Palantir CEO Alex Karp has eviscerated anti-Israel protesters who have caused chaos on college campuses, sending them to North Korea as part of an “exchange program” to give them perspective. He said it should be transferred to
The software chief accused Columbia University students of shutting down the Ivy League campus over the past few weeks to denounce Israel’s response in the Gaza Strip to the deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas. targeted and claimed that some protesters were even praising North Korea.
“We’re going to have a Carp-sponsored exchange program,” he said. “A flavorful bark that spent several months in North Korea. See how you feel about it.”
Karp, whose Peter Thiel-linked company is increasingly important to the government’s defense technology program, spoke Wednesday at the invitation-only Hill and Valley Forum in Washington, D.C. He became a featured speaker.
“Look at Columbia,” Karp continued. politiko.
“There is literally no way to explain the investment in elite schools, and the result is a heresy: a heresy of mediocrity, discrimination, intolerance, and violence.”
His comments came a day after New York City police stormed the Columbia campus to arrest more than 100 pro-Palestinian protesters who invaded and occupied Hamilton Hall.
Palantir’s boss, a vocal supporter of Israel, appeared for 30 minutes at the annual event that brings together elected government officials and tech giants, calling the protests “unacceptable” and “understandable.” I can’t.”
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker and independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, as well as several Republicans, also spoke at the event, which also included a surprise recorded video appearance by former President Donald, Politico reported.
Professor Karp said progressive students are “embracing anti-discrimination structures while wearing masks and excluding those who have been most discriminated against.” [against] For the past 3,000 years,” Politico reported.
He also bizarrely attacked “Silicon Valley startups” that “fantasize about using drone-powered technology to take particularly targeted revenge in violation of all norms.” he said.
It was not immediately clear which enemy Karp had in mind.
President Joe Biden on Thursday broke his 10-day silence on anti-terrorism anarchy spreading on U.S. college campuses.
In a three-and-a-half-minute speech from the Roosevelt Room at the White House, he declared that the United States is not an “illegitimate nation” and that “order must prevail,” but that the right to peaceful demonstration is and rejected calls for the National Guard to be called in.
“When violence occurs, it is a violation of the law. Destruction of property is not a peaceful protest and is a violation of the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, forcing campus closures, canceling classes and graduations, etc. None of this is peaceful protest,” the president said. against the law. “
Biden also said the protests have not shaken his fundamental position of supporting Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip to destroy the terrorist organization Hamas.
