One example, from just up the Ivy-garlanded I-95, at Brown University, was announced just hours before Shafik again called in the police. Brownās governing body agreed to vote on a proposal that would divest the schoolās endowment of companies affiliated with Israel in a meeting in October. The proposal is based on a 2020 Advisory Committee on Corporation Responsibility in Investment Practices that identified and recommended divestment from ācompanies that facilitate the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory,ā per the Brown Daily Herald.
In exchange, the universityās nonviolent student protesters agreed to vacate their encampment by 5 p.m. that afternoon.
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Another plausible outcome from California: When a similar encampment went up a few days ago at the University of California, Irvine, it seemed likely that police might sweep the protesters away. Orange County sheriffās deputies began to appear in riot gear near the protest.
But, rather than traffic in vague allegations of misconduct before hiding behind a belligerent mayor and an aggressive police force, like Shafik, the UCāIrvine administration took a much different tack. āUC Irvine respects the rights of any students to engage in free speech and expression including lawful protest,ā the school said in a prepared statement. This, remember, is at a public school, where keeping public police forces away is more challenging than a private enclave like Columbia.
And in fact, Irvineās mayor did get involved in the action. Not long after that, Mayor Farrah N. Khan issued a resounding statement declaring that she would not tolerate any violation of studentsā free speech or right to assembly. āI am asking our law enforcement to stand down. I will not tolerate any violations to our studentsā rights to peacefully assemble and protest.ā She asked the deputies to leave, and they did.
How is there a false equivalence between Jews being locked out in the 40s and Jews being locked out today? Itās clearly happened on multiple campuses and has been documented by more than a few pro Israel groups.
Iām not misplacing anything or confused here. This is one thing I think Biden is getting right LoL, these arenāt protests. Protests are needed, these are crossing multiple lines in multiple locations and in many cases are not protests at all any longer.
Thereās way more people being killed in a lot of places right now. Have you considered whatās prompting this now? When the region was on the verge of widespread peace? After a half dozen countries turned away from war and chose peace and the biggest player in the region was about to follow. Have you considered that this isnāt the organic Movement that you harken to the past as your examples? Iām assuming youāve seen the publication linking the funding for these protests together. Were the students protesting against Vietnam all using tents provided by the Vietnamese? Youāve surely noticed that coincidence right?
Stop killing peopleā¦by supporting the people who kill people for not being in lock step with them really seems to be an interesting approach. Iām doubtful itāll work, weāre seeing the people funding this mess step up their public hangings and jailing all while being cheered by the very people theyāve sworn to kill so ya, crazy really is the flavour of the day.
The White western saviours have really established themselves as useful idiots here. Itās fascinating having a foot in both worlds listening to people actively involved on both sides and watching the utter stupidity breaking out in America thatās disconnected from reality. Crazy really is the only way frame it.
You could try reading the article:
āThe attempted comparison falls flat since the color photo doesnāt show the April 2024 protests. It was taken during a separate pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University in October 2023. Thereās no evidence the protesters in the 2023 photo were blocking access to the college campus.ā
āThe photo was taken by The Associated Press in October 2023 during a separate pro-Palestinian demonstration at the school, days after the Hamas surprise attack that spurred the latest Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The photoās caption doesnāt mention anything about the demonstrators blocking access to Columbiaās campus ā for Jewish students or anyone else. The Columbia Journalism School also debunked the false claim on X on April 26, responding to a viral X post shared by singer Sean Feucht. āIn this tweet, that has 22.8k views and was reposted on Instagram, Feucht claims that protestors blocked Jewish students from entering Columbiaās campus,ā the post reads. āThis is FALSE. The ā2024ā photo was taken inside the campus gates in October 2023, at the latest.āā
Prove it.
This is needed. Thousands of people are dead, and that count is only increasing. Protests that donāt disturb the status quo or force us to look at the ugly actions going on are pointless.
This is a whataboutism.
The thousands of dead civilians, some of which having been found in mass graves, of which half are children, and half women is what is prompting this.
There hasnāt been peace in the region since before WW2.
I donāt give a shit how organic it is. Killing civilians is wrong.
Why does that matter?
Surely this is a joke?
You have fundamentally lost the plot on what the students are saying.
Yeah, nothing screams āwhite western savioursā like telling your university to stop funding a genocide.
Take a look at this:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6ggalWOzpG/?igsh=MWl3dnBjanhjeWYyYw==
I donāt know about you, but I donāt want to be on the side of frat boys making monkey noises to mock black people.