Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on UCLA campus
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up encampment on UCLA campus
One day after more than 90 people were arrested following pro-Palestine protests at USC, a similar protest is being held at UCLA.
Nothing wrong with protesting the murder of innocent civilians, is there?
Nope nothing at all. And you don't need permission to protest.
A protest with a permit is called a parade.
While true, I would like to state that the vast majority of these protests are actually in their Universities designated "free speech" or protest areas, which just makes it all the more ridiculous when they crack down.
They should be protesting Hamas then right... RIIGGHTTT???
Sure. They can. The issues are separate. And two things can be discretely discussed, or protested, simultaneously.
- Murder of civilians
- Renouncing Hamas
But I notice a common behavior among Israeli genocide defenders. When they speak of the conflict, the time between 1947 and 2023 is not to be mentioned, and suddenly 1 and 2 merge into a single issue, they focus on 2 as if their life depends on it. Any mention of 1, just play the antisemitism card.
They have to do that, play dumb, because 1 is not defensible on its own, but if I merge it with 2 I don't have to have hard thoughts. People just disagree because they hate Jews. Otherwise they'd stand by and let the Jews mass murder Muslims, right? If anyone mentions 1, I'll just mention 2 and ignore their words.
Anyway, It's a transparent and cowardly psychological defense mechanism. Sad to see that many are incapable of seeing Israel (and its allies) for the genocide sponsors that they are.
But what about cancer? Surely they must mention their stance on cancer too, or their whole protest is meaningless!
Strangely enough I have no control over who they protest.
Protesting, no. Disrupting, yes.
Protesting civilian casualties, no. Supporting Hamas, yes.
Supporting creation of Palestinian state - no. Supporting destruction of Israeli state (from the reaver to the sea) - yes.
Unfortunately these protests attracts all kind of people, including those with antisemitism tendencies. So, it is not simple yes/no answer.People alway complain about disruption without somehow noticing that France has 30 hour work weeks, gobs of vacation, free health care, and free school. That came by being disruptive. The people of the United States can’t pull their heads out of their rectums long enough to make it stop being an unlivable shithole.
I wonder if I should be happy that lemmy has grown to be large enough for the IDF to consider it a legitimate target for propaganda, or just bummed out that nearly every single thread seems to be infected by this trash.
