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In reply to the discussion: Hey, what happened to all the Gaza protesters? [View all]Prairie Gates
(8,202 posts)10. Are you asking why there are no longer college campus encampments?
where the eff did these people (and their tents) all go?
That one's easy to answer. Universities broke up the encampments last Spring. Most universities that had encampments and many that didn't then instituted strict rules barring encampments and hired shit tons of extra security to enforce those rules.
Individual days of protest have continued into the new school year, but most universities have successfully barred any new encampments, while the expulsion policies make even starting an encampment extremely difficult.
That's the serious answer to you presumably hyperbolic question.
Some links if you are in fact cuious rather than spouting:
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/us-colleges-change-rules-for-campus-protests/7750289.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/us/college-protest-rules.html
https://inthesetimes.com/article/campus-protest-gaza-indiana-university-columbia-chicago
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/college-campus-return-new-protest-rules-e676f5ca
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Isn't it remarkable? So mysterious! It's almost like they allowed themselves to be used
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2025
#3
The US election is over. Trump won. They graduated from useful idiots to useless idiots.
Beastly Boy
Jan 2025
#7
Some are getting banned from campus. Some are still protesting. Some foreign protestors are getting deported.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2025
#9
Yes the Palestine protestors were astroturfed to peel away the youth vote from Kamala never mind that Trump had said to
ShazamIam
Feb 2025
#13
Haven't you heard, warmonger Netanyahu finally agreed to cease fire negotiations...
brush
Feb 2025
#26
I'll take "malcontents" who are not okay with mass murder over those who are any day of the week. /nt
artemisia1
Feb 2025
#28
They stopped protesting well before the ceasefire. They stopped protesting on Nov 6th!
LeftInTX
Feb 2025
#32
So they refused to believe the Biden administration had been working on a ceasefire all along
betsuni
Feb 2025
#33