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In reply to the discussion: What I Saw at Columbia's Demonstration [View all]An important piece from your citation: "In fact, all of the members of Congress who belong to the Democratic Socialists of America, including Bush and Reps. Jamaal Bowman, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, have broadly backed the Biden administrations alliance with Ukraine."
So yeah, you can probably find a couple of people on the left opposing arming Ukraine, but they are few and far between.
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The Idiots Insult Nelson Mandela... he was Not the Gang Rapists, Mutilating Slaughter Pig Slosh of Hamas.
Cha
May 2024
#15
Ahh but then they wouldnt be able to further their careers as professional protestors!!
oldsoftie
May 2024
#24
Exactly.. Where else are they going to be able to take over buildings, destroy poprerty,
Cha
May 2024
#29
My memory might be shaky since I only lived through the 1980s instead of hearing about it second/third hand
misanthrope
May 2024
#37
These people aren't funded by the GOP. These are anarchists & this isnt their1st time
oldsoftie
May 2024
#27
You are saying literally what DeSantis said to ruin higher education in Florida
obamanut2012
May 2024
#22
When thats literally who's being arrested how is it the "ultra right" language?
oldsoftie
May 2024
#52
Can you imagine the chaos if they just allowed the students to speak their minds?
ripcord
May 2024
#13
Speaking your mind loudly is far different from breaking things, refusing to let others pass, etc
Hekate
May 2024
#17
They were allowed to speak their mind early on. Then they constantly escalated.
oldsoftie
May 2024
#21
Link worked for me. Will read in full later, but looks like good observations. Thanks.
Hekate
May 2024
#16
Thanks! I'd never heard of them. I've been used to seeing "Answer Coalition" in the past.
oldsoftie
May 2024
#60
Citing from Peggy Noonan and the WSJ at the same should be an obvious no-no, IMHO. She's a friggin' right-winger!
TeamProg
May 2024
#31
The takeover of Hamilton Hall was not done by "off campus supporters of Israel"
SunSeeker
May 2024
#49
I like protest in all of it's forms. They represent such a small segment of our population
walkingman
May 2024
#39