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PeaceWave

(3,291 posts)
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 06:48 PM 14 hrs ago

Where are all the college campus tent city protests against the Iran War like there were "about Gaza?"

The wrongfully accused "Genocide Joe" and "Killer Kamala" would like to know, as would I.

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Where are all the college campus tent city protests against the Iran War like there were "about Gaza?" (Original Post) PeaceWave 14 hrs ago OP
WHY ? The Fascist Regime shut down campus protests !!! 60 universities SUED Bread and Circuses 14 hrs ago #1
This is so tiresome. Eko 14 hrs ago #2
Where were the protests over Yemen when markodochartaigh 14 hrs ago #3
As for the protesters for the last decade when Palestine was kept in squalor? Eko 13 hrs ago #6
I'm not talking about the same people. markodochartaigh 13 hrs ago #8
Well I guess if they didnt protest what you wanted them to when you wanted them to then they must be insincere. Eko 12 hrs ago #10
They're out there but they don't get the same level of coverage. Wonder why? WhiskeyGrinder 14 hrs ago #4
Message auto-removed Name removed 13 hrs ago #5
Spring Break? OC375 13 hrs ago #7
Maybe because people react worse to actual invasions and ground war type of stuff? AZJonnie 13 hrs ago #9
I feel like this question misses a more important issue ecstatic 12 hrs ago #11
MORE chants of "Genocide Joe" and "Killer Kamala?" Wouldn't that have been like MORE cowbell? PeaceWave 12 hrs ago #13
+1 leftstreet 10 hrs ago #16
The MAGAZANS got their man elected. They'll be back to harrass Dems in midterms. BlueNProud 12 hrs ago #12
They had one mission, and that mission was accomplished. rogue emissary 12 hrs ago #14
And then they just magically receded until next time. Scary. PeaceWave 10 hrs ago #15
Exactly. rogue emissary 10 hrs ago #17

Bread and Circuses

(1,979 posts)
1. WHY ? The Fascist Regime shut down campus protests !!! 60 universities SUED
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:11 PM
14 hrs ago

First Amendment has been deleted .

Elections have consequences ! HIllary Was Right About Everything and Still IS!

I get your point, people criticized Joe and Kamala because the MEDIA told them ! NOW! The media and social media are controlled fascist Republican!

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http://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-educations-office-civil-rights-sends-letters-60-universities-under-investigation-antisemitic-discrimination-and-harassment

U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Sends Letters to 60 Universities Under Investigation for Antisemitic Discrimination and Harassment
Letters warn of potential enforcement actions if institutions do not fulfill their obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to protect Jewish students on campus.

Columbia University: Agreed to a multi-agency settlement with the U.S. government, including a $200 million payment (classified as a fine) to the U.S. Treasury, to resolve investigations into alleged violations of anti-discrimination laws. Columbia also established a separate $21 million fund to compensate current and former employees who experienced antisemitic harassment.
Northwestern University: Agreed to pay $75 million to the United States as part of a deal to resolve all pending investigations and restore frozen federal funding.
Cornell University: Agreed to pay $30 million to the federal government and invest an additional $30 million in U.S. agriculture research to settle claims of antisemitic harassment and discrimination.
Brown University: Agreed to a deal that included a commitment of $50 million towards state workforce development programs as part of its settlement to restore federal grant funding.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA): Agreed to a $6.45 million settlement in a private lawsuit brought by Jewish students and a professor over the university's handling of pro-Palestinian protests. The university also faced separate action from the U.S. Department of Justice, which found it liable for civil rights violations.
University of California, Berkeley: Paid $1 million in legal fees to settle a lawsuit brought by two Jewish groups, agreeing to revise campus nondiscrimination policies and prohibit student group bylaws that effectively ban Zionist speakers.

markodochartaigh

(5,497 posts)
3. Where were the protests over Yemen when
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:14 PM
14 hrs ago

Saudi Arabia was bombing them back to the stone age with US weapons?
Where were those protesters for the last decade when Palestine was kept in squalor?
How will Putin's birthday, October 7, be celebrated this year?

Eko

(9,972 posts)
6. As for the protesters for the last decade when Palestine was kept in squalor?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:33 PM
13 hrs ago

Since they are college students they would have been like 8-12 years old. I mean kids grow up fast but maybe you are expecting a bit much from them.

markodochartaigh

(5,497 posts)
8. I'm not talking about the same people.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:47 PM
13 hrs ago

I mean, regardless of who the individuals were, there were no mass protests over Gaza or Yemen, or for that matter East Timor, Sudan, or Somalia.

Eko

(9,972 posts)
10. Well I guess if they didnt protest what you wanted them to when you wanted them to then they must be insincere.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:36 PM
12 hrs ago

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,893 posts)
4. They're out there but they don't get the same level of coverage. Wonder why?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:16 PM
14 hrs ago

And if it’s because they’re not pushing as hard as they did on Gaza, maybe it’s because they saw their classmates beaten, suspended, imprisoned, expelled, threatened with deportation? Just a thought.

Response to PeaceWave (Original post)

AZJonnie

(3,681 posts)
9. Maybe because people react worse to actual invasions and ground war type of stuff?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 07:59 PM
13 hrs ago

Also, Iran and Gaza are not the same in terms of people's intrinsic level of sympathy? Nearly everyone hates Iran as a state.

Also, one was an apartheid zone within another country, and this a country itself?

Those are my first answers before I get into the fact that, yes, that media isn't going to cover what protests there ARE under Trump like they would under a Democrat, which is also true

ecstatic

(35,062 posts)
11. I feel like this question misses a more important issue
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:36 PM
12 hrs ago

It REALLY sucks to have tRump as president and to know that part of the reason was due to division on our own side.

Obviously, the anger directed at Joe Biden back in 2023 and 2024 was counterproductive, but many of the students were low information and/or new to politics. I don't blame them. I blame the adults.

I held my tongue back then, but looking back, President Biden could have done a much better job explaining why the US was supporting Israel in killing thousands of women and children and destroying 60% of Gaza. We have criminal organizations right here in our country but we don't destroy entire towns filled with innocent people trying to get a handful of thugs. That's absolutely disgusting and inhumane.

When I look at the before and after videos of Gaza, I'm ashamed that I wasn't out there protesting with those students. We all should have protested. What happened then and what's happening now all over the Middle East is completely unacceptable.

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PeaceWave

(3,291 posts)
13. MORE chants of "Genocide Joe" and "Killer Kamala?" Wouldn't that have been like MORE cowbell?
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:43 PM
12 hrs ago


rogue emissary

(3,348 posts)
14. They had one mission, and that mission was accomplished.
Fri Mar 20, 2026, 08:59 PM
12 hrs ago

Harris, and Democrats in Congress lost.

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