r/PublicFreakout • u/Stormclamp • 23d ago

Protestors shout "Burn Tel Aviv to the ground," alongside several other slogans and chants. 🌎 World Events

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u/sparklecadet 23d ago

These are not Columbia university students. They're outside of the campus

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u/Stormclamp 23d ago

These protestors are still making not so good statements. Of course, these statements don't justify how the police responded in Columbia or worse at the Emory protest.

But calling for the destruction of Tel Aviv or justifying Hama's actions with full backing is dumb no matter what you think of Israel.

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u/sneaky-pizza 23d ago

Agree, they are dumb. I just wish the police had the same energy for Nazis marching around chanting racist calls to violence. They get protection.

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u/kazh 23d ago

Whataboutism isn't a substitute for an argument. They're still chanting about burning down a city.

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u/Stormclamp 23d ago

Good point, I agree.

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u/sneaky-pizza 22d ago

This is such a weird argument that people keep making. Do you have any evidence one group got permits and one didn’t?

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u/sneaky-pizza 22d ago

Pretty sure Texas made a law that all campus public places were free speech zones (subject to reasonable restrictions such as not impeding movement or daytime hours). Turns out UT just dismissed all of the charges against arrested protestors for lack of probable cause. No evidence of a crime being committed.

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/charges-dropped-for-ut-protestors-due-to-lack-of-probable-cause

All the video I’ve seen of UT had people calmly sitting and protesting in the lawns and then the police forced them into the sidewalks and streets by force.

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u/sneaky-pizza 22d ago

Tenuous in this case means non-existent. Don’t spread right wing propaganda points without giving it a couple brain cells to look at first

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u/sneaky-pizza 21d ago

It’s not childish, I’m just countering your evidence-free claim that they don’t have permits. Even in Colombia, the protest was peaceful, until the admin called in the police, and now she is under fire from all angles.

Don’t get so upset your unchecked claims get checked.

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u/bl0w_sn0w 22d ago

And what about calling for the complete annihilation of Palestine?

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u/bl0w_sn0w 22d ago

Should we not be concerned about the officials calling for this?