Stanford students walk out of graduation as Google CEO speaks

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai was the commencement speaker at Stanford. He is an alum himself. A batch of students walked out of their own graduation. The reason for this walkout was that Google has ties to Israel.

As much as most CEOs deserve this treatment, the reason here is dumb. Companies are going to do business with as many clients as possible and if you don't like their customers, find another company. Google isn't doing any illegal business, dealing with Israel.

These demonstrations are by clueless virtue signalers and if I were to guess, they would be problematic employees when they get into the workforce.


Stanford students walk out of graduation, sparking demonstration
https://www.ktvu.com/news/stanford-students-walk-out-graduation-sparking-demonstration
By Tori Gaines
KTVU FOX 2
Stanford
Published June 15, 2026 6:40 AM PDT

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  • Stanford University students walked out of the school's graduation ceremony Sunday, sparking a demonstration on the Palo Alto campus.
  • Videos circulating on social media showed some graduates booing and walking out of the ceremony as CEO Sundar Pichai began speaking, citing concerns over Google's ties to Israel's government.
  • The demonstration comes amid a broader trend of commencement speakers facing harsh criticism from graduating students across the country this year


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    Protest over Google
    What we know:

    The protest kicked off at Stanford University Stadium during a commencement address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

    Videos circulating on social media showed some graduates booing and walking out of the ceremony as Pichai began speaking, citing concerns over Google's ties to Israel's government.
    Stanford students have been highly active on the issue.

    The campus has seen more than a year of protests, with students calling for the university to divest from companies with ties to Israel's war on Hamas, which has left more than 73,000 people dead. During previous demonstrations, 13 people were arrested following a sit-in at the university's administrative offices.

    Stanford University has been reached out to for comment, but officials have not yet responded.



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    Rapier108
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    1:12p, 6/15/26
    Just because of your visceral hated for CEOs, most of them do not "deserve this treatment" simply because they're CEOs.
    "If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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    1:14p, 6/15/26
    AG
    Sounds like business as usual...leftist DEI students doing what leftist DEI students do best.
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    1:16p, 6/15/26
    LOL Way to begin a career as a barista, idiots.
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    1:16p, 6/15/26
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    Quote:
    These demonstrations are by clueless virtue signalers

    At least we know the mechanism that recognizes this issue exists even if it doesn't work every time.
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    In reply to Rapier108 • 1:19p, 6/15/26
    Rapier108 said:
    Just because of your visceral hated for CEOs, most of them do not "deserve this treatment" simply because they're CEOs.

    Most of them (Fortune 500 CEO's) deserve this treatment for their inaction and just sitting by like complete and utter cowards while a dementia riddled democrat buffoon issued a decree to fire anyone who refuses to get the experimental "vaccine". Vast majority are godless cowards.

    Again, talking about the major CEO's. And i acknowledge there are a few exceptions. It is not every single one.
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    1:19p, 6/15/26
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    Automatic candidates for deportation.
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    1:24p, 6/15/26
    Future budding Supreme Commissars in their own minds
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    1:26p, 6/15/26
    I'm just shocked to hear that students at university in California aren't tough enough to listen to someone talk because he helps lead a corporation that does business with Israel.
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    In reply to infinity ag • 1:33p, 6/15/26
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    This was funded/organized by the Stanford chapter of SJP, which is funded (substantially) by WESPAC. WESPAC's donors include foundations like Tides and Elias Foundation, but complete upstream sources are hidden due to donor-advised funds and lack of disclosure requirements for fiscal sponsorships. Westchester People's Action Coalition Foundation is of course a New York-based 501(c)(3).

    In a sane world, this would be a prime target for FBI investigation/prosecution. I am optimistic that will happen finally. This sort of brainwashing on American campuses needs to end, forcefully.
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    1:38p, 6/15/26
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    The headline should read "Jew Hating Stanford Grads walk out of their own graduation to stand against Israel"
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    1:39p, 6/15/26
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    Stanford needs to quit admitting idiots.
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    In reply to JWinTX • 1:39p, 6/15/26
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    JWinTX said:
    I'm just shocked to hear that students at university in California aren't tough enough to listen to someone talk because he helps lead a corporation that does business with Israel.


