04-30-2024, 11:30 AM
(04-30-2024, 11:06 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I think this is the inherent problem of any ethnic state and protesting the actions of it. When it comes to typical activist actions there isn't much room to parse out the nuances between the country, the government, and the people. In addition, the role of the Jewish people as antagonists in western society is so deep rooted that it is not surprising at all to me when people start leaning towards that in these scenarios. This is something that has been a part of the psyche of our culture for centuries at this point and it really isn't going to take much to play on that. Obviously, this is both concerning and problematic but it is something that we need to come to terms with before we can ever move past it.
(04-30-2024, 11:06 AM)Millhouse Wrote: There are both pro-hamas/jihad and pro-Palestine protestors tho. And I hate to use looks of someone in a discussion, but the look of many of these protestors it's hard to tell which. But I do think many if not almost all the pro-jihad/hamas ones are not college students, at least I hope to God they aren't.
You're both creeping up on the real problem here, and it's something I've pointed out earlier in this thread and it was run away from. I do not think most of the protestors are bigots. I do not think most of the protestors are pro-Hamas. I do think most of the protestors aren't very informed about what they're protesting, but that's not the point I'm going to make. The problem is that a not insignificant percentage of them are bigots and are pro-Hamas. What's the percentage? Based on what I've seen and heard I'd say it's probably about 20-30%. That's not an insignificant number. And that percentage is not repudiated and shunned by the rest, they wouldn't dare. Take the Columbia student who outright called for the murder of anyone who opposed his beliefs, he got a meeting with Omar and a hug from her daughter days later.
There is a rot at the heart of these protests, and it is spreading. The longer these campuses ***** out on dealing with these encampments the more bold they will grow and the likelihood this spreads into summer (just like 2020) grows. These school are in clear violation of federal law that requires they provide a safe learning environment free of intimidation and bigotry.
Until the left leaning posters here actually acknowledge that there are a sizeable number of not very good people involved in these protests they're going to continue to look bad and, at the very least tacitly condone their antisemitisim.
