Pro-Palestine Anti-Israel College Campus Protests

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Invasive mandatory DEI training without having a basis previous to it to know when a big pill is being jammed down their throats. So maybe a little from column A & a little from column B sort’a thing there too.
Maybe if Schindler wore brightly coloured tights?
 

Ron in Regina

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Radioactive lobe thingies, superheto grade facial fishing tackle.

Did you notice the protestors look like the students that never get invited to house parties or nights out at a club?
I also enjoyed “Revenge of the Nerds” back in the mid-80’s…but this is something different again. This DEI brainwashed rhetoric to draw in the useful idiots seems to….ugh…I’m not sure how to word this without coming off as completely dismissive.
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I don’t even pretend to know more about this conflict than I do, but in the last seven months we’ve all had sort of a crash course on this goat rodeo. The absolutely clueless protesters camping out potentially indefinitely…so many seem to know next to nothing about what they’re protesting not only against, but for. It’s bizarre.

In these sort’a things, I look at who’s hiding their identities as protestors or counter protestors, vs who isn’t. That alone is usually quite telling.
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Then is the one on the left below the only one double-vax’d against Jew Cooties?
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Then all the ones below realize that COVID has come and gone already?
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This could all be a coincidence, but probably not.
 

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I also enjoyed “Revenge of the Nerds” back in the mid-80’s…but this is something different again. This DEI brainwashed rhetoric to draw in the useful idiots seems to….ugh…I’m not sure how to word this without coming off as completely dismissive.
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I don’t even pretend to know more about this conflict than I do, but in the last seven months we’ve all had sort of a crash course on this goat rodeo. The absolutely clueless protesters camping out potentially indefinitely…so many seem to know next to nothing about what they’re protesting not only against, but for. It’s bizarre.

In these sort’a things, I look at who’s hiding their identities as protestors or counter protestors, vs who isn’t. That alone is usually quite telling.
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Then is the one on the left below the only one double-vax’d against Jew Cooties?
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Then all the ones below realize that COVID has come and gone already?
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This could all be a coincidence, but probably not.
I wish we had protests that size. I'm sitting on a few tonnes of chickpeas and durum. Could have set up a pita and humus stand.
 

Ron in Regina

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Hamza Howidy has one word for the students at alleged pro-Palestinian protests rocking campuses across North America: hypocrites.

“I don’t see a single pro-Palestinian protester demanding Hamas surrender,” said Howidy, a Palestinian from Gaza who was twice arrested and tortured by Hamas.

“I think that’s part of their hypocrisy because I believe that what motivates many of them is their deep hatred for the Jews and their antisemitism.”

Howidy, 27, accused protesters of being ignorant of the crimes Hamas has committed in Gaza and of the suffering and torture the de facto government inflicts on Palestinians in the region.
 

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Hamza Howidy has one word for the students at alleged pro-Palestinian protests rocking campuses across North America: hypocrites.

“I don’t see a single pro-Palestinian protester demanding Hamas surrender,” said Howidy, a Palestinian from Gaza who was twice arrested and tortured by Hamas.

“I think that’s part of their hypocrisy because I believe that what motivates many of them is their deep hatred for the Jews and their antisemitism.”

Howidy, 27, accused protesters of being ignorant of the crimes Hamas has committed in Gaza and of the suffering and torture the de facto government inflicts on Palestinians in the region.
Surrender? In the end, Israel lost this conflict. Netanyahu blew it.
 

Ron in Regina

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It’s all fun and games until someone gets a stick in the eye .
Congratulations, Jews and their allies are now officially estranged from and ostracized from main U of T campus, which is proudly flying the flag of Jew hate (if you doubt that, read any number of blogs tweets and articles, watch the reels and TikToks about folks trying to cross main campus or what they see when they visit).
 

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Congratulations, Jews and their allies are now officially estranged from and ostracized from main U of T campus, which is proudly flying the flag of Jew hate (if you doubt that, read any number of blogs tweets and articles, watch the reels and TikToks about folks trying to cross main campus or what they see when they visit).
Safe space , the university should be a safe place for all . Once universities started safe places , cancelling speakers and dividing students by race and gender the unrest has increasingly gotten harsher and louder , is anyone surprised that has morphed into this . That happens when you let a sore fester, even sores of your own making . Sooner or latter the pushback from normal students will happen . It has started in some American campuses.
 

Ron in Regina

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“Pro-Palestinian” protests have been erupting on college campuses across North America for the past few weeks, led, rather prolifically, by Columbia University, followed closely by others such as New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale. Some demonstrators have not only set up tent encampments, but have clashed with police and other students, resulting in violence, rule violations, vandalism and ultimately arrests in the U.S. In Canada, tents have been set up in schools like the University of Toronto, McGill in Montreal, and the University of British Columbia.

Something curious is going on in the upside-down world we’ve been finding ourselves in. Students are fighting for freedom of speech. Well, their freedom of speech, that is.

The protests have tested the boundaries of free expression, since many have taken place on private property against the rules of the institutions. While many protesters have participated peacefully, there have also been reports of harassment, intimidation, calls for violence and support for Hamas, which is a designated terror organization in Canada. In response, many schools have attempted to balance free speech rights with safety concerns and significant academic disruptions — with a number of schools moving to remote learning or cancelling exams. Columbia has even cancelled its commencement ceremony.

On the one hand, where shouldn’t the free exchange of ideas thrive more than on a university campus? Yet, it’s been well-documented for some time now that numerous colleges have abdicated their commitment to free expression.
Many of the protesters wear masks to protect their identities because they fear retaliation by those who find their views and actions abhorrent. They register complaints