If they don’t like their schools’ policies and donor lists and spending habits, then they should transfer. Take your tens of thousands of dollars elsewhere. They all just decided now that they need their schools to divest from Israel? What was going through their heads this time last year? Never read newspapers before? There are plenty of schools to choose from— liberal, conservative, secular, religious, etc. what about transferring abroad, go to college in Canada. Iran’s made an offer, too. You don’t like the movie, walk out of the theater. Stop yelling and throwing popcorn. No one’s holding you hostage, you can go. |
DP Who says they haven’t done just that, but while we’re on the subject, it sounds like your of the mind that Israel shouldn’t be held accountable to a higher standard of conduct than a designated terrorist organization? Low bar, huh? |
The PP is fine with Hamas insignia. Hence the disassembling. |
PP That’s weird. Why did you blatantly lie? The PP actually said that they didn’t even know how to identify the Hamas flag. So why would you lie and accuse them of being fine with it? Is lying your default mode? Really mind-boggling that lying is so just so natural for so many. |
Nah. The PP is the one who first tried to pretend that wasn’t Hamas insignia, then when forced to concede the point because the FBI is now involved, scrambled to minimize it. One can reasonably assume that the PP is fine with Hamas insignia, based on her posts. |
The prtoestors should have ejected this person. Makes them look awful. |
Ben Sasse - UF’s search committee has been proven correct with their hiring decision 20 times over. His selection was met with significant backlash, I hope crow is on the detractors plate. |
this is false. virginia state police immediately broke up the Unite the Right marchers at UVA: https://www.12onyourside.com/story/36119820/hundreds-gather-at-uva-in-response-to-judges-decision-regarding-unite-the-right-rally/ it happened during the summer and wasn’t students, so the UVA admins would have had less to do with the logistics, but I’m sure they called the police. |
Another video of not funny because it’s so true. SNL last night. Alexis Vanessa Roberts.
https://x.com/nbcsnl/status/1786969830488232304?s=46 |
NP. I will tell you why I don’t call on Hamas to do anything. It’s because I simply have zero expectation that they care about what I or the American govt say. They are a terrorist organization. In fact, they may draw strength from US calls for returning hostages etc. I still harbor hope that the Israelis are persuadable that their actions are wrong and that the lives of Palestinians in Gaza matter. And that they do not wish to continue the horrific destruction they are unleashing currently. And I would like my govt to pressure Israel with diplomacy (like they may be doing) and funding (conditioning of aide) to behave differently. The US power structure is aligned closer with Israel than the Palestinian people (congress, the WH, the State Dept, wealthy donors). The protesters are railing (ineffectively it seems) against the power structure as they have through time. Why would you think calling on Hamas to return the hostages (which anyone of good conscience must want) would require a protest in the US? |
The protests are directly organized by people with connections to Palestine. They absolutely could call for Hamas to lay down their weapons and return the hostages, and work on a 2-state solution. But they affirmatively praise “resistance” and call for “from the river to the sea.” what you don’t get is that this is VERY much expressly pro-Palestine winning the war, not pro-peace. |
Great moments in history!!
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This was surprisingly good. |
Were pre 10/7 protests against Hamas effective in Gaza? Again, Hamas (or any terrorist organization) is not persuadable by protests in the US in ways that a democratically elected govt with close ties to the US may reasonably be expected to. For Hamas to lose the de facto support of the Palestinian people would require that 1. The Palestinians believe that they can get their voices heard without the bomb throwers and 2. It becomes worse for a family or individual to support Hamas than not. Neither of those two conditions are true right now. And it is the way that the troubles in Ireland quieted down. |