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stopdiggin

(12,519 posts)
24. according to DU posters - there is no such thing
Wed Nov 15, 2023, 10:49 PM
Nov 2023

as Hamas sympathizers/supporters on the left. Uh huh ...

Other hand, to be completely fair and accurate - other media and sources are being careful to call this a 'cease fire, pro-Palestinian' action. Which still doesn't deflect or detract from the attacking police, pepper spray aspect ...

Link? Mossfern Nov 2023 #1
Here: elleng Nov 2023 #5
More Here (w/Video): VernaF Nov 2023 #20
According to Congressman Brad Sherman they are pro-Hamas and have Jose Garcia Nov 2023 #2
so media equates elleng Nov 2023 #9
actually that appears to be a congressman who is stopdiggin Nov 2023 #17
My bet is they're RightWing opportunists like at Floyd protests blm Nov 2023 #22
They say they are Dems womanofthehills Nov 2023 #67
No Dorian Gray Nov 2023 #87
You know... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #91
I never said they committed ALL the trouble. blm Nov 2023 #98
The effect of your posts, for all practical purposes, is to have wave away the violence as someone else's doing. Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #111
My perspective is legitimate blm Nov 2023 #112
Be that as it may... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #113
Never said left doesn't act badly. That's exactly blm Nov 2023 #114
Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying, which is entirely possible... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #115
Suit yourself. I am pointing out the opportunism blm Nov 2023 #116
Pointing out the opportunism of these right wing groups is fine... Jedi Guy Nov 2023 #117
We should ALL take offense to the characterization as "Pro-Hamas" WarGamer Nov 2023 #26
Sherman has been problematic with his constant equating of all protests against mass slaughter of civilians with being Celerity Nov 2023 #49
How, then, would you describe the chanting of " from the river to the sea?" question everything Nov 2023 #52
Remember! It's aspirational. EllieBC Nov 2023 #59
Ass peration anal Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #61
I love it! NT EllieBC Nov 2023 #68
Rec TY Cha Nov 2023 #70
LOL, similar to what it mean to ass u me question everything Nov 2023 #99
Rec. Were they actually chanting From the river to the sea? Cha Nov 2023 #71
I have. yardwork Nov 2023 #101
They are not pro Hamas - they are Jewish Voice for Peace womanofthehills Nov 2023 #64
Sorry... JVP *is* pro-Hamas FBaggins Nov 2023 #86
They sure are. They may not have started out that way, but this is what they have evolved into: JohnSJ Nov 2023 #103
Why is claudette Nov 2023 #84
Great, now the media can both sides themselves to death Walleye Nov 2023 #3
And the rest of us. elleng Nov 2023 #16
the Daily Mail (we call it the Daily Heil in the UK) is a RW accelerationist, anti-left hype-hype shit rag Celerity Nov 2023 #42
Very poor optics and timing superpatriotman Nov 2023 #4
How does it make Democrats look bad? LuvLoogie Nov 2023 #15
No doubt some are RightWing agitators using the protest blm Nov 2023 #28
Absolutely.. I don't think it hurts Dems though.. Cha Nov 2023 #79
found this video (Thank You Capitol Police!) rollin74 Nov 2023 #6
They need to be arrested GuppyGal Nov 2023 #8
Good Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2023 #62
TY & Thank You, Capitol Police!! Cha Nov 2023 #77
So the cease fire advocates were being violent? GuppyGal Nov 2023 #7
Yeah. I don't get it. Deuxcents Nov 2023 #12
O geez during Vietnam, we had people bombing universities in the name of peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #76
And why does claudette Nov 2023 #85
Hmmm Dorian Gray Nov 2023 #88
Wow claudette Nov 2023 #89
I don't automatically think it's pro Hamas but this ceasefire would be one sided. Hamas would not abide. GuppyGal Nov 2023 #95
I certainly don't claudette Nov 2023 #106
Sounds like pro-Hamas/pro-terrorism demonstrators. tritsofme Nov 2023 #10
NBC story TheProle Nov 2023 #13
'Pro-Palestinian.' elleng Nov 2023 #21
These ones seem pretty pro-Hamas to me. tritsofme Nov 2023 #23
They're Noam Chomsky's group, "Jewish Voice for Peace" LeftInTX Nov 2023 #32
Noam Chomsky's group LeftInTX Nov 2023 #30
Means what? Don't appear peaceful, to me. elleng Nov 2023 #38
