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12. But they look so cool wearing those Hamas-style keffiyehs they bought on Amazon!

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Tue Apr 30, 2024, 03:27 AM

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Columbia protesters occupy building, smashing windows; worker: 'They held me hostage' [View all] sheshe2 Apr 2024 OP

What a way to win hearts and minds. RandySF Apr 2024 #1

Exactly! sheshe2 Apr 2024 #2

Three crimes. RandySF Apr 2024 #3

Kidnapping actually..... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #27

All hiding their faces. sheshe2 Apr 2024 #4

I keep getting reminded of Herblock editorial cartoons from the late 1970's... Archae Apr 2024 #42

Authorities should have let these protesters sit inside the building without food and see how long they last. LisaL Apr 2024 #5

That would play into their hands to let them claim brutality and injustice. wnylib Apr 2024 #10

Such a nice, peaceful protest. wnylib Apr 2024 #6

"They're just misunderstood and helping the oppressed" LeftInTX Apr 2024 #7

Between them, and violent cops...ick, all around! electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #9

This is the type of thing that happens ripcord Apr 2024 #44

I don't know about the spoiled part. Some of them wnylib Apr 2024 #46

true. both parts. -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 2024 #63

Well, fuck them! electric_blue68 Apr 2024 #8

All over Twitter brettdale Apr 2024 #11

But they look so cool wearing those Hamas-style keffiyehs they bought on Amazon! SunSeeker Apr 2024 #12

It's because they're revolutionaries!!1! Oneironaut Apr 2024 #30

There's not much difference between them and the J6ers. yardwork Apr 2024 #69

No indication that police are anywhere in sight. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #13

They put out a Statement that they won't get involved until officially requested. jimfields33 Apr 2024 #51

"Message From a Gazan to Campus Protesters: You're Hurting the Palestinian Cause" Cha Apr 2024 #14

Thank you Cha bdamomma Apr 2024 #19

Yea I think the Ugly Protests are Cha Apr 2024 #74

YES. MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2024 #77

Thanks for this Cha mcar Apr 2024 #26

Except to Harm the Schools and other Students.. they should Cha Apr 2024 #83

Since I didn't want to start a thread about another protest... LeftInTX Apr 2024 #15

All of these students could elicit real change with a big financial message Dorian Gray Apr 2024 #16

Once they are expelled, they won't be paying tuition any longer MichMan Apr 2024 #17

Time for a roll call.... getagrip_already Apr 2024 #29

Totally immature, childish, ridiculous display of entitlement. yardwork Apr 2024 #18

A violent and dangerous mob. Ace Rothstein Apr 2024 #20

These people must be arrested and charged, and if they are students expelled Demsrule86 Apr 2024 #24

When one supports terrorists, it is a small step to become terrorists sarisataka Apr 2024 #45

They need to have their masks pulled down if they insist on being physical! mymomwasright Apr 2024 #85

Well, there were calls for "globalizing the Intifada" Happy Hoosier Apr 2024 #21

Hostages? Arrest them and charge them with EllieBC Apr 2024 #22

This is bullshit. They should be arrested for kidnapping. Enough. Demsrule86 Apr 2024 #23

They aren't helping mcar Apr 2024 #25

I want every one of these people investigated to figure out which ones are right wing agitators. Takket Apr 2024 #28

I want everyone who broke the law arrested and prosecuted exboyfil Apr 2024 #31

100% agree. Just saying I want the ringleaders and their motives exposed. Takket Apr 2024 #35

I don't think that RW agitators are behind this. wnylib Apr 2024 #47

Holding someone hostage is not what passionate, idealistic people should be doing. shrike3 Apr 2024 #49

I totally agree with you. I'm just saying that the organizers are wnylib Apr 2024 #53

Somebody better take this in hand, or they're going to hurt their cause. shrike3 Apr 2024 #64

Well, my view from the start is that, if they want to help wnylib Apr 2024 #66

Sigh. Seems that way. SMH. shrike3 Apr 2024 #67

totally agree. but they are. and where we veer off course is in then postulating stopdiggin Apr 2024 #60

If a student is dumb enough to fall for a right-wing agitator AkFemDem Apr 2024 #52

+1. The search for the man behind the curtain is a fallacy stopdiggin Apr 2024 #62

Send in the NYPD and take out the trash. Jedi Guy Apr 2024 #32

Peaceful protest does not involve seizing and destruction of property. Lock them up. Takket Apr 2024 #36

Nah. It's time to mobilize Joint Task Force Empire Shield - FAFO. sir pball Apr 2024 #40

Interesting psychological approach. Remove the media attention wnylib Apr 2024 #48

Keep them bottled up in the building, then, but enforce a total media blackout. Jedi Guy Apr 2024 #61

If they became desperate enough for attention, wnylib Apr 2024 #70

If they progressed to something that extreme, I feel like NYPD would have no choice but to act at that point. Jedi Guy Apr 2024 #73

I agree on the consequences. And I know that the suggestions wnylib Apr 2024 #75

"I suspect that the protesters hope for an ending that they can dramatize to fit their projected martyrdom image." Jedi Guy Apr 2024 #80

You can't deny media coverage womanofthehills Apr 2024 #82

But phone batteries run down. If the electricity were shut off wnylib Apr 2024 #87

This sounds like extortion or an action movie with B actors MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2024 #81

That is a GREAT idea! MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2024 #78

Some of them are probably paid protesters. Fla Dem Apr 2024 #33

Rumor has it that Lisa Fithian is on campus and was in Hamilton Hall last night and is on campus this AM. LeftInTX Apr 2024 #38

Trump's friends in the Middle East JCMach1 Apr 2024 #39

How quickly the narrative changes.... sarisataka Apr 2024 #43

GQP gonna use this to equivocate on Jan 6. Both-siderisms. Not good at all. lindysalsagal Apr 2024 #34

"RW Agitators!", "Paid Protestors!"... No True Scotsman? Lancero Apr 2024 #37

Putin's Useful Idiots Beetwasher. Apr 2024 #41

Seems like yesterday when I was reading sanctimonious comments about how wonderful these kids are BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #50

Some posters are proud that they've taken over the school building. Ace Rothstein Apr 2024 #54

Reliving their glory days, no doubt BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #55

Smashing windows, harassing students, holding university employees against their will is so "flower power". LeftInTX Apr 2024 #56

they're still around. the like minded just tend to congregate in seperate corners of the room. -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 2024 #65

Why is that so funny? MorbidButterflyTat Apr 2024 #79

Because it was a foolish point to make. BannonsLiver Apr 2024 #86

I'm starting to wonder about the nexus of this whole "movement." It seems convenient Vinca Apr 2024 #57

The Floyd protests too. These election year "movements" always seem to start out Wingus Dingus Apr 2024 #58

Ya think? shrike3 Apr 2024 #72

Yesterday was the last day of Spring Classes JustAnotherGen Apr 2024 #59

OMG, the play acting is so pathetic. They're pretending Nixie Apr 2024 #68

They are all tone deaf. sheshe2 Apr 2024 #76

Cause completely undermined budkin Apr 2024 #71

I believe (w/ no evidence for or against) that the majority of the protesters are sincere Torchlight Apr 2024 #84

If they are so easily manipulated sheshe2 Apr 2024 #88

Fortunaely the Police came Cha May 2024 #89