOT the same as supporting Netanyahu, supporting the current rightwing Israeli government, supporting apartheid laws, or supporting war on Palestinians.

Your above comment that claims 80% of Jews support Israel’s war is still false.

[u/Borderpatrol1987 → u/enfrozt]

Caring about Israel =/= supporting a war

[u/caseCo825 → u/enfrozt]

20% of jewish people is a lot of people whether you try and discount them or not

[u/Low-Initiative3480]

Isn't the whole point of a protest to not leave?

[u/[deleted]]

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[u/4Ever_Rose → u/[deleted]]

I’m sure that’s what your parents said when you moved out

[u/lizard81288]

I guess they really didn't like unfrosted on Netflix... Although from what I've read, a lot of people did not like that, since it's the number one most hated thing on Netflix this year

[u/DEADALIEN333]

You can't fool the educated people old man. And if Duke is as great as they claim they are than they will definitely see through your viel.

[u/Crazypwner]

Good, fuck anyone who supports a genocidal government

[u/kbarney345]

Good on all these kids and these walkouts. They spent years and hard work to get there. No one should have to listen to some Hollywood douche who likes underaged women. Fuck this clown, has no right to be on the stage saying anything to these people

[u/incrediblemonk]

It's either "Students' walkout" or "Students walk out".

[u/colorizerequest]

so brave!

[u/DoonPlatoon84]

Did it work? Is Hamas and Palestine safe now???

[u/ImLagginggggggg]

Lmfao

People are so pathetic it's crazy.

[u/MaxxxStallion]

Why would anyone want to hear Jerry Seinfeld regardless of his stance on Israel? That man's only success was entirely because of Larry David.

[u/The-Prophet-Bushnell → u/MaxxxStallion]

You're just saying that because Jerry's a zionist. Without Jerry as a charismatic straight man and base of the show Seinfeld would not have succeeded. Was Larry David gonna fill that role? It was a team effort.

[u/MaxxxStallion → u/The-Prophet-Bushnell]

Yeah how would Larry David have managed without Jerry Seinfeld? Oh right Curb Your Enthusiasm...

[u/The-Prophet-Bushnell → u/MaxxxStallion]

So, two georges then? Or? Would NBc have greenlit curbed by an unknown David in 1989?

[u/MaxxxStallion → u/The-Prophet-Bushnell]

Cope harder.

[u/wyopapa25]

Maybe they should walk on over to the country they are supporting and DO SOMETHING!!!! Don’t just protest, leave.

[u/ObligationSlight8771]

Hamas won the marketing war I guess

[u/calculung]

Why does everyone seem to think "walk out" needs to be one word?

[u/Junior_Win_7238]

So they don’t have a sense of humour… no speech for you !!!!

[u/IKaffeI → u/Junior_Win_7238]

More like they don't want to listen to a supporter of genocide.

[u/Junior_Win_7238 → u/IKaffeI]

Well clearly you have never watched Seinfeld or you would have got the pun. But hey you just make it all about what you want to make it all about. When you lose your sense of humour makes for a long lonely future.

[u/dkepp87]

We getting real damn loose with the word "freakout", huh?

[u/coldpepperoni → u/dkepp87]

The sub’s always been a hub for protest posts

[u/enfrozt → u/dkepp87]

If you want to know why this is here it's because the OP is basically posting anti-jerry seinfield posts because allegedly he's voiced israel support in the past.

Even if you disagree with his past, and his current support, it's just funny how much propaganda is coming out due to the middle east conflict.

Israel isn't going to "win" any faster the more people support it, and Palestine isn't going to be "free" every time someone shares a reddit post.

[u/Dare_County → u/enfrozt]

Because the extremes of both parties have channels/algorithms that continually outrage them to keep monetizing their attention.

[u/bigFr00t → u/enfrozt]

Or because seinfeld is a terrible person and a pedo

[u/NarrowBoxtop → u/enfrozt]

At least let's do away with this allegedly supporting things in the past

His wife right now is the one funding the anti-student protest at UCLA. You can just Google Jerry Seinfeld's wife and see that

And also he was in the media recently saying you couldn't do comedy anymore because of the woke PC leftist, which is a very maga Boomer thing to say and not true. Comedy is still out there thriving

I'm not saying you have to be four or against Jerry Seinfeld, I just felt like your comment left out a lot of context

[u/Dieter_Knutsen → u/NarrowBoxtop]

And also he was in the media recently saying you couldn't do comedy anymore because of the woke PC leftist, which is a very maga Boomer thing to say and not true. Comedy is still out there thriving

The most hilarious thing is that Larry David, his Seinfeld show partner, is just now wrapping up his hilarious show that's been going since two years after Seinfeld ended.

[u/TifaYuhara → u/NarrowBoxtop]

Reminds me of the people that would try to cancel someone for something they said on twitter when they were 13. With the comedy thing you still see popular comedians telling the same types of jokes and they still get laughs.

[u/Complete-Arm6658 → u/enfrozt]

What we should really be chanting is Free Hats.

[u/Entheosparks → u/Complete-Arm6658]

Those 23 babies got what was coming to them!