How to be uncultured, easily influenced, spineless and stupid

The article is an opinion piece by João Miguel Tavares published under the title "How to be uncultured, easily influenced, spineless and stupid." The article addresses the issue of it being unbearable to share a placard with a pro-Israeli Jew, presenting four different reasons for considering this idea depressing, although none of these reasons are related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The text emerges as an opinion reflection on social and behavioral dynamics in a university or similar context. The author uses the subtitle to emphasize that the proposed analysis does not concern political positions on the Middle East, but rather other aspects of human behavior that the episode raises.