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  1. 4 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    Ok. Abbot says that the everyone protesting for Palestinian emancipation is supporting Hamas. You say that people seeking Palestinian emancipation have no choice but to support Hamas. 
     

    Lean into that, I guess?  Good luck. 

    meaning you support free speech restrictions on Palestinian protestors. 

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  2. 7 minutes ago, YChang said:

    Good! Most cases from yesterday dropped: https://www.texastribune.org/2024/04/25/ut-austin-palestinian-arrests-criminal-cases/?utm_source=Texas+Tribune+Newsletters&utm_campaign=b8818d6c40-trib-newsletters-breaking-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d9a68d8efc-b8818d6c40-102902408&mc_cid=b8818d6c40

     

    You don't say? "A spokesperson for Travis County Attorney Delia Garza said law enforcement lacked probable cause in the 46 cases she dismissed. Probable cause is the reason law enforcement provides to justify arrests."

    how many remain active? Isn't there a website for that?

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  3. 27 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

    There were and remain a world of options open to Palestinians and people who support Palestinians other than “join Hamas or support Hamas.”  Trying to sneak that sort of binary in here is, ironically, the same binary that Abbott and Co. are pushing. 

    the choice is violence against the Israeli army, settlers, or Jewish civilians within Israel - the other binary option is non violence which is also just as fruitless because Israel will do whatever it feels like doing.  Either way, the Arabs cannot do anything at all against Jewish power. 

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  4. 2 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

     

    It makes zero sense which is why I am calling out the prattle you have to wade through in Chainsaw’s post:

    “A particular emancipatory force of which we disapprove,” LOL.  That’s Hamas. Just type Hamas. 

    most people here are against the cop abuse =/= they support Hamas.  Good grief. 

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  5. Just now, 956 Worldwide said:

    Hamas is a terrorist and criminal religious extremist group. It is not an “emancipatory force.” Don’t try to sneak that bullshit in here.

    Also your post is complete pseudo-intellectual twaddle that tries to make a stupid point sound smart:

    ”Since you’re angry at cops for beating up and arresting peaceful protestors, shouldn’t you also be more open to sympathizing with Hamas.” 
     

    No, we shouldn’t. That’s dumb AF. Just type what you mean, leftist communication is the WORST. 

    who are you quoting?  Also the correlation in the bold doesn't make sense. 

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  6. 52 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Goes along with the "IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU" argument that @henrygandorf and I have discussed for years now regarding the the political bullshit in today's world. Wanting Israel to stop killing innocent Palestinians is not "anti-Semitic". It doesn't mean people want Jews to suffer. It's a completely disingenuous argument but part and parcel in our current society. We have become so selfish and narcissistic that our ability to critically think has completely vanished. 

    If anyone has read a book/article that speaks in more detail about this, please let me know. 

    yes, but shouldn't take years to figure this out, should be 2 seconds.  I'm poking you in jest, but this is the #1 problem in cultural thinking, same mistake that the Austin City Councilwoman made.  People are seriously oversensitive to Jewish feelings, obviously due to the Holocaust, and Zionists won't stand in the way of correcting that incorrect correlation. 

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  7. 7 minutes ago, Chuckie Finster said:

    There HAVE been antisemitic acts at these protests over these past few months.  Staging a pro-Palestinian protest directly outside a Jewish museum or place of worship or where Jewish students are known to be gathering is a clear statement of intent.  Acting like there is no antisemitism at all is ignorant at best, gaslighting at worst.

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    Lumping any pro-Palestinian protest into the antisemitism category and using this to justify political force is a clear abuse of power, is not what (any level-headed) Jews are wanting, and only serves to escalate the situation, empower the protesters, and actually increase the likelihood of retaliation against Jews.

    As I said yesterday, I am really tired of non-Jews using antisemitism as justification for carrying out their authoritarian fantasies. 

    what if Jews used antisemitism as justification for carrying out their authoritarian fantasies?

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    There HAVE been antisemitic acts at these protests over these past few months.  Staging a pro-Palestinian protest directly outside a Jewish museum or place of worship or where Jewish students are known to be gathering is a clear statement of intent.  Acting like there is no antisemitism at all is ignorant at best, gaslighting at worst.

    agreed that is intimidation and should not happen. Pro-Palestinian groups need to select venues carefully, unless the synagogue is holding a pro-Israel fundraiser then it's fair game.  Also would like to add that nothing that flows from this political conflict is antisemitic at the root; anti-Semitism is something completely different , deeper, pernicious, historical, much more religious than political. 

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  8. 5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

    This has nothing to do with the feelings of Jewish students.

    no, it has everything to do with that.  Why do the feelings of Jewish students matter when someone shouts "Death to Israel!". ? Why would the feelings of Chinese-American students matter if someone shouts "Death to China!".  

    Two things are happening:

    1. the most common fallacy that hating Israel (anti-Zionism) is the same thing as hating Jews (anti-Semitism)

    2. Jewish Americans are actually Israeli first and not Americans first. 

     

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  9. i don't understand how anti-Israel protests make Jewish students feel unsafe.  Of course if Jewish students are being physically assaulted or intimated, that's obvious, or "kill all Jews".  Otherwise, even the most hateful speech toward Israel is strictly political. 

    my silly analogy -- suppose anti-China protests get hateful "bomb Beijeng!" "Death to China!" , "Tibet destroy China!" .  Should Chinese Austinites feel intimidated??

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  10. 9 minutes ago, Judge Roybeanbag said:

    Abbott might just roll past Santa Anna as the worst Texas leader ever.

    he's going to be reelected in a landslide as usual.  It's a nation of deplorables. 

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  11. 7 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

    Anti-semitism is the excuse to curtail 1st Amendment rights in Texas. Fuck Hotwheels and fuck AIPAC.

    a good chunk of people seriously believe these protests are nothing but about anti-semitism. 

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  12. 31 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

    I did not have "non-beer carrying Clydesdales" on my UT 2024 bingo card.  Abbott fucked up big time here.  I don't know if Dunn put him up to it, but this got way outta hand.  Even Abbott isn't this stupid, something else was lost in chain of command.  He just pissed away a decade of pro-UT goodwill.  

    has Ted Cruz relayed his thoughts? 

  13. the media narrative of anti-semitism on campus is such horsepoop.   A wild analogy -- suppose thousands were protesting the nation of China, should any Chinese student walking by feel threatened?  

  14. 1 minute ago, Willfully Horn said:

    Was thinking about the protests against apartheid, back in the day. I don’t remember police intervention, and those protests were pretty damn influential. Investments were redirected because public awareness became focused on not enabling the racists.

    Effectively protesting requires awareness of how to control the narrative. Once the cops start to thug, the narrative shifts.

    i was there too, one time Jesse Jackson showed up for a speech in the blazing heat and humidity.  One time the UT President came down from the tower to make a statement to the crowd, one black girl ran up to the podium and ripped his papers.  Damn disrespectful.  The South Africa issue had widespread support from liberals and Black Americans - the Palestine one doesn't have those kind of demographics at all.  The Israeli issue is intractable and they keep getting more and more money every time -- a whopping $17 Billion (26 -9 for poors) just yesterday. It's amazing. 

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