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LeftInTX

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15. Since I didn't want to start a thread about another protest...

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 04:26 AM

Apr 2024

This was just posted to Instagram by the group behind UT’s protest. Apparently putting the encampment back up now that most police have left

NEED MORE PEOPLE MAN
CAMPS IS GOING BACK UP
FUUUUUCK THESE OPPRESSORS MAN
Pigs is too kind of a name!!

Link to tweet

From earlier. I think it pretty much died down. But "Oppressors"???

I do want to cheer the Austin protesters because they're up against nasty old Abbott...

But, what are they protesting? Are they protesting the cops or Israel vs Gaza?

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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