More info about Jewish Voice for Peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #40
Just what NO ONE needs. elleng Nov 2023 #47
Seriously? SCantiGOP Nov 2023 #60
Whatever they are.. they're NOT helping their cause Cha Nov 2023 #78
Hamas sympathizers? They are everywhere...nt LexVegas Nov 2023 #11
according to DU posters - there is no such thing stopdiggin Nov 2023 #24
Theyre in my town in Missouri xmas74 Nov 2023 #72
Remember the RightWing opportunists like at the Floyd protests. blm Nov 2023 #14
In that case it was true but in this case it's Islamists JI7 Nov 2023 #29
Rec TY Cha Nov 2023 #80
+1 leftstreet Nov 2023 #39
Pooty Poot's grubby fingers are probably all over this, too. GoCubsGo Nov 2023 #93
I know calling people idiots isn't nice, but these people are idiots. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #18
I don't understand this at all...... Takket Nov 2023 #19
White Nationalists went to Floyd protests to agitate violence. blm Nov 2023 #25
This is an anti-war group called Jewish Voice for Peace LeftInTX Nov 2023 #34
RW opportunists posed as BLM sympathizers. blm Nov 2023 #36
The Anti-Defamation group calls them a hate group. They aren't right wing. LeftInTX Nov 2023 #37
I'm referring to the RW agitators blm Nov 2023 #46
Not every Jew hating bigot is a Rw bigot. EllieBC Nov 2023 #53
I get that, but, RW opportunists seize these protests blm Nov 2023 #56
Repeating your unsubstantiated assumption over and over doesn't make it true. onenote Nov 2023 #41
It turned out to be true during Floyd protests blm Nov 2023 #50
Thank you for your patience and resolve... Think. Again. Nov 2023 #90
Thank you for hearing. blm Nov 2023 #96
Sure inthewind21 Nov 2023 #108
Or your news sources ignored results of the investigations. blm Nov 2023 #110
Chomsky was not the founder. Jewish Voice for Peace was founded by Julia Caplan, Julie Iny, and Rachel Eisner in 1996 in Celerity Nov 2023 #63
Wikipedia lists Noam Chomsky LeftInTX Nov 2023 #69
Wikipedia is in error, as I showed. It's source article is incorrect. I even posted a much older Celerity Nov 2023 #81
Did you know inthewind21 Nov 2023 #109
it's the whole "Dems haven't done enough" stopdiggin Nov 2023 #33
Because they like to be thorns in people's sides. Now they can try to get Democrats to support their "martyrdom" LeftInTX Nov 2023 #44
GOOP is gonna support Israel no matter what Kennah Nov 2023 #57
If they are storming the building they need to be dealt with severely. LiberalFighter Nov 2023 #27
🚨NEW: A large group of violent anti-Israel protestors have stormed the headquarters of the DNC tonight, demanding "Ceas riversedge Nov 2023 #31
Fuck their Violence at the Cpaitol Police... Cha Nov 2023 #82
you know, WhiteTara Nov 2023 #35
Probably believe Democrats can put pressure on President Biden to convince Israel to call a cease fire MichMan Nov 2023 #43
Yes - also most Jewish Democrats in congress are supporting Israel LeftInTX Nov 2023 #45
Hakeem Jeffries was there too with a very Cha Nov 2023 #83
Rep. Sean Casten FelineOverlord Nov 2023 #48
Thanks elleng Nov 2023 #51
The ADL documents their devolution into an extremist organization. madaboutharry Nov 2023 #54
What a mess duckworth969 Nov 2023 #55
They are MichMan Nov 2023 #58
Congress and state legislatures need to codify in law what lawful protest is,... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #65
'Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. elleng Nov 2023 #66
free speech yes bottomofthehill Nov 2023 #73
Then hopefully, the broken laws are enforced... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #75
Thanks for the link, elleng... Mark.b2 Nov 2023 #74
Statement by Rep. Debbie Dingell from my state MichMan Nov 2023 #92
The attack on Israel is being used to divide the US. Irish_Dem Nov 2023 #94
The violent opportunists always sneak in blm Nov 2023 #97
Idiots mcar Nov 2023 #100
Getting ready for a redux of the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention. It is just bullshit. Peaceful protest JohnSJ Nov 2023 #102
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #104
Why at the DNC? RubyRose Nov 2023 #105
Probably the same idiots ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #107
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