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That's how you know the protest is working. When they are trying to shut it down and are resorting to made up reasons and overreach to do so
@jeffw nice to see some action even if it’s not for the right reasons. I feel like letting the violence and antisemitism slide is troubling.
What violence and antisemitism?
The only violence and antisemitism I see is from the pro Zionists.
Thus far, the Penn protest has been absent of the turmoil and arrests that have occurred on other campuses, including Columbia and Princeton Universities, and no violent incidents or arrests have been reported at the West Philadelphia site since the tents were erected on Thursday
And this one had no violence, well at least none until police are sent in and start attacking :/
@thesporkeffect Sorry, I'm not equipped to handle willful blindness and bad faith questions. Take it easy.
@DarkNightoftheSoul thanks for your input. The protestors carrying swastikas and graffiti indicating support for literal genocide and the destruction of the Jewish state speaks for itself. So do the morally inverted accusations of genocide, tokenizing of Jews holding minority views, and casually swapping out “Jew” for “Zionist”.
If anyone doesn’t want to look the realities in the face, I’m not able to help them.
Again, thanks for your input.
@DarkNightoftheSoul The Hamas charter specifically and transparently states that their mission is to kill all Jews anywhere on the planet. I encourage you to go read their charter and believe them when they say such things.
As for the protests, this article outlines a specific Penn incident. https://whyy.org/articles/penns-interim-president-warns-campus-protestors/
You may also wish to look at other campus protests where signs have included the language of "Final Solution" and depicted Jewish stars going into trashcans.
How could you not see?
@DarkNightoftheSoul It may be a misunderstanding, but the misunderstanding seems willful.
Israel did not create terrorism. An Egyptian man named Yasser Arafat is properly the godfather of Palestinian violence. Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo.
I don't know what agreement you mean. Substituting the word "Zionist" for "Jew" is cheap, common misdirection to give antisemitism the gloss of neutrality.
I'm going to make this my last response. I hope you find peace.
@DarkNightoftheSoul From the bottom of my heart and the core of my marrow, I genuinely hope you find peace.
The account is 5 years old, this is its only post. Incredible.
@Ashyr sorry I am not familiar with Lemmy. Is this significance of that as damning as it would be on other platforms?
In my opinion itt is, but I'm probably not much better educated on the platform than you.
Been watching a lot of CNN lately, by any chance?
@aleph absolutely not.
That's surprising, since you seem to be making the exact same mistakes that the Pro-Israel media are making: 1) These protests are not in favour of Hamas, they are in favour of a ceasefire and freedom for Palestinians, and 2) conflating anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism.
You'll find that Jewish people are more than welcome to join these protests, and in fact many of the protesters are Jewish themselves.