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  1. 5 hours ago, ztejas said:

    But at the same time he does ride the worm, he does survive the water of life, etc. 

    I guess it's an interesting thought experiment. Like did the bene geserit just happen upon what would actually come to pass and create a narrative for it or did they sort of will it into fruition?

    She was pretty phenomenal. To each their own I guess. 

     

    It was a breeding program by the Gesserit.

  2. 2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    I don't think there's anything that will ever change your mind that cracking protester heads is the right move. You and yours sure enjoyed it during the 2020 summer of love. 

     

    That was the Summer of the CHOP in Seattle, right? Of the antifa riots right? Yeah it was great fun watching the country immolate. We should all do it again.

     

    2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    Being that the probable cause affidavits on over 80% of the arrests (so far) look to have been bullshit

     

    Were the charges dropped because they were weak, or because the Travis County DA is a Cunt? If only there were a trail of past actions with which to discern.

     

    3 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

    You’re actually right, my apologies. Assault and battery*

     

    Define that, specifically, as it pertains to these events. Because based on what I've seen, it seems hyperbolic.

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  3. 3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Good fucking lord the false victimhood from y'all is suffocating. Other people saying speech you don't like on the six pack lawn isn't lawlessness and threats

     

    I'm sure that's what they thought at Columbia. It was very clearly stated what was intended, to "occupy the lawn", to "cancel classes", and to establish "THE POPULAR UNIVERSITY FOR GAZA". Doesn't sound lawless or threatening at all. It's not like there wasn't already a playbook or anything.

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  4. 9 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    I love the classic "outside agitators."  It's one of the laziest fascist tropes out there, and you trot it out shamelessly.  You know why non-students were there?  Because our right-wing government thought it was so important that non-students be allowed to use the public spaces of this state - expressly including college campuses - to state their views, THAT THEY PASSED A SPECIAL LAW ENSURING THEIR RIGHT TO DO SO.

    They were on campus the same reason any other citizen might be on campus: to state their views and peaceably assemble.  What's that you say?  Some of them may have been intended to engage in non-peaceful activities?  Cool.  Then the second that they do something that makes it clear that non-peaceful action is imminent, arrest them.  But you don't ever, never ever ever, get to arrest someone for what they MIGHT MAYBE DO.  The Bureau of Pre-Crime ain't a thing.

     

    Just harmless fellow citizens enjoying the sights I see. Just bad luck that as a numerical minority, they were a majority of the arrested. Were they wearing "I'm not a student" vests, making it easier to pick them out, or were they the ones most confrontational begging for arrest? Such a conundrum.

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  5. 5 minutes ago, bolverk said:

    Because they weren't planning to fucking camp out on the lawn, you goddamned moron.

     

    Sure buddy.

     

    1 minute ago, Hank_Hill said:

    Soooo the cops were justified in assaulting people because of the possibility of tents being set up because of similar protests at universities 1000 miles away???

     

    "assaulting". And yes, when the same umbrella organization's called for "occupations" that resulted in lawless and threatening tent cities at other Universities, yes it was justified. Why do you think the majority of the arrested were outside agitators? Why were they there?

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  6. 29 minutes ago, Captainant said:

    Dude, there were organizers wearing yellow high-viz vests that were working with the cops before they went aggroid and started teakettling and arresting students and journalists.

    There was not an """occupation""" going on or imminent, no matter how much you or abbott repeat it. 

     

    You and sack and incredulity and everyone else taking the governor at his word need to actually watch some of the reporting and footage from the event.

     

    It is not as you are so desperately describing. 

    27 minutes ago, Hank Kingsley said:

    Would love more information on how they established intent. 

     

    They took them at their word, and because of their previous actions at Columbia, USC, etc. Here is the instagram post announcing the "occupation":

    "Reclaim our space"

    "Class is canceled"

    "Occupy the lawn"

    "In the footsteps of our comrades at Columbia SJP, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Yale, and countless others across the nation, we will be establishing THE POPULAR UNIVERSITY FOR GAZA and demanding our administration divest from death."

    Watching what the "solidarity committees" did at Columbia and Yale, perhaps it was prudent to take them at their word. The fact that 26 of the arrestees weren't student, and were outside agitators, should be a clue.

