Any of those college kids who are there on government grants should be told that their government grant has been rescinded (withdrawn) and they are no longer students at any of those colleges. And send their parents the same message to their parents. IOW ~ (Come and get your ungrateful kid and bring a U-Haul.

#5 | POSTED BY TWINPAC

Are you arguing that the student's protesting Israel's actions in Gaza should be expelled?

twin, the jack-booted thugs have never been on the right side of history.

How you can justify destroying countless young lives over a peaceful protest is beyond me.

How far we have fallen, ---- even in the Reagen era these types of protests were lauded, cause they were targeting South African Apartheid...oh wait.

Twin are you aware of the impact of the exact same protests in the 1980s about South African apartheid? The college campus protests were critical in the struggle to overthrowing that racist regime Mandela said as much

To destroy young peoples lives over a peaceful protest is obscene

We should celebrate young people engaging in the political process not attacking them with jack booted thugs and saddling them with a lifelong burden for them spending a few days protesting an injustice and to justify such abhorrent punishment over pell grants is disgusting

You may not like it simply because it is Israel and not an expressly racist government but their protests are just as legitimate

In fact the type of punishment you are advocating is something you would see in china or Russia

Yep liberals should just forget their values because fascist conservatives will weaponize them. Better still don't have any values that'll surely get the Israel's to stop the war in Gaza

Fwiw if you don't realize it there is political dangers for whatever we do. If we protest loudly conservatives will call us anti semitic. It we do nothing or come down hard on protesters we will lose young voters and Muslim-American voters

Ffs Netanyahu WANTS and NEEDS the war to continue to keep himself out of jail, he is counting on ------- winning (like Putin btw). America needs to pressure Israel to stop. The only way to do that is to condition aid. But then we lose Jewish American support

The threat to Biden's reelection does not come from the protests it comes from Israels actions in Gaza. People are disgusted by what they see and are blaming Biden (rightly or wrongly), but the blame does not come from the protests it comes from the news and social media. If there were no protests what is happening in Gaza would still be happening and people would still know about it. The protests at least have one productive thing about them. They give an outlet to the frustration these young voters feel and encourages them to participate in democracy. It is OUR job to explain to them (since they ARE engaged) that ------- would be infinitely worse for the Palestinians in that he would give Netanyahu anything he wants.

#NOW Glass doors into Hamilton Hall inside Columbia were smashed up, protesters stormed in occupying the building, barricading doors with metal gates, blocking entrances with wooden tables and chairs, and zip-tying doors shut.
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No one was hurt but property was damaged and a building was occupied, so still peaceful?

#34 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY

Any violent or destructive act should immediately be considered to be caused by people seeking to delegitimize the protestors until such time as valid proof otherwise is presented.

"What's really at stake now is preventing WWIII so the United States doesn't get dragged into the Israeli/Hamas/Iran conflict, wherein the Palestinians will become an afterthought."

How will disengaging from the Gaza war prevent WWIII? I am not being a jerk or facetious, I am honestly curious. If you have some spin on the situation I am missing I would love to hear it.

From my perspective, America not engaging means essentially giving Israel what it is asking for to prosecute the war, which is enflaming the Middle East and leading to MORE conflict between Iran, it's proxies and Israel.

The best way to prevent WWIII is to get Israel to stop it's actions and seek a cease fire.

"It doesn't have to be so either/or. More dialogue and more civility would be helpful. Less in your face sloganeering and less singling out of Jewish students would helpful. More care not to be usurped by foreign and domestic infilitration would be helpful. Continued care not to look like January 6 insurrections would be helpful."

See my #44 post, any damage or violence should be attributed to outside agitators looking to delegitimize the protest until proven otherwise, but I realize that is a large ask giving how ignorant most Americans are.

Hey, I realize this issue is incredibly complex and there is a great deal of passion on each side. There isn't a good or easy solution here-Israel is entitled to security and the Palestinians are entitled to not be killed. No matter what is done it will be difficult to be effective, and will piss people off. I just think liberals too often are asked to give up core principles in the effort to appease conservatives (see trans rights for example).

Well, then someone needs to get in there and arrest them ASAP.

#50 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY

Depends on how the arrests are done, IMO.

They are calling us hypocrites.

The party of hypocrites is calling Dems hypocrites! SHOCKING!

Jeff is a good lil nazi

Naturally Snoofy and Twoorhy fully support what is going on at Columbia.

#64 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

The protestors at Columbia are protesting a genocide. I support protesting a genocide. You, on the other hand, seem to be pro-genocide.

Not surprising, but whatever floats your boat.

Naturally Snoofy and Twoorhy fully support what is going on at Columbia.

#64 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

I said it on another thread, any destructive or violent acts should be considered to be performed by outside agitators attempting to delegitimize the protests until such time as proven otherwise.

"Physically the preventing other students from entering a building is assault."

No, it's not liar.

" I said it on another thread, any destructive or violent acts should be considered to be performed by outside agitators attempting to delegitimize the protests until such time as proven otherwise.
#66 | POSTED BY TRUTHHURTS AT 2024-04-30 09:05 PM | REPLY"
That's retarded.
" "Physically the preventing other students from entering a building is assault."
No, it's not liar."
Yes it is, liar.
You don't have to defend this crap. The school has gone to virtual learning and if I'm not mistaken graduation commencements are being done via Zoom.

#70 | POSTED BY BELLRINGER

Live updates at link:
Police use ramp to access 2nd floor window
The NYPD appears to be using a vehicle with a ramp on it to get a second-floor window of Hamilton Hall.
An officer with a ballistic shield is against the window, and others are shining flashlights inside.
Protestors could be heard screaming, "Shame on you!" and "Fall!"as the officer entered.
www.nbcnews.com

#69 | POSTED BY GAL_TUESDAY

Will these actions decrease or increase the number and intensity of protests?

Magic Eight Ball Says...............It is Decidedly So!

Please, please, please tres, ------ is offensive, the politically correct term is Republican-American!

Get Woke!