04-27-2024, 10:40 AM
(04-26-2024, 08:43 PM)Dill Wrote: So we have a "student leader" making anti-zionist remarks which,
I'm happy to agree, are pretty incoherent and contradictory.
Won't object to "ignorant" either.
And now he is desperately walking back his comments.
The CUAD organized the protests. Are they treating him
as a spokesperson for the protest, or as a random
guy with a big mouth, now selected by a right wing news
organization to represent the protest as a whole?
Does he belong to or lead a student organization?
I’ve seen outlets refer to him as a leader of the protest.
https://www.newsweek.com/who-khymani-james-columbia-protest-organizers-remarks-spark-fury-1894488
She apparently has status enough to lead a presser.
Rewatched the Wednesday presser Khymani James led.
— Brent Scher (@BrentScher) April 27, 2024
He bragged that he is “very intentional” about framing his messages, defending the use of “river to the sea” and “globalize the intifada” chants.
Two days later he tries to say he “misspoke” about killing Jews, gets expelled. pic.twitter.com/OFXG8o0Xuy
They also had an audience with a sitting US senator.
Ilhan Omar shaking hands with Khymani James, who openly stated “Zionists don’t deserve to live.” Her daughter then hugs him. https://t.co/FUB63XHo1X
— Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) April 26, 2024
There goes the right, ***noticing*** shit. Seizing, pouncing, etc.