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In reply to the discussion: Pushing the idea that agitators led protesters into bad behavior is absurd [View all]ripcord
(5,553 posts)18. Do you have any proof the students wsre influenced by outsiders?
Or is this just one more conspiracy theory?
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Pushing the idea that agitators led protesters into bad behavior is absurd [View all]
ripcord
May 3
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President Biden spoke out against the protesters actions and said it needed to stop
ripcord
May 3
#3
Cute. You honestly feel violence/destruction of your own campus is justified?
Freethinker65
May 3
#17
Because apparently they honestly feel the violence and destruction in Gaza is justified. nt.
Voltaire2
May 3
#34
Because I thought the images were insinuating what you appear to be accusing me of
Freethinker65
May 3
#57
I agree. Civil rights protests were so righteous. I'm in awe of those who stood up in them.
shrike3
May 4
#74
Bloc not watch, and they are not really an organization, more of a mode of protest.
Voltaire2
May 3
#36
I don't care if non students were there. The students were adults and didn't need to follow them.
jimfields33
May 3
#29
You've lost the narrative. It is very important to express outrage over the outside agitators.
Voltaire2
May 3
#37
Actually, if the police are at a protest because of civil disobedience, for acts beyond free speech...
Silent3
May 3
#20
I must havw missed the part where she told them to engage in hate speech or destruction
ripcord
May 3
#43
She was filmed occupying Hamilton Hall with them. Then she ducked out before everyone was arrested.
LeftInTX
May 3
#45
Remember the guy dressed all in black, masked, who smashed store windows during Black Lives Matter peaceful protests?
mahina
May 3
#52
Reactionaries blamed "outside agitators" for civil rights marches and demonstrations
John Shaft
May 4
#79