What are college dorks protesting about?

[GromsDad]

Five Ways Campus Turmoil Hurts Democrats and America

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/30/five_ways_campus_turmoil_hurts_democrats_and_america_150863.html

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[Ifallalot]

Sure.

But also, no.

Institutional divestment is a powerful tool that has affected change for decades. It is WAY more accessible and more likely to move the needle.


UC Davis did it, Brown is doing it, others will follow.

Move the needle in which way? The opposite of what the protesters want?

 

[Ifallalot]

Nobody would think twice if these college kids were rioting over a basketball or football championship

@Autoprax @afoaf

 

[Bob Dobbalina]

Move the needle in which way? The opposite of what the protesters want?

I don't understand what you are saying.

Nearly every college protest, if we're still limiting the discussion here to that, has called for institutional divestment from contracts that directly aid Israel.

People don't want to feel like they are an active participant in the problem.
This is one way to potentially have an impact, while being realistic in their sphere of influence and attempting to appeal to a (somewhat, and varying degree) reasonable audience.

 

[Ifallalot]

The impact will simply turn more people against their cause, now more than ever

Block a bridge or a road again? People will root for genocide at that point

The impact will be turning public opinion against them, even they had a correct point

 

[Ifallalot]

How fast do you think crop top would be thrown off a roof in Palestine?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785422245382283548

 

[Kento]

How fast do you think crop top would be thrown off a roof in Palestine?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785422245382283548

I still can't believe this sh!t.

If I could figure out to get pizza delivered to class (and I did many times), they can figure out a way to get food.

Humanitarian aid? Waddle your fat ass to the drinking fountain or cafeteria. There are several around that will take her meal plan.

 

[Autoprax]

@Autoprax @afoaf

I hate sports.

 

[Bob Dobbalina]

The impact will simply turn more people against their cause, now more than ever

Block a bridge or a road again? People will root for genocide at that point

The impact will be turning public opinion against them, even they had a correct point

I said it already, the challenge with non violent direct action is that it is really, really hard to attract attention, and push enough people toward discomfort while increasing public sympathy to your cause iin order to creat pressure for change.

provocation invites reaction, and harnessing that is incredibly difficult. Probably more difficult than ever.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

How fast do you think crop top would be thrown off a roof in Palestine?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785422245382283548

The Revolution Will Be Catered.

 

[Duffy LaCoronilla]

I said it already, the challenge with non violent direct action is that it is really, really hard to attract attention, and push enough people toward discomfort while increasing public sympathy to your cause iin order to creat pressure for change.

provocation invites reaction, and harnessing that is incredibly difficult. Probably more difficult than ever.

So you’re promoting terrorism…

terrorism /tĕr′ə-rĭz″əm/

noun

1. The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals.
2. 
   
3. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
4. 
   
5. The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

 

[Sharky]

Hey! Ho! Genocide Joe has got to go!

Biden has his own 'fine people on both sides' moment. He's as wrong now as Trump was then.

The campus protests and encampments opposing Israel's war against Hamas deserve no support from President Joe Biden.

www.usatoday.com

 

[ElOgro]

I said it already, the challenge with non violent direct action is that it is really, really hard to attract attention, and push enough people toward discomfort while increasing public sympathy to your cause iin order to creat pressure for change.

provocation invites reaction, and harnessing that is incredibly difficult. Probably more difficult than ever.

Sometimes when you push people towards discomfort you find that they respond to you with more discomfort than you’re willing to handle. That’s what is happening over in Palestine.

 

[npsp]

I don't understand what you are saying.

Nearly every college protest, if we're still limiting the discussion here to that, has called for institutional divestment from contracts that directly aid Israel.

People don't want to feel like they are an active participant in the problem.
This is one way to potentially have an impact, while being realistic in their sphere of influence and attempting to appeal to a (somewhat, and varying degree) reasonable audience.

Then they need to go on a thirst strike and stop drinking water. A lot of water treatment plants use some form of Israeli technology in their process.
If you hydrate, you support genocide!

 

[Sharkbiscuit]

Sometimes when you push people towards discomfort you find that they respond to you with more discomfort than you’re willing to handle. That’s what is happening over in Palestine.

Ahh yes. The discomforting of people in the Concentration Camp known as Gaza led to the rise of Hamas. Continuation of this status quo led us to October 7th. That uncomfortable response begat yet more discomfort.

I guess Israel has to choose if the want to a Final Solution to the Palestinian question, or if they'll stop at some point and the new masses of terrorists they've created over the past six months will launch more terrorist attacks.

I'd rather watch a special needs kid in a Metallica shirt set money ablaze while chuckling and going "fire....fire".

 

[ElOgro]

Ahh yes. The discomforting of people in the Concentration Camp known as Gaza led to the rise of Hamas. Continuation of this status quo led us to October 7th. That uncomfortable response begat yet more discomfort.

I guess Israel has to choose if the want to a Final Solution to the Palestinian question, or if they'll stop at some point and the new masses of terrorists they've created over the past six months will launch more terrorist attacks.

I'd rather watch a special needs kid in a Metallica shirt set money ablaze while chuckling and going "fire....fire".

I’m not arguing for or against either side. To the question of what it takes to make it stop the answer is superior force from outside. Otherwise there’s no timeline for either side to stop.

 

[Kento]

The Revolution Will Be Catered.

Holiday in Gaza. Bonzer5Fin really needs to pull some weight and sing us some Dead Kennedys songs towards the Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death angle.

I suggest Stuart Lanning Jr. as backup vocals with songwriting credits for Meat Me to My Face.

 

[Ifallalot]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785669601952739643

 

[Kento]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785669601952739643

 

[afoaf]

So you’re promoting terrorism…

terrorism /tĕr′ə-rĭz″əm/

noun

1. The use of violence or the threat of violence, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political goals.
2. 
   
3. The act of terrorizing, or state of being terrorized; a mode of government by terror or intimidation.
4. 
   
5. The practise of coercing governments to accede to political demands by committing violence on civilian targets; any similar use of violence to achieve goals.

no where has he promoted terrorism

and no one needed your fkn dictionary definitions, DUFFMAN

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785669601952739643

holy fkn irrelevance, batman!

looking forward to the phrenology discussion, PRCD

so bankrupt...