Columbia University PhD student Ranjani Srinivasan calls accusations that she’s a ‘terrorist sympathizer’ absurd, telling CBC’s David Common that she feared for her safety after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials showed up at her door.
I went to one of the conservative drone echo chambers and their big line on this is “What grounds does she have to claim asylum in Canada?! She should be sent to Gaza to die!”
No point trying to reply in those spaces, they’re all too far gone, but I want to reply “what grounds? The grounds that Canada hasn’t abandoned their basic humanity or decency in exchange for nothing, as we Americans have.”