{"id":5166,"date":"2014-03-03T10:25:44","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T17:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/politicalhat.com\/?p=5166"},"modified":"2014-03-08T02:04:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T09:04:19","slug":"tears-of-unfathomable-sadness-as-ucla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/2014\/03\/03\/tears-of-unfathomable-sadness-as-ucla\/","title":{"rendered":"Tears of Unfathomable Sadness as UCLA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The UCLA undergraduate student association council (USAC) had a vote on demanding <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-ln-ucla-student-israel-divestment-20140226,0,2201815.story#axzz2ukWESbio\" target=\"_blank\">divestment from Israel<\/a>.\u00a0 It failed 5 to 7.\u00a0 This resulted in a divestment activist having a full-on <a href=\"http:\/\/legalinsurrection.com\/2014\/02\/ucla-student-council-rejects-anti-israel-divestment-resolution\/\" target=\"_blank\">mental breakdown<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5167\" title=\"UCLA hippie tears\" src=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/UCLA_tears.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/UCLA_tears.jpg 345w, https:\/\/impeachreno.org\/politicalhat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/UCLA_tears-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While UCLA would not have paid attention to the USAC vote, it is nonetheless surprising that they would vote against divestment from Israel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1AXE-cQ-2RQ\" target=\"_blank\">meltdown<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1AXE-cQ-2RQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more-->&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The sober, and appropriate, response to this:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/48H34ukFe8g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PJ Media <a href=\"http:\/\/pjmedia.com\/tatler\/2014\/03\/01\/lamentations-of-their-women-ucla-leftist-throws-wild-tantrum-when-anti-israel-vote-fails\/\" target=\"_blank\">goes further<\/a> and notes the wisdom of Conan the Barbarian:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6PQ6335puOc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In a more serious tone, UCLA alumnus <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cOIv6owDXYo\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Shapiro<\/a> was at the divestment vote and spoke forcefully against the measure:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cOIv6owDXYo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Assuredly, though, this temporary sanity at USAC will pass\u2026<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\"><meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@PoliticHatblog\"><meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ThePoliticalhat\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tears of Unfathomable Sadness as UCLA\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The UCLA undergraduate student association council (USAC) had a vote on demanding divestment from Israel.  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