Whatever happened to those Palestinian protests?

[OAITW r.2.0]

It's like they disappeared after the November election.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. They did their bidding for the puppet master

and now their mission is done, however, it's not turning out quite like they expected it would, they fucked around, now they're in the finding out phase.

[Eko]

11. Huh.

Maybe I was at some of those protests. I'm a US citizen all the way back to our founding as one of my forebears said something like "Give me liberty or give me death". I kinda take that seriously. How could you not when your ancestor did. Hard to live up to that but hey at least I take it seriously. I didn't do any bidding of any puppet master, I just saw a lot of civilians getting killed. The ROE the Israelis use allows for way more collateral damage than we the US use. Or at least used to. Things have changed ya know. Like people getting deported for their political view. I'll be honest, I look kinda mexican. My little brother calls me "Chavez". I got my DL but I dont tend to carry around my birth certificate. You going to say I fucked around and found out if they deport me? I will always be faithful in those that defend freedom. I protested. I will take whatever fuck around and find out and it will always be worth it.

[brush]

82. Buyers' remorse...and there is a ceasefire...which Netanyahu is trying his best...

to see that it fails with his continued attacks on Gaza...like there's anything else to bomb.

Blocking trucks bringing in food, water and medical aid is actually going on now.

[NewHendoLib]

2. always happens - Qanon, pizza parlor kiddie stealing, pet eating - it all just vanishes.

weird, isn't it?

[Submariner]

3. Did they take Senator Timmy Scott with them

One minute he was the VP candidate on his knee proposing to the love of his life on the beach, and one minute after November 5th, he went extinct.

[Traildogbob]

7. Timmy got married

And discovered sex. The protesters all went back to their local GQP headquarters to start planning 2026 tactics.

[iemanja]

22. Why not read the responses to this thread

You might learn something.

[iemanja]

21. Celerity's post shows they haven't stopped

Despite the Trump administrations efforts to imprison and deport protestors, censure and control universities, and exterminate Palestinians, as well as end the First Amendment.

[Think. Again.]

67. That's true, Celerity's post is great.

I was mistaken with my post because I fell victim to the fact that the media has stopped (for the most part) giving us the info on the ongoing protests.

[womanofthehills]

104. Here they are -

🚨 BREAKING: New Yorkers take the streets in NYC on the National Day of Action for Palestine, standing with Mahmoud Khalil!

Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

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Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

London

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

Germany

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

Korea

Link to tweet

?s=46&t=YZgyyp4w_z7vW3neKxa6cQ

[msfiddlestix]

111. what the effin hell are Twitter posts here? I had I hoped our tribe would know better than to post there

[dweller]

4. They were taken home

by the drones



✌🏻

[Kaleva]

29. Lol!

[Think. Again.]

5. Yes, once they knew that it would be useless to protest under a trump presidency, they stopped.

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With a reasonable president (Biden) in the Whitehouse, it was worth trying to save the lives of innocent, non-hamas Palestinians, but knowing trump was in cahoots with rightwing netanyahu, it was futile to continue.

Edito add:

I am wrong about what I wrote above, see Celerity's post #10 for great info on the ongoing protests.

[betsuni]

13. So they gave up, folded, spineless, complicit, no more speaking truth to power or standing up to power,

no more grassroots, weak leadership jumped ship, gave up their morals, not a genocide any more? No mean nickname for Trump like Genocide Joe or Killer Kamala because it would be, like, totally useless and futile and way too much trouble.

Oh, okay.

[Eko]

14. What have you done.

[Hellbound Hellhound]

18. Doing nothing was more than those "Protesters" did. Worthless, feckless, spineless anti-American terrorist enablers. n/t

[Eko]

19. I protested.

I think you should rethink what you said.

[Hellbound Hellhound]

24. No. n/t

[Eko]

25. then dont.

[Hellbound Hellhound]

26. Sure. n/t

[Eko]

27. You think I should be deported.

Cause I protested the Israel war?

