Here's what Tropical Soulvangelical wants to tell Columbia University, and he may very end up doing so at some point, possibly in an email. In two words, Don't Divest!! This is in response to the Anti-Israel protestors demanding that Columbia divest from Israel, because TSV sees the worst thing to do with respect to this protest group is to do what they say. He wants people to know that if you do that, they'll just come back with more demands, and then more and more demands, and before you know it you only live to do their bidding. He asks that people show more backbone in dealing with these types, because, again, you will know a tree by the fruit it bears. As a side-note to the whole protest issue, TSV heard about that one guy who burned himself to death as a part of his own demonstration. At first, he thought it was part of the regular protests. Turns out it wasn't, but this is an illustration of where TSV sees all the protests going, and not just with respect to Gaza and Israel, but other causes as well. He doesn't see any end to what the protest groups will end up doing, and he sees it amounting to an insurrection of sorts. If you don't know by now that it's these groups that are themselves undemocratic, TSV's not sure when you will. So he's not mad at the groups anymore, but he's thinking that once we as the grownups in the living room get through the current protest situation, the protests themselves in retrospect will not have aged well.