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In reply to the discussion: MSNBC just said 40% of arrested Uni "protesters" weren't even students [View all]gulliver
(13,235 posts)28. Not if the 60% were "poor lost sheep" being used by committed instigators.
That's a strong possibility when we see the kinds of people involved (youthful, smarty-pants, passionate, rebellious, angry), hear what they have to say, read their signs, and observe their actions. Lost numbskulls being led into evil acts by crazy, evil numbskull outsiders...
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MSNBC just said 40% of arrested Uni "protesters" weren't even students [View all]
lindysalsagal
May 3
OP
The student protestors I saw interviewed were clear the racism wasn't their message.
Cuthbert Allgood
May 3
#8
We've had this conversation before. IT IS NOT ANTI-SEMETIC TO PROTEST THE POLITICAL POLICIES OF
TeamProg
May 3
#39
That's not how honor works. You stay and go forward with your own voice. Racists be damned.
TeamProg
May 3
#44
This is not going well. History will not be kind to Israel. That history is in making right now in the global media,
TeamProg
May 3
#41
After this invasion cools down enough for the facts to come out, I think it will be evident that the people of Gaza and
TeamProg
May 3
#54
It's NOT "Genocide" and Fuck those fucking Protestes that are Scremain g"Genocide Joe"..
Cha
May 3
#95
It is Netanyahu's genocide, or as U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders called it, "ethnic cleansing", not Joe Biden's. The
TeamProg
May 3
#100
When they heard the vast amount of antisemitic rhetoric, they all at least should have booed loudly.
jimfields33
May 3
#61
I thought and posted that once the protest got more militant that it would be at least 1/3 not college affiliate
JT45242
May 3
#3
A handful have absolutely excoriated those who suggest that there might be outsiders fomenting
hlthe2b
May 3
#5
There is intense proof about Jan6. It remains to be seen about these scores of university protests.
hlthe2b
May 3
#18
Were the cops being peaceful when arresting protesters? Will most of those go on trial?
Ping Tung
May 3
#34
Correciton: The protesters are trying to stop the slaughter of civilians in Gaza.
Ping Tung
May 3
#69
I hope both Hamas and Israel come to an acceptable cease fire agreement and long term armistice.
Ping Tung
May 3
#79
I've seen a lot of dialogue on X/Blue Sky/Threads from pro-protester accounts...
AZSkiffyGeek
May 3
#35
"The students know who is who" -- I doubt it. They don't have the experience, yet...
Hekate
May 3
#78
Calling 40% of them nefarious outsiders using them for political gain is a pretty broad brush
GregariousGroundhog
May 3
#25
Has any info come in yet about these outsiders, whether they have any characteristics in common?
TheRickles
May 3
#31
It turns out most of the other 40% were actually from other related universities
Blue_Adept
May 3
#33
It's interesting how that "11 people at a table with 1 Nazi equals 12 Nazis" meme
AZSkiffyGeek
May 3
#64
Not surprised. It was 80% non-student/faculty at the ASU encampment in Tempe, AZ
AnrothElf
May 3
#63
When I saw footage of a "student" banging a metal bowl and shrieking "WE ARE HAMAS!"
AnrothElf
May 3
#74