[Hellbound Hellhound]

28. I think people who broke into state buildings and trashed government property should be punished.

If that includes immigrants on visas and green cards, then yes, I believe those people should be deported. Just as I believe protesters who broke into the Capitol and government buildings in DC should have been arrested and given criminal felonies a la January 6th.

Traitors are traitors. Treat them thusly.

[Eko]

30. Interesting.

In April 1968, students at Columbia University, protesting the Vietnam War and the university's plans to build a segregated gym in Morningside Park, occupied Hamilton Hall and other buildings, leading to a week-long standoff and a large police crackdown that resulted in numerous arrests.
Them also? Think that was good?

[Hellbound Hellhound]

37. Yes, considering they did nothing but harm their own cause to the point of implosion. N/t

[yardwork]

62. Those protesters peacefully occupied a building.

The recent protesters at Columbia locked facilities staff in the building with them, preventing them from going home. They plugged toilets with cement. They broke windows, busted up furniture, and destroyed locks and doors. They trashed buildings and kidnapped people.

Don't drag peaceful Vietnam War protests into this. It's offensive.

[Think. Again.]

69. I agree, the rightwing instigators SHOULD be punished.

[radius777]

33. The pro-Israel lobby is anti-American,

as it directs our tax dollars towards propping up a right wing genocidal regime.

[Beastly Boy]

74. Which pro-Israeli lobby are you referring to, and what is anti-American about them? Be specific.

I am pro-Israel. Does this make me anti-American by default?

Consider this in rethinking what you posted:

dual loyalty

noun 'd(y)oōəl 'loiəltē

: loyalty to two separate interests that potentially conflict with each other, leading to a conflict of interest
WHEN IT’S ANTISEMITIC:

Dual loyalty is a bigoted trope used to cast Jews as the “other.” For example, it becomes antisemitic when an American Jew’s connection to Israel is scrutinized to the point of questioning his or her trustworthiness or loyalty to the United States.

https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/dual-loyalty

[58Sunliner]

83. Pro-Israel and pro-Israel govt with Netanyahu in charge are two separate issues.

They should not be confused, yet you are. Many Israelis don't support their govt's actions. Just like Americans and Trump.

[Beastly Boy]

86. I am not the one who is confused.

The poster I replied to used the term "pro-Israel lobby", making no such distinctions as you are making, and thus presuming that all of them direct "our tax dollars" (a fallacy on top of guilt by association) towards "propping up a right wing genocidal regime".

Once again, I am pro-Israel, I contribute my honestly earned dollars and no one else-s tax dollars to pro-Israel lobby, to lobby for Israel, which includes, as you mentioned, many Israelis who don't support their government's actions.

Does this make me anti-American any more than my contributions to World Central Kitchen?

[58Sunliner]

99. The last line is a straw man and imho has no context here. You choose to be pro-Israel without a distinction.

So do the lobbyists who are after our tax dollars. Have a nice day.

[Beastly Boy]

110. The context was of radius777's choosing. The false presumption was evident in that post, and so were its implications.

Here is what I replied to:"The pro-Israel lobby is anti-American, as it directs our tax dollars towards propping up a right wing genocidal regime." The assumption here is that lobbying for Israel is anti-American. And the presumption here, wrapped in incendiary rhetoric and as deviod of substance as it is categorical, is that the Israel lobby, whatever it is made up of, is after our tax dollars to fund Netanyahu's regime, not Israel as a liberal democraric state.

Naturally, as a supporter of Israel, I took offense to this load of garbage, and I replied accordingly and appropriately.

In this context, the end portion of my post which includes the sentence that displeased you, reads as follows:

"Once again, I am pro-Israel, I contribute my honestly earned dollars and no one else-s tax dollars to pro-Israel lobby, to lobby for Israel, which includes, as you mentioned, many Israelis who don't support their government's actions.

Does this make me anti-American any more than my contributions to World Central Kitchen?"

