In April 2024, students set up encampments at universities across Canada and the United States to protest Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. Columnists with prestigious outlets wrote condescending op-eds about the protesters. At the Wall Street Journal, they were called “cowardly” and “not compassionate,” with the writer claiming that onlookers were “relieved to see the NYPD come in [and drag] the protesters away.” These writers seemed ready to dismiss the demonstrators and paint them negatively, without really interrogating what was prompting them to set up camp for weeks on end. Meanwhile...