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Palestine protests - what to do

I am hearing from one side that National Guard should be called. Given what happened at Kent State in 1970, I think this would make the issue worse. MUCH, MUCH WORSE. Generally, trying to forcefully remove people may seem like you are protecting people, but instead you are making things worse.

On the other hand, these protests have gotten serious and violent. How does one restore safety to campuses without infringing upon rights? We do have rights in the USA. If your campus is closed to students only, you can arrest non students. But if your campus is open (like most universities) - that's tough. I was once escorted off of a college campus for being a non-student. In my case, I walked onto a campus at night, by myself, not knowing I was on a campus. The campus police put me in the back of a police car and drove me off, saying they cannot charge me with anything, but they can warn me that I was trespassing and if I came back on campus without official business they could charge me with trespassing because I have already been warned. Not sure if that was legal, but I didn't test it.

So, what do people like Mike Johnson expect to be done? Clearly there is unchecked antisemitism amongst many of these protesters. And clearly there are non-student agitators joining the crowd. But what many people don't know, is that there are many Jewish people amongst the protesters, also protesting funding Israel's war machine, and the treatment of Palestinians. And they are facing harassment - from fellow jews and other Israel supporters.

I just feel like it is hard to find the truth here. I should point out that I have a Jewish family member who is faculty at Columbia, and she isn't fearful for her life. She seems to be more concerned with having to teach online classes for the rest of the semester.
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specman · 51-55, M
Send them to Palestine
@specman At least you're openly against the Constitution now. The Right usually isn't honest.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Deal. As long as we can send the people who refuse to accept Biden’s election win to Russia or North Korea.
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Chanted death to Mike Pence and attacked the police, resulting in five deaths, as actual terrorists.
@specman So you're against free speech?
Not that this is even happening at the protests outside of a tiny minority, but it's still a question of free speech.
specman · 51-55, M
@BohemianBoo I suppose they are not violent either
@specman The vast majority of them have been peaceful. But you're against free speech and the right to protest, so you want to lock them all up.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman I notice you’ve been on a lengthy timeout. Was it forced?
specman · 51-55, M
@BohemianBoo Have you seen our college campuses
specman · 51-55, M
@windinhishair no I’ve been taking a break and working a lot. Especially the past couple of weeks due to the rain.
@specman Yes, the anti-genocide protesters have been surprisingly peaceful, especially considering how many of them there are. But the police still attacked them, then arrested a bunch of them. It's just like the original civil rights protests.
But as a literal Fascist, you support that. You oppose the western values that America was built on.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Hopefully you aren’t negatively impacted by the flooding.
specman · 51-55, M
@windinhishair no so far it hasn’t affected us.
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Good. You're likely to continue to see flooding as a result of increasing rain from global climate change. Better plan ahead.
specman · 51-55, M
@windinhishair yeah I heard that this year was going to be bad
windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Get ready for one of the hottest years on record, if not the hottest.
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windinhishair · 61-69, M
@specman Twenty years from now you will look back on today's heat and wish it was that cool again.
specman · 51-55, M
@windinhishair yeah that’s true