You presumed, I am guessing, that my reference to my contributions to causes other than Israel creates a strawman, which, I am guessing, is deemed by you to be out of context (a lot of guessing here because you are, deliberately or unintentionally, being rather cryptic). Well, the context is right here for you to see, and my post illustrates the absurdity of the statement I originally replied to. It was addressed to you because you inserted yourself in the thread, no other reason.

If you think you are unwilling or unable to sustain a convincing argument, by all means, have a nice day.

[58Sunliner]

112. Israel is in danger of becoming non-democratic. Unless you are specifying that no money should support the genocide,

lobbyists are supporting the genocide by the absence of demands and ignoring the reality of what the govt is doing. Comparing the Israeli govt to the world kitchen, a charity that they bombed and killed workers, is ludicrous.

[Beastly Boy]

117. No money should support genocide.

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Now, unless you specify that "genocide" as you use the term with respect to Israel is not meant to describe a factual condition in Gaza, or that the lobby groups in question do not specifically petition to bomb Gazan civilians, or that absence of demands on Israeli government within Israel or in diaspora is a lame fantasy, or that only a tiny part of your taxpayer dollars ends up in Gaza, or that you never bothered to inquire about the facts pertaining to the above, or if you did, you are ignoring them, then pretending that this is a serious conversation is ludicrous.

[radius777]

35. Netanyahu and his RW regime are the biggest terrorists of all. /nt

[Hellbound Hellhound]

38. Ah yes, "the Jooz". How dare they want to live without fear of radical idiots trying to kill them. N/t

[radius777]

39. The genocide of Jews was done by whites, not brown people.

Zionism was created by whites to steal brown land and resources (oil).

[yardwork]

66. You are completely wrong.

You know nothing of middle eastern history or world history if you think that only white people committed genocide against Jewish people.

[Beastly Boy]

79. So which came first? Did the whites genocide Jews and then

create Zionism to steal "brown land", or did the whites decide to steal brown lands, created Zionism for that purpose, and then genocided Jews?

I am wondering what sources you use for your references to history.

[yardwork]

63. What a ridiculous thing to say.

[NickB79]

59. I voted for Harris

They handed the enemy extra ammunition to get Trump elected by shit talking her.

[AkFemDem]

55. Yep, pretty much.

Destroyed our democracy for Palestine and then skulked off like cowards after the election. I really don't care if a single non-citizen who was part of that movement is kicked out over it now. You made your MAGA broth, now cook in it.

[sheshe2]

17. I seem to remember...

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib tells fellow Democrats: reject Biden in primary

Michigan representative tells state voters to pick ‘uncommitted’ option over White House support for Israel’s strikes on Gaza

snip

“If you want us to be louder, then come here and vote uncommitted” rather than in support of Biden, the Democratic party’s presumptive nominee for November’s presidential election

.

snip

It also said: “Therefore, we pledge to check the box for ‘uncommitted’ on our ballots in the upcoming presidential primary election. These are not empty words; they signify our steadfast commitment to justice, dignity, and the sanctity of human life, which is greater than loyalty to any candidate or party.”

snip

And here we have good ole Nina Turner weighing in, this is the woman that said this"

Turner uses expletive to describe race between President Trump & Joe Biden
“It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of s**t in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.'"

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/politics/nina-turner-thoughts-2020-presidential-race/95-503173bd-c93e-43ee-b303-be8e68793f21

The former Ohio Democratic state senator Nina Turner tweeted, “Arab Americans do not want their tax dollars going to kill their family members. It’s unnerving to see the liberal response to that demand. Rashida Tlaib is absolutely justified to endorse this.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/18/rashida-tlaib-joe-biden-michigan-democratic-primary

Now just look at how that all worked out for them. They never once protested the man, trump, who clearly, very clearly, said he was pro Israel and he would wipe out Gaza. They knew.

You will never convince me that these protests were not bought and paid for, when their job was done, poof, they went away.

They gave us trump. Fact.

[Think. Again.]

44. That isn't how primaries work...

Primaries are not the general election, so not voting for Biden in the primary did not affect trump's success in the general election at all.

