I just went to the UCLA Palestinian encampment, but couldn’t get very close.
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LeopoldBloom · M
The war started in October, around the beginning of the school year. Massive demonstrations erupted worldwide in protest.
So why are these encampments popping up right before finals week, after the most intense fighting has died down? The timing just seems odd. I keep hearing about “outside agitators,” which is a typical critique, but most of these people are students, right? So nothing all year until now?
So why are these encampments popping up right before finals week, after the most intense fighting has died down? The timing just seems odd. I keep hearing about “outside agitators,” which is a typical critique, but most of these people are students, right? So nothing all year until now?
Bumbles · 51-55, M
LeopoldBloom · M
@Bumbles I'm asking why they waited so long.
Bumbles · 51-55, M
@LeopoldBloom Politics and fear from the Pepper Spray incident a few years back. I also think Kent State is like a ghost over all of this.
trollslayer · 46-50, M
@LeopoldBloom From what I am reading, around half of those arrested are not students. But from what I remember of college, there were a significant number of people who hung around campus for whatever reason. I don't know if the non-students came to protest or were of the typical loitering crowd that is there all the time.
Regarding timing - I think it has to do with the WCK workers being killed, and the negative attention and condemnation that act brought. The protesters saw an opportunity to effect change when public perception of the war was very negative.
Regarding timing - I think it has to do with the WCK workers being killed, and the negative attention and condemnation that act brought. The protesters saw an opportunity to effect change when public perception of the war was very negative.
LeopoldBloom · M
@trollslayer And now they've managed to shift the narrative from "look what the IDF is doing in Gaza" to "look what those Hamas lovers are doing at UCLA."