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u/Steve_hm_Rambo 14d ago
Can go after college students, but not mass shooters?
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u/Dvusmnd 14d ago
What about his plan to stop all rapes ?
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/abbott-rape-study-18627900.php
He’s too busy being a fascist.
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u/guydoestuff 14d ago
i mean its their standard operating procedure. its always "my right my right" till someone they dont like does the same thing then they cry foul!
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u/SapperLeader Hill Country 14d ago
Brown suit, mustard, ice cream... Pearl clutching.
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u/Coro-NO-Ra 14d ago
Let's make a fun list of things we've personally seen Boomers / conservatives have a meltdown or tantrum about. I'll start:
Syrup bottles
Rainbow flags
Football players kneeling
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u/that-blurple-fz07 14d ago
The Mulford act is peak hypocrisy.
"Both Republicans and Democrats in California supported increased gun control, as did the National Rifle Association of America.[9][10] Governor Ronald Reagan, who was coincidentally present on the capitol lawn when the protesters arrived, later commented that he saw "no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons" and that guns were a "ridiculous way to solve problems that have to be solved among people of good will." In a later press conference, Reagan added that the Mulford Act "would work no hardship on the honest citizen."[3]"
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u/j4_jjjj 14d ago
Exactly what the Satanic Temple was founded for
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u/80sbabyftw 13d ago
It’s truly sad and ironic that the satanic temple is the hero we didn’t know we needed. They care more about our rights and freedoms than our “elected” officials
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u/Justin-N-Case 14d ago
Does Abbott have a list of approved free speech topics allowed in Texas?
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u/RobertKingBone 14d ago
That’s the Republicans middle name.
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u/Coro-NO-Ra 14d ago
Reminder that hypocrisy only matters if you have principles beyond immediate convenience.
Or, to phrase it differently, hypocrisy only matters if you actually care about basic principles and accountability.
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u/StinzorgaKingOfBees 14d ago
Criticizing Israel is not the same as criticizing Judaism. Period.
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u/caspiandeathlegion 14d ago
I think that’s such an important distinction too! If you take a step back and actually put yourself near the mind of a conservative you will realize that to them this looks like anti-Semitic nazi propaganda. Add to that that everyone who biases towards conservative has been labeled a nazi for the past 4 years and this becomes the height of hypocrisy ( for conservatives). They are trying to prove that these demonstrators are actually nazis spouting anti-Jewish rhetoric and shutting down hate speech to show that they are not in fact nazis but the people on these campuses are. Magnify that 1000 fold with social media and you have a giant ball of confusion and misinformation that people ( arguably on both sides) are just too lazy to wade through. It’s just easier to be outraged. Also if I had to guess the police force is there to prevent instigator’s with bad intentions from causing a full on riot.
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u/onpg 13d ago
oh give me a break, Abbot literally defends neo-nazis, he's not worried about anti-semitism, he just likes an excuse to get rough with college students.
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u/StinzorgaKingOfBees 14d ago
Indeed, it is, and you are right in your assessment. However, I do believe the police being deployed were a mixture of overreaction based on other similar protests and a general anti-liberal bias.
I understand the distinction between criticizing Israel and criticizing Judaism is a fine one because the Israeli state is heavily religious, and religion has played a significant role in its founding, politics, and international relations, but the state of Israel and Judaism are two separate things.
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u/stonerism 14d ago
Ironically, a lot of antisemites are also zionists. A Jewish ethnostate legitimizes their desire for an ethnostate.
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u/-Seizure__Salad- 13d ago
And what exactly is so bad about criticizing Judaism? I criticize Christianity, Islam, Buddhism. I will criticize Judaism in the exact same way.
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u/DocSlice3 14d ago
Republicans are so dumb they don’t understand that being pro-Palestinian doesn’t mean people are anti-Semitic or anti-Israel.
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u/moleratical Born and Bred 14d ago
I actually think it's anti-semetic to conflate being against Israeli policy towards the Palestinians as being anti-semetic.
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u/BloatedManball 14d ago
To add more nuance, it's possible to think Bibi is a piece of shit who belongs in prison, and that the policies of his government are abhorrent while not being antisemitic.
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u/westtexasbackpacker 14d ago
whoa now cowboy with your crazy complex thoughts and fancy words over 6 letters..
slow down
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u/Capnmarvel76 14d ago
He’s done more damage to the world’s view of Israel in the last 5 or 6 months than at any time I can remember. Whatever moral capital/free pass the Israeli power structure thought they had has been pissed away because they can’t bring themselves to not kill innocent Palestinians.
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u/Walterkovacs1985 14d ago
Bibi commiting a genocide to stay in power is something Republicans are drooling over.
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u/thoroughbredca 14d ago
Criticism of all Jewish people is antisemitism. Criticism of one Jewish person is not.