In fact, the number of Arab-Americans who witheld their primary vote from Biden didn't even stop Biden from getting the nomination.

It was indeed just an act of protest to get media attention to let Biden know how important the issue was to them, and it also sparked the beginning of Biden's turn-around on sending weapons to netanyahu.

[yardwork]

70. Tlaib told her constituents not to vote for Harris in the general election.

[Think. Again.]

77. Again, I don't know the numbers....

...but I doubt the Arab-American community of Michigan was enough to throw the election.

[Walleye]

92. Has anyone asked her about it? Has she even admitted she was wrong, I doubt it.

[sheshe2]

93. They carried that over to the general election.

More than half the population in Dearborn is Middle Eastern or North African. In Wayne County, which encompasses the inner-ring suburb as well as Detroit, nearly 8% of the population is Arab American — the highest percentage in the U.S.

Last November, the majority voted Democrat, except at the top of the ticket. President Trump came to Dearborn looking for votes and it worked. He won the city and took Michigan in a startling reversal for Democrats.

Snip

Trump won 42% of the vote in Dearborn, with Harris receiving 36%. Green Party and pro-ceasefire candidate Jill Stein received 18% — more than any other place in Michigan, Detroit Public Radio reported.

Abouali says the results show how angry Dearborn was at the Biden-Harris White House, mostly over its support for Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip. The community voted for Trump, despite the president's past action in banning travel from some majority Muslim countries and worries about his proposal to deport millions of immigrants.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/arab-american-voters-trump-dearborn-michigan-israel-biden-harris/


Democrats lost 22,000 votes in Michigan’s heavily Arab American cities

Kamala Harris received at least 22,000 fewer votes than Joe Biden did four years ago in Michigan’s most heavily Arab American and Muslim cities, a Guardian analysis of raw vote data in the critical swing state finds.

The numbers also show Trump made small gains – about 9,000 votes – across those areas, suggesting Harris’s loss there is more attributable to Arab Americans either not voting or casting ballots for third-party candidates.

Support for Democrats also fell in seven precincts around the country with significant Arab American or Muslim populations, according to data compiled by the Arab American Institute. It found a combined drop in the seven precincts, from about 4,900 votes in 2020 to just 3,400 this election.

The drop in Democratic support in Hamtramck, Dearborn and Dearborn Heights – three Michigan cities with the nation’s largest Arab American and Muslim populations per capita – represent nearly 27% of the 81,000-vote difference between Harris and Donald Trump’s tallies in the state.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/09/democrats-lose-michigan-arab-american-voters

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

95. Tlaib's city General Election results from CBS:

Trump won 42% of the vote in Dearborn, with Harris receiving 36%. Green Party and pro-ceasefire candidate Jill Stein received 18% — more than any other place in Michigan, Detroit Public Radio reported.

[Tribetime]

48. Yes I will never forget that

[Littlered]

54. you don't believe

the cessation of hostilities has anything to do with it? its not anything I follow that closely, but it seems from what I have read, its over. Hamas is finished and will never rule anything again.

[yardwork]

72. I had no idea that hostilities had ceased.

There are numerous articles on DU's front page every day complaining about Israel's behavior.

And I guess Trump inviting Netanyahu to the White House and announcing plans to kick every Palestinian out of Gaza and develop beachfront resorts there isn't worthy of protest?

[yardwork]

61. This is the single most absurd argument I've ever heard.

The protesters this OP is asking about urged people NOT to vote for Biden or Kamala. They shouted "Genocide Joe has got to go!"

Rashida Tlaib told her constituents NOT to vote for "Killer Kamala."

They deliberately got rid of the "reasonable president."

[Think. Again.]

64. I don't know the exact numbers....

...but I highly doubt the Arab-Amarican community of Michigan was enough to throw the election.

[yardwork]

68. And that's one of the clumsiest deflections I've seen.

This OP is asking where all the "Genocide Joe" protests went. Those protests happened in a lot more places than "the Arab-American community in Michigan."