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  7. 3 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    The fact that the law enforcement left en masse at a certain point yesterday and people came back to the same areas and there was no problem showed that this was not the big bogeyman that they claimed.  If it was what the Powers That Be claimed it was, law enforcement should not have left, as clearly the protestors would have taken over the entire campus.  Yet, that didn’t happen and was never going to happen based on videos before shit went down yesterday.

     

    Assuming the "occupations" were wholly organic, and that the Texas one would actually be in good faith and peaceful, is naive. Now that it's been cleared out once, I think we'll hopefully see any subsequent gatherings to be less rowdy and confrontationally framed.

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  8. 2 hours ago, Dahobbs said:

     Sounds like, the University was intentionally stamping down on free speech and violating constitutional rights. Sounds like Hartzell was full of shit and had already decided the outcome before the event took place. 

    2 hours ago, BeardIP said:

    Completely and pure speculation, but I could see the thinking and reasoning being an overreaction to the Harvard and Penn presidents who were fired--er, resigned-- due to their not stepping in and allowing things to get out of control. So maybe he's thinking about his job, which is kind of ironic, give that this overreaction the other direction is more likely to cost it than inaction (probably) was.

    Maybe he was probably thinking, "crap, I don't want to get paraded in front of congress and embarrased and what a pain in the butt, and who knows what happens if this thing gets out of control and goes all anti-semitic like it did in the Ivies, ugh. better safe than sorry, and I AM in Texas, after all..."

    Heavy is the head that wears the crown, I guess.

    56 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    Hartzell’s letter also appears to ascribe a meaning to the word occupy that is above and beyond the generally accepted meaning of being in the space. And using the term as sometimes to imply “without authority to do so.”  Then acting on the implied meaning prior to any actual rules being violated. 

    “Nobody is allowed to occupy campus” is such a red herring.

     

    Looks like they weren't going to allow an "occupation" like what's happening at Columbia, USC, Stanford, etc; and as was promised by the "UT Palestine solidarity committee":

    https://thetexan.news/texas-local-news/ut-austin-palestine-solidarity-committee-plans-student-walk-out-occupation-of-campus/article_9b7c33b0-0257-11ef-9fcd-7724fc01bfbb.html

     

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    The University of Texas (UT) at Austin Palestine Solidarity Committee is planning a classroom walk-out on Wednesday, where students are invited to “occupy” the South Lawn of the campus.

    “The footsteps of our comrades at Columbia SJP, Rutgers-New Brunswick, Yale, and countless others across the nation, we will be establishing THE POPULAR UNIVERSITY FOR GAZA and demanding our administration divest from death,” states the Instagram post.

     

    All things considered, I think it went well, with no injuries, deaths, or horrible videos for folks to fixate on. There was no occupation, and subsequent tent city full of agitators and professional protesters threatening students and disrupting school, and the protesters got to be arrested/herded/chastised by "fascists", thereby stoking their ego, burnishing their brand, and establishing their cred. Win:Win

    This is an interesting article dealing with the predicament Universities find themselves in:

    https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/04/campus-left-university-columbia-1968/678176/

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  9. 8 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said:


    cry baby GIF

     

     

    You're making my point for me. You are a horrible poster who doesn't add to the discussion, post any news, or bring up any good points. You are a troll who is only good at thread-shitting. You, and your ilk, are ruining this thread. Fuck off back to the CR.

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  10. 1 hour ago, Michael Knight said:

    thread turned to shit the moment it was posted

    This thread turned to shit weeks ago when multiple turds when floated out of the CR and started shitting in this thread. If they want to suck terrorist dick and complain about the Gaza war, they should do so back in the CR, or start another thread. Instead they cry about "bOoTliCKers" and "FaSciStS" and further shit in this thread.

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  11. On 4/14/2024 at 8:16 PM, freyguy said:

    I recently rewatched the original.  Terrible writing.  Every line was a cliche.  Sam Elliot was the only guy holding it together.  Then they killed him.....

    Then saw the remake.  Actually enjoyed it for what it was, especially compared to the trashy original.  Only wish they had a similar character as Wade.

     

    Wow

  12. 6 hours ago, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

    not at all, see 124000 Afghans.  Israel itself airlifted thousands of Ethiopian Jews and obviously there's the example of millions of Soviet Jews going to Israel.

     

    Not that it has, that it should.

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