The person who made all those anonymous threats admits they did it specifically to cause blowback against the pro palestine protestors.
"He believed, wrongly, that the posts would prompt a 'blowback' against what he perceived as anti-Israel media coverage and pro-Hamas sentiment on campus," she wrote.
It took me far too long to realize suggesting a completely unviable solution as a joke wasn't being understood as a such. They just thought I was stupid. The cringe must be very strong whenever those memories come up.
This dude had a fucked up motive though.