They happened in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Arizona, and other swing states. All of which went to Trump by small margins.

So, yeah. I think the Putin-funded "protests" accomplished exactly what they intended to do.

[Think. Again.]

73. I think THAT was a clumsy deflection...

You and I were discussing my post in a subthread but suddenly your referring to the OP again.

Weird.

[Walleye]

91. Yelling "genocide Joe" didn't seem all that reasonable to me

[DSandra]

98. Pro-Palestinian protesters made their bed, now they have to lie in it

I warned them about how stupid it was to be a one issue voter in this regard, and that Trump would likely be worse than Kamala, but no.... It's likely they were led by pro-Putin propagandists and now they have to pay for their foolishness. America has a gullibility problem.

[Egwinsi]

6. They oppose liberalism

Not fascism. As one of the extremists I've argued with said..."If Gazans suffer from the Trump presidency, so will liberals"

[yardwork]

76. Bingo. They side with Russia and North Korea.

I've known a number of them over the years. Their groups were infiltrated by Putin when he established absolute power in Russia. Many of the people who belong to these groups have no idea that Putin is funding them and feeding them propaganda.

They believe fantastical things. They think North Korea is a paradise of freedom. They think Russia is wonderful and they believe that fascism is a necessary and just approach. They love RFK, Jr.

You can't argue with them. They're like MAGA. They know very little about history, but they put together little fragments of facts and ideas and create an alternate reality.

One sees echoes of it here on DU.

[Big Blue Marble]

8. Do you care about what is happening to the Palestinians?

Or are you using this post to mock sincere people who where standing up again war crimes
in Gaza and the West Bank? Obviously the anti-free speach authoritarian tactics that were used
to suppress the protests took their toll. But do not take that as an indication that the support
for Palestinian rights has disappeared among young people.

[Beastly Boy]

84. The entire issue is the sincerity you are claiming on their behalf.

And the sincerity of those who voted against Kamala and for Trump makes the whole "standing up again[st] war crimes
in Gaza and the West Bank" proposition very, very, very questionable.

[ZRB]

118. If a protester said or nodded along to "Genocide Joe" or "Killer Kamala" chanting

Then they deserve to be mocked, ruthlessly. People sincerely concerned for Gaza should have worked their asses off getting Democrats elected rather than protesting their only allies. Their idiocy helped get us here, so yeah, they should be mocked.

[Big Blue Marble]

120. Why should they have worked their asses off to elect Dem when they

saw billions of dollars being sent in weapons to kill and maim their families in Gaza by these people?

People who stand for human rights should never be mocked.

[Eko]

9. They are getting deported for peacefully protesting.

Do you feel better?

[Beastly Boy]

85. They are not.

Regardless of the specifics of each deportation, it will be mostly the silent voiceless vulnerable non-voting non-citizens who will pay for those who voted for Trump. The ones that fucked them up so badly will remain where they are, safe and sound and free of consequences.

[Celerity]

10. like these?