    I'm assuming none of the students walking out want to work in big tech, all of whom do business with Israel and want to do more.
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    1:49p, 6/15/26
    He should have said "there is no such thing as Palestine" as they were walking out.
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    In reply to Muy • 1:52p, 6/15/26
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    Muy said:
    The headline should read "Jew Hating Stanford Grads walk out of their own graduation to stand against Israel"


    About like "Jew Hating F16 Posters Continue attacks against Israel 'Political Positions'"…

    At some point, people have to recognize where the antisemitism is right now in the US. It's not a great place.

    Edit to Add: I am happy to back it up with plenty of evidence. At some point, it needs to be reigned in. It WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED if this was 2020 and the target was 'different'.

    This is NOT on the moderators or the owners of TexAgs. It's on the posters being better people.

    Be better.
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    1:55p, 6/15/26
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    Down with Jew haters.

    God bless Israel.
    The left cannot kill the Spirit of Charlie Kirk.
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    1:55p, 6/15/26
    AG
    Imposing their bigoted left opinion at the expense of their fellow graduates is petty and self-centered. What a bunch of immature losers.
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    2:02p, 6/15/26
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    Stunning and brave
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    2:03p, 6/15/26
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    Most of those deluded, ungrateful, unappreciative nut jobs appeared to be minority women and a handful of either foreign born or first generation men.

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    2:04p, 6/15/26
    It is ok, they were Gender, Women's, Minorities (etc) studies students. You do not need Google CEOs approval to flip hamburgers. ; )
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    2:30p, 6/15/26
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    The academic staff should be mortified, but this is Stanford.
    So they are probably beaming with pride
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    In reply to Rapier108 • 2:32p, 6/15/26
    Guess which of them interviewed with Google and didn't get jobs.
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    In reply to Sid Farkas • 2:38p, 6/15/26
    Sid Farkas said:
    Stanford needs to quit admitting idiots.


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    2:42p, 6/15/26
    Hope he used AI to capture images of all of them and blacklist them from ever working for or doing work with Google.
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    It's interesting that these clowns love to cite Israel and Hamas, with the focus on Hamas only. Never once do these rats ever acknowledge that Hamas MURDERED civilians. Just a bunch of new-age Nazis apparently.
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    3:09p, 6/15/26
    AG
    The only good commencement speaker was Roseanne Roseannadanna.
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    In reply to Martels Hammer • 3:11p, 6/15/26
    AG
    Martels Hammer said:
    Sid Farkas said:
    Stanford needs to quit admitting idiots.


    Creating

    Why not both?

    Remember this clown story.. i bet this was one of the cartoons that walked out

    Teen (muslim kid) Accepted to Stanford After Writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Application

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-accepted-stanford-after-writing-blacklivesmatter-100-times-application-n742586


    Have a close relative - her parents are immigrants, and have done well, living the American dream. Outstanding resume - when she visited Stanford, she was told "don't bother applying if you haven't suffered"
    She ended up at an Ivy League school in CompSci (so it wasn't a **** major either)
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    In reply to Hardcore Greg • 3:18p, 6/15/26
    Hardcore Greg said:
    Rapier108 said:
    Just because of your visceral hated for CEOs, most of them do not "deserve this treatment" simply because they're CEOs.

    Most of them (Fortune 500 CEO's) deserve this treatment for their inaction and just sitting by like complete and utter cowards while a dementia riddled democrat buffoon issued a decree to fire anyone who refuses to get the experimental "vaccine". Vast majority are godless cowards.

    Again, talking about the major CEO's. And i acknowledge there are a few exceptions. It is not every single one.


    Don't worry.. he'll learn.
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    Have there ever been any anti-Israel/pro-Palestine demonstrations at NBA games?
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    In reply to Sid Farkas • 3:24p, 6/15/26
    Sid Farkas said:
    Stanford needs to quit admitting idiots.

    Had a classmate. I graduated school in '96, so this is decades ago. He talked about how much harder school was because at Stanford (where he transferred from) the classes were so easy.

    Self-admistered, some with no grades, la-la-la-la. You get the picture. Now he said getting in was a bear, but once in, you were good as long as you could fog a mirror.
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    In reply to infinity ag • 3:40p, 6/15/26
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    infinity ag said:
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai was the commencement speaker at Stanford. He is an alum himself. A batch of students walked out of their own graduation. The reason for this walkout was that Google has ties to Israel.

    As much as most CEOs deserve this treatment, the reason here is dumb. Companies are going to do business with as many clients as possible and if you don't like their customers, find another company. Google isn't doing any illegal business, dealing with Israel.

    These demonstrations are by clueless virtue signalers and if I were to guess, they would be problematic employees when they get into the workforce.


    Stanford students walk out of graduation, sparking demonstration
    https://www.ktvu.com/news/stanford-students-walk-out-graduation-sparking-demonstration
    By Tori Gaines
    KTVU FOX 2
    Stanford
    Published June 15, 2026 6:40 AM PDT

    Quote:
  • Stanford University students walked out of the school's graduation ceremony Sunday, sparking a demonstration on the Palo Alto campus.
  • Videos circulating on social media showed some graduates booing and walking out of the ceremony as CEO Sundar Pichai began speaking, citing concerns over Google's ties to Israel's government.
  • The demonstration comes amid a broader trend of commencement speakers facing harsh criticism from graduating students across the country this year


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    Protest over Google
    What we know:

    The protest kicked off at Stanford University Stadium during a commencement address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.

    Videos circulating on social media showed some graduates booing and walking out of the ceremony as Pichai began speaking, citing concerns over Google's ties to Israel's government.
    Stanford students have been highly active on the issue.

    The campus has seen more than a year of protests, with students calling for the university to divest from companies with ties to Israel's war on Hamas, which has left more than 73,000 people dead. During previous demonstrations, 13 people were arrested following a sit-in at the university's administrative offices.

    Stanford University has been reached out to for comment, but officials have not yet responded.




    Most of those leaving look like minorities.
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    In reply to infinity ag • 3:42p, 6/15/26
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    Not every news item is newsworthy
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    In reply to Burdizzo • 3:43p, 6/15/26
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    Burdizzo said:
    Have there ever been any anti-Israel/pro-Palestine demonstrations at NBA games?

    https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/dozens-pro-palestine-protesters-called-ceasefire-outside-game-2-nba-finals/W62FU54NVVHUPLZ2ZCZZDGHZLE/
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    In reply to deddog • 3:43p, 6/15/26
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    deddog said:
    Martels Hammer said:
    Sid Farkas said:
    Stanford needs to quit admitting idiots.


    Creating

    Why not both?

    Remember this clown story.. i bet this was one of the cartoons that walked out

    Teen (muslim kid) Accepted to Stanford After Writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on Application

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/teen-accepted-stanford-after-writing-blacklivesmatter-100-times-application-n742586


    Have a close relative - her parents are immigrants, and have done well, living the American dream. Outstanding resume - when she visited Stanford, she was told "don't bother applying if you haven't suffered"
    She ended up at an Ivy League school in CompSci (so it wasn't a **** major either)

    Would be interested in seeing their definition of "suffering". Bet it didn't include physical activity.
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    In reply to deddog • 3:58p, 6/15/26
    deddog said:
    The academic staff should be mortified, but this is Stanford.
    So they are probably beaming with pride


    And I would venture to say their retirement plans have Israeli investments.
    Book smart, street and common sense idiots.
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