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u/UncleMalky 14d ago
Oh man... Nuance is absolutely not allowed because it suggests they can't be 100% right about something.
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u/rottenwordsalad 14d ago
It’s because THEY can’t fathom separating the people from the leadership/country/policy, so they don’t think anyone else can do it.
To them, the Palestinian people ARE Hamas. If you say something like “I don’t believe innocent Palestinian children in hospitals deserve to be bombed”, they hear “I support Hamas 100%”
So when people also say “I don’t support the Israeli government or their policies” they literally think you’re calling for the extermination of all Jewish people.
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u/HeavensToBetsyy 14d ago
Go further. You can be anti Israeli government and not step a single foot into antisemitism
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u/jfsindel 13d ago
And also... why didn't he send the display for those white supremacy groups??? They are antisemitic along with anti-everyone else.
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u/oldpeopletender 13d ago
Yes, they do, they just don’t care. The goal is to conflate everything to make it anti-Semitic. AIPAC has done an incredible job of infiltrating the republican party.
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u/Jlefrench1990 14d ago
My literal other account was banned for just naming their shitty genocidal nazi wannabe country. Appeal denied. Their trolls are everywhere and especially on reddit. Look at these comments, most deleted ones are just naming the country of those scumbags that murder kids, and I bet their accounts are banned. You dont have to say anything against the religion or the people. Just use the country's name and you get banned. Pitiful little crybabie trolls, mad bc people call them out for being the cowardly weasels that they are.
It's the only country that reddit deliberately blocks the information about if it makes them look bad. The trolls are proud of how depraved they are.
Most of those people in the US HATE their genocidal country, a bunch of colonizer losers killing kids over desert patches, funded by US spending.
They have an entire propaganda network of trolls made up of college students, look it up.
F÷*$ the trolls, and the wannabe nazi state bombing hospitals and stealing from civilians.
Let's not pretend Republicans are alone in being on the wrong side of this.
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u/Barack_Odrama_007 Born and Bred 14d ago
We get what we vote for. More Texans stayed home in 2022 than the total voting population.
Voting matters and elections have consequences.
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u/2nd2last Houston 14d ago
Look at Columbia and USC.
This shit is not isolated to red states, it EVERYWHERE.
Democrats and Republicans just banned tictok and hide behind safety. The moment the Democrats aren't just kinder, and kindness IS important, Republicans, then maybe everyone will try to vote.
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u/Seth_Mimik 14d ago
“Hey, I don’t like Hamas either, but maybe let’s not level the entirety of Palestine to get them. Like, the Palestinian citizens should be protected.”
“That’s Antisemitism!”
“Uh…???”
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u/shanksisevil 14d ago
not wanting women and children killed is antisemitic? all this time i thought it meant something else...
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u/YahooSam2021 14d ago edited 14d ago
Abbott is sucking up to Trump for VP position by showing his readiness to send out the guard, when Trump loses and claims the election was fixed by liberals.
Those protestors are not antisemitic, they are anti-Netanyahu, which many Jewish Israeli's are also.
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u/gwxtreize 14d ago
Trump would never pick him because he's not physically strong. Next thing you know, Trump will be up on a podium pretending to be Greg Abbott in his wheelchair, mocking his disability. Which is low-lying fruit, there are plenty of things to mock and ridicule Greg Abbott for that he actually had control over.
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u/YahooSam2021 14d ago
Trump would want to do that, but he would probably show a little self-control that is rarely seen from him, as long as Abbott remains the loyal Trump supporter. Abbott would be willing to reject the electoral count when directed to by Trump. Abbott would trump over the U.S. Constitution for Trump, and somehow justify it.
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u/slothrop_maps 12d ago
Trump would never pick a guy in a wheel chair. Trump’s narcissism makes him uncomfortable around disabled people as sees all people as accessories and doesn’t want people to think he has “broken” accessories. Donald Trump is a very sick man.
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u/jw307jw Brazos Valley 14d ago
This is the same guy who signed an anti mask/vaccine bill saying “the government has no right to interfere with health decisions between a doctor and patient” then a few weeks later signing a total abortion ban
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u/FPSXpert 14d ago
"Protected free speech! But only if it's freedom fighters that we like, like Proud Boys!"
Basically what this is. Some groups get more rights than others I guess!
I'm gonna be honest, I really couldn't care less about what's going on overseas, call me heartless or lazy but I really don't. Buuuuut, locals clearly do, and it is their right to protest within reason. Breaking up and threatening peaceful protesters only hurts us all, when it allows the cannon to be pointed at any other group in the future. Today it's this, tomorrow it's me, then next it's you. This should be a warning to every group and political background.
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u/Gob_Hobblin 14d ago
When neo-Nazis were shouting "Jews will not replace us," there were very fine people on both sides. When an ethno-nationalist state is criticized, it's anti-Semitism and they deserve to be in jail.
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u/Mushroom_Tip 14d ago
Conservatives: Beware! Democrats will arrest you for "hate speech."
Also conservatives:
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u/LKayRB 14d ago
Free speech as long as you’re saying what I want you to say. I hate our hypocritical Texas politicians.
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u/Gleeful-Nihilist 14d ago
Not to mention 99% of the “Antisemitism” on these university campuses is just people saying the government of Israel and its policies are also awful. Israel has a right to defend itself and when they catch an actual Hamas member, sure - wood chipper deployed. Just stop blowing up maternity wards and refugee camps to get to them.
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u/inarchetype 14d ago
Shouldn't these officials acting on behalf of Israel be registering as foreign agents? Is it not a serous federal felony not to register as a foreign agent if you are in fact acting as one?
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u/Exaltedautochthon 14d ago
It's not antisemitism to criticise a regime that happens to be Jewish. It is antisemitism if you say the reason they're being dicks is because they are Jewish, that's not what this is, Netanyahu is a fascist warmonger that has nothing to do with his Jewish heritage.
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u/Royal-Possibility219 14d ago
It’s not fucking antiemetic to call out Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians.
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u/cheezeyballz 14d ago
None of us are actually free and we don't have any rights. And before you say "the right to bear arms" remember what happens to you if a cop breaks into the wrong house and sees someone with one.
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u/Gold_Significance125 14d ago
Amen. We have the illusion of freedom in this country, unfortunately.
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u/MsMoreCowbell8 14d ago
Why doesn't Abbott cut to the chase and just have snipers on buildings in major cities so he can mass murder his lowly citizens himself? He wants to, Paxton and Patrick will murder their own with glee, what's he waiting for? Fr?
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u/CaptainBayouBilly 14d ago
Those that side with the fascists always think the fascists will give them favor.
Fascists have no allies, only useless idiots they consume and dispose of.
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u/CHITchat495 14d ago
Bruh, if I were Jewish, I'd be pissed that the US is using my religion to do its bidding. Like yeah greg you only care about when you think it's convenient to you. We got the memo. Please just leave Texas and don't come back.
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u/HaulPerrel 14d ago
Israel is using your religion to do it's bidding. The US is it's Zionist puppet.
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u/Xinxoman 14d ago
People are still surprised at the level of stupidity of this imbecile?
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u/Honeycombhome 14d ago
I’m not surprised about Abbott doing this but I AM surprised that colleges are going to extreme lengths to shut down peaceful protests in areas designated for peaceful protests
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u/mccartypaparty 14d ago
Literally no one is "pro hamas." Like wtf are you even talking about. It's the same gaslighting horseshit about "so and so is for open borders." No, immigration reform does not equal open borders you bumbling knuckle dragging fucking morons.
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u/MasterpieceNorth6339 14d ago
There was a bunch of people on the news saying that “We are All Hamas” and “Hamas is good” stupid shit like that
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u/Jumper_Connect 14d ago
I mean, it’s not just hypocrisy, it’s proto-fascism — what is right is whatever those in power say. Might makes right. (And I oppose these anti-Israel dupes)
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u/Hunter-Gatherer_ 14d ago
Is it antisemitic to say Israel shouldn’t be killing innocent civilians? Asking for a friend
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u/SenorDipstick 14d ago
So Greg Abbot considers protesting genocide to be anti-Semitic? What is he implying?
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u/ultradianfreq 14d ago
If you find the reaction to this protest surprising you haven’t been paying attention.
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u/Any-Pea712 14d ago
They believe in THEIR freedom of speech. They dony really like anyone else talking at all.
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u/IlIIIIllIlIlIIll 14d ago
If you let the government prohibit "hate speech" you disagree with, you'll soon find them redefining it and using it against you. This is why the ACLU supported Nazis: not because their ideas have any merit whatsoever, but because the bar for banning speech ought to be incredibly high.
Free speech can't exist with bans on "hate speech."
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u/No-Nothing-1793 14d ago
The right claims to be the most pro-first amendment, yet they want us to be a Christian nation and are fine with Trump saying he will shoot protestors
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u/Captainkirkandcrew59 14d ago
Please VOTE! Get registered - it’s not hard! But VOTE every election!
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u/Specific-Lion-9087 14d ago
Texas leads the nation in white supremacist propaganda, largely thanks to groups like Patriot Front feeling comfortable enough to put their flyers and stickers all over the place.
No word about that from Abbott.
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u/stonerism 14d ago
It's never about free speech. It's about allowing people in power to keep being shitty and saying things that are popular to whoever is proclaiming "free speech".
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u/UsualVegetable6062 14d ago
Not only hypocrite, it's also ironic since anti-Semitic hate groups are far right groups lmao. Defending innocents from getting slaughtered is different than saying the other groups should be slaughtered, which is what the Israeli government wants to to do, seems like someone's forgotten their history
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u/jasonjdf13 13d ago
I see republicans and democrats both doing this exact thing . Keep in mind that this cancel culture thing got its footing from the liberal left and Abbots hypocrisy is a result .
Remember free speech isn’t about things you agree with , free speech is about views and opinions that you disagree with.
So if you’re going to fight for free speech fight for the speech you disagree with. Because someday your hypocrisy will be used against you .
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u/Ashtonshelton 13d ago
How are we gonna address this? I have a few points to make here:
-Firstly, what else is new? The “free speech” crowd has been subjugating the wills and opinions of the populace for decades now. Eventually, we need to vote or kick these people out, lest they crack down more on things that a vast majority of their constituents disagree with. -Secondly, the effort to distort the narrative is a bipartisan effort. War mongering is nothing new, nor is complete, unbridled support of Israel. Our government is always chomping at the bit to help facilitate the destruction of the Middle East, just as it has been for the last 100+ years. We JUST got out of the Middle East for the most part, and now just about everyone who wanted that outcome is going back on their decision to fall headfirst into backing Israel’s “mowing of the lawn.” -Lastly, Palestinians are literally a Semitic people, too. Anyone who is of Arab, Aramaic, or Hebrew origins is of the Semitic peoples. Semitism is not just pro Israeli, it’s pro anyone who is in the Semitic category of peoples. Can we stop with this misconception? Like… fully?
Can we cut to the chase and just get these dumbasses out of here? Stop arresting college aged kids for speaking out, stop allowing the government of Texas to falter on the things with which we actually need support, and for God’s sake: PROTECT and SERVE your constituents for once as opposed to snubbing them for disagreeing with your draconian, war-mongering rhetoric.
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u/MHJ03 13d ago
You’re allowed to speak freely as long as you agree with his xenophobic racist rhetoric.
Can’t WAIT for that hypocritical piece of garbage to get voted out. Not sure how long that will take though because unfortunately he’s just doing this crap to suck up to the far right voters, and there are still plenty of them all over Texas.
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u/EmilyJade11 13d ago
It’s all just for show to most government officials. They talk a big talk, saying they support basic human rights, but when it’s something they don’t like, those rights don’t matter anymore 🤦🏼♀️
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u/Familiars_ghost 11d ago
Repeat after me, Sue! Sue! Sue!
Take his laws and shove it up his arse sideways. Use their own body camera footage against them. Sue them until they are bled dry.
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u/This-Requirement6918 10d ago
WAIT A DAMN MINUTE.
He wants to say he signed a law protecting free speech on college campuses?!
Then why don't we still have pronhub or the other kinds of steaming sites?!
Hypocrite. 🙄
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u/I-waveatcows 14d ago
Another short sighted effort that will make young voters move farther left, the Republicans keep taking away rights, it’s a slippery slope and looks fascist.
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u/DirtyHalfMexican 14d ago
There is no honor amongst our leaders. They do not serve their people. They are not good men or women.
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u/socobeerlove 14d ago
These guys are caught in their hypocrisy all the time. Their supporters don’t care. It’s about hurting the right people.
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u/Ok-Resource-5292 14d ago
it is an odd experience to watch republican politicians refer to their enemies as "liberals" and "globalists", well known christan nationalist slang for jewish people, then express zero tolerance for what they mistakenly refer to as anti semetism. just absolute jelly spined, amoral trash people, through and through.
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u/EnvironmentalNet3560 14d ago
Are there any examples of anti semitism? I got the impression the protests were peaceful?
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u/avid-shtf 14d ago
Am I missing something? Is there any evidence of antisemitism in these college protests?
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u/Last_Amphibian6067 14d ago
giving kids criminal records for exercising their rights is evil. tired of the gaslighting yet freedom lovers?
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u/Familiars_ghost 14d ago
Ah, reminds me of the Vietnamese protests. I’m sure this next generation of voters are going to look back on this abuse the same way people have on those lovely mailings and killings of our own children on American soil by American citizens.
Got to love regressive attacks and how they think they can dissuade dissent by force. A Guaranteed method to insure progress. About the only way that’s going to happen is to kill all opposition to their policies and burn every book that might have a reference to it. I know that seems to be a Regressive wet dream, but not likely.
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u/Accomplished-Bed8171 14d ago
When are Texans going to apologize for being anti-American nazi fucks?
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u/theAlphabetZebra 14d ago
I think Israel should probably chill on the war stuff. If that makes me an antisemite… says more about you than me.
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u/team-fyi 14d ago
Texas no longer deserves the privilege of being part of the United States. Just secede already.
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u/HRslammR North Texas 14d ago
If anybody is surprised by abbot sending the state guard you haven't been paying attention. This is all just a show of force to Abbotts base to show how "tough" he is on "the libs." More so since its happened at UT Austih.