https://uscpr.org/pro-palestine-protests/

Today’s Protests for Palestine

Saturday, March 15, 2025

🚨Emergency #FreeMahmoudKhalil Nationwide Protests 🚨

Phoenix, AZ | 3PM at Civic Space Park
Los Angeles, CA | 1PM at Pershing Square
Sacramento, CA | 12PM at 650 Capitol Mall
Jacksonville, FL | 11AM at the Federal Courthouse
St. Louis, MO | 3PM at 4305 Woodson Rd
NYC, NY | 3PM at Times Square
Charlotte, NC | 5PM at Romare Bearden Park
Cleveland, OH | 12PM-2PM at ICE Detention Center
Hollywood, CA | 1:30PM Protest Snow White Film Premiere at El Capitan Theater
North Hollywood, CA | 6PM Know Your Rights ICE at Valley Glen Community Park
Bay Area, CA | 11AM PYM Meeting on the Economic Leg of Imperialism
Los Angeles, CA | 2PM No Other Land screening at Jackson Market
Long Beach, CA | 11AM Punch Up For Joint Struggle Rally At Long Beach City Hall
San Francisco, CA | 10:30AM Celebrate Irish & Palestinian Solidarity
San Bernadino, CA | 6PM-10PM Anti-War Market Fundraiser at Barrio Fuerza
San Diego, CA | Saturday 10AM Vigil | Sunset Cliffs Blvd and W Point Loma Blvd
Arvada, CO | Saturday Vigils 10 AM – 11 AM at 5250 Wadsworth Bypass
Jacksonville, FL | 11AM #FreeMahmoud Protest at the Federal Courthouse
New Orleans, LA | 9PM-12AM Ramadan Bazaar at Pistachio Cafe
Collingswood, NJ | Saturdays 12 PM – 2 PM 1170 Haddon Ave
Oneonta, NY | Clear forecast Saturdays 12 PM – 1PM at Muller Plaza
Bend, OR | Saturdays 12 PM – 2 PM at Brandis Square
Corvallis, OR | 12PM-1:30P Rally at Benton County Circuit Court
Houston, TX | 10:30PM Qiyaam Program at Muhammadi Masjid
Norfolk, VA | Saturdays 2-4 PM Corner of St. Paul and City Hall Ave
Ottawa, Canada | 5:30PM Fundraising Iftar for Gaza at River Lounge

March 16, 2025

Pacoima, CA | 2PM Know Your Rights ICE at Ritchie Valens Rec Center
Long Beach, CA | Sundays 11 AM Banner Drop | 3100 California Ave.
Palos Hills, IL | 6PM PYM Arab Youth Potluck and Meeting at AMP Office
Austin, TX | 1:30PM-3PM Ramadan Tatreez Workshop at Pflugerville Libary
March 17, 2025

St. Louis, MO | Call to Represent Palestine in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in gratitude to Ireland’s solidarity
March 18, 2025

Global Day of Action: Demand Maersk cut ties with genocide at their annual general meeting

March 19, 2025

New Jersey | 6PM PYM Community Iftar Fundraiser for Gaza
March 20, 2025

Los Angeles, CA | 4:30PM No Other Land screening at Jackson Market
Houston, TX | 5:30PM The Spirit of the People Lives on at U of Houston
March 21, 2025

Chicago, IL | 8:30AM Protest Israeli bonds at the Illinois State Board of Investments
Houston, TX | 5:30PM Safeguard the Flame: From US to Palestine at Wonderlikewander
March 22, 2025

New Orleans, LA | 9PM-12AM Ramadan Bazaar at Pistachio Cafe
Falls Church, VA | 6:30PM Fundraiser Iftar at Balqees Restaurant
March 23, 2025

Los Angeles, CA | 8PM No Other Land screening at Jackson Market
Chicago, IL | 6:30PM PYM Iftar Fundraiser at 9925 S 76th Ave
March 24 & March 25, 2025

Long Beach, CA | No Other Land Documentary screening at Art Theatre Long Beach
March 28, 2025

Dearborn, MI | 6:30PM Iftar & Bazar Fundraiser for Gaza at Dearborn Banquet Hall
Houston, TX | 4:30 PM Al Quds Day Rally at Post Oak & Westheimer
March 30, 2025—LAND DAY

NYC, NY | 1PM Land Day Rally in Union Square
Los Angeles, CA | Great Ride of Return for Gaza Sunbirds
March 31 to April 4 2025: Students for Justice in Palestine Week of Rage

April 3, 2025

Syracuse, NY | 7PM “No Other Land” Screening at The Palace Theatre
April 12, 2025

Fountain Valley, CA | Int’l Women’s Day Event
June 6, 2025

Washington DC | Dykes Against Fascism March
Canada Protests
Every Sunday

Red Deer, Alberta, CA | Sundays 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | 19 St. & Gaetz Ave.
March 15, 2025

Ottawa | 5:30PM Fundraising Iftar for Gaza at River Lounge
March 18, 2025

Global Day of Action: Demand Maersk cut ties with genocide at their annual general meeting
March 23, 2025

Montreal | 9PM Ramadan Padel Fundraiser at PadelSport
March 29, 2025

Toronto | 2PM Land Day Protest at Yonge and Dundas Square
Montreal | 2PM Al-Quds Day Protest at Dorchester Square


Pro-Palestinian protesters storm NY's Trump Tower

National demonstration in support of Palestinians begins in London | AFP

Thousands gather in central London to march in support of Palestinians.

[Eko]

12. Bam and Kick and Rec.

[Ping Tung]

15. Bravo to you and them. K&R

[littlemissmartypants]

16. I was wondering the same thing. ...

Thanks for bringing the receipts. But keep in mind, some are here for clicks, controversy & little more.

The good news is the information is no doubt valuable and of interest to others like you and me.

Stay encouraged, Celerity.



❤️

[question everything]

23. Where are the demands to return the hostages? The dead and the ones barely alive?

[Think. Again.]

45. netanyahu never took hostages, just killed them in the streets, schools, and hospitals...

...and left them to rot.

[Tickle]

49. When did he do this,? NT

[Think. Again.]

50. Are you really trying to rewrite history on this already?

[Tickle]

51. I was asking a question,

No need to reply

[Think. Again.]

52. You were askng a question...

...in an attempt to create a narrative that the IDF has not killed 10s of thousands of innocent, non-hamas Palestinian citizens of Gaza, which it undeniably has.

[ZRB]

119. Those deaths are on Hamas

Don't start wars with stronger opponents.

[Think. Again.]

122. Standing up to bullies has been proven to stop bullying.

[iemanja]

107. He's done it throughout the war

You do understand that tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed?

[Tickle]

108. Yes I know. I wasn't sure

what the poster was talking about at first. Then I got the attitude and I was done.

[Avalon Sparks]

34. Thank you for providing the details.

Really appreciate it! Seems very risky to attend one under this administration. The riot geared meat heads that hauled off students that were peacefully protesting was bad enough, I honestly think under Dump they might kill me.

[JanMichael]

53. The media saturation of the protests has stopped.

They were front and center on the nightly news daily up to November. I mean story after story. Now they are not breaking news anymore to the corporate media.

Also the media seemed focused more on university student protests which I don't see many of those on the list. Funny how university educated media types have participated in damaging the free though in all US universities.

The impression that the protestors are all gone now is spurious at best.

[al bupp]

57. Thank you so much

I am so tired of the ignorant narrative which claims the protests were somehow only intended to affect the outcome of the election.

You could consider making your pay in it's own thread.

[Mariana]

60. "... the ignorant narrative... " You're very kind.

I think the deception is intentional.

[SocialDemocrat61]

94. Shhh

Don’t confuse them with facts 😉

[iemanja]

20. The protestors have been expelled, degrees cancelled,

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and are in shackles awaiting deportation. Happy now?

[Buns_of_Fire]

31. Odd, that. I still believe that Palestinians have been screwed over royally by Isreel.

And I also believe that HAMAS is a cult of sub-human terrorists.

How did the US wind up in the middle of all this?

(Don't tell me, I already know: guilt.)

[RandySF]

32. Mission accomplished I gues.

[radius777]

36. They were protesting for a ceasefire, which is currently in place.

Note to older white liberals: you aren't entitled to the votes of youth, PoC and progressives. The biggest 'cause' for why Dems lose any election is the fact that white men (60% R) and white women (53% R) voted for Trump in droves. So save your 'FAFO' outrage for them - instead of young protesters who had minimal effect on the election.

[Walleye]

41. It does no good to divide the party

[Think. Again.]

46. I agree, OP's like this do no good.

[AkFemDem]

56. Funny... no one cared about this when they were shouting down Biden and Harris?

[Walleye]

58. I cared about it. Biden and Harris were our nominees. Other Democrats shouting them down was just counterproductive.

[Think. Again.]

75. I also cared...

...at the time it seemed there were more posts bashing protesters than there were posts supporting Harris.

[Walleye]

90. Well, the protesters accomplished exactly nothing with their disruptions

[Think. Again.]

121. Not true, Biden did show a stronger stance before leaving the race.

[Mike Nelson]

40. Still a big story...

... in right-wing MAGA media. They call them "Anti-Israel Protests" and they get regular, rotation coverage.

[Think. Again.]

47. Perhaps that explains this OP.

[Irish_Dem]

42. Their job was to get Trump elected. Period.

[RandiFan1290]

43. We're still here protesting against genocide

While trump and his allies cheer us being attacked and deported.

[LexVegas]

65. Mission was accomplished. nt

[Cuthbert Allgood]

71. They are still happening. Maybe you don't care enough to pay attention. I don't know.

But they are still going on.

[jrthin]

78. They got their man elected. Job done. nt

[tritsofme]

80. Well, they succeeded in electing a fellow vicious anti-Semite as president, nothing really left for them to protest.

I’m sure they are pretty satisfied with the outcome.

[gulliver]

81. Skeedaddled from the scene of the crime evidently

They really hosed the Palestinians, Muslim Americans, and the Dems. I blame the "inner child indulgers."

[karynnj]

87. Various things happened

One was the ceasefire that started in January. The agreement was essentially the framework that the Biden team put together in May 2024, when both Netanyahu were not ready to agree.

The election results itself likely had an impact with the far left suddenly realizing that rather than a protest vote showing Biden/Harris their anger, they had to consider what lies in the future.

Since Trump was elected, it is very clear that even peaceful protests that break no laws could subject protesters to extreme punishment. For American born students, it could lead to being expelled because of the way universities were targeted by Congresspeople like Stefanick and now the whole Trump administration.

There were protests in NYC over the effort to report a green card holder, with an 8 months pregnant American wife. These protests happen even as Trump administration people argue that protests against the government are, in and of themselves, against the law. These people are protesting in the face of personal consequences.

There were some protesters arrested or disciplined by their schools last year, but for the most part they were people who stepped across the line into actions that were seen as illegal.

[DBoon]

88. Whatever happened to BLM protests?

Answer this one too, and note the similarities.

[DiamondShark]

89. It was astroturfing.

[ZRB]

96. Mission accomplished

They got "Genocide Joe" to go.

[MineralMan]

97. You got it right in your first answer.

They stopped because the election was over and future protests couldn't interfere with an election.

Simple.

[Celerity]

100. they have not stopped

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220144181#post10

[iemanja]

109. They haven't stopped

People make the mistake of thinking that if something isn't on their teevee, it doesn't exist. https://democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=20144352

[SheltieLover]

101. Pootin quit paying them

[LetMyPeopleVote]

102. As designed, these protests got trump elected

[LS0999]

103. They were designed to punish the Democrats

The job is done.

[Big Blue Marble]

105. Do you have proof of your accusation? N/T

[OAITW r.2.0]

113. I've got 50 years of voting and seeing how elections get gamed for Republicans.

You?

[Big Blue Marble]

115. And I have been observing elections significantly longer.

There is no evidence or do you attempt to offer any to suggest the the Palestinian protests
were to destroy the Democrats. Real war crimes are occurring in a real place and younger
people are able to clearly see the injustice. They spoke out and paid the price of suppression.

[OAITW r.2.0]

116. How the fuck would I know? But getting people to blame Biden/Kamala for the Israeli hostage situation?

Not a chance. That was on Bibi and his RW government. But, it was effective counter-ops for the 2024 election. Remember how much the broadcast media covered it?. Both Bibi and Don belong in jail. We'd be better off as a world.

[GoodRaisin]

106. The guy they voted for started deporting them.

That’ll close their mouths in a hurry. No more “good trouble”. Now it’s big trouble. What stupid fucking people.

[OAITW r.2.0]

114. Pretty sure there was no immigrant. But those naturalized citizens. They are at risk...unless they know someone

connected to Trump or the FL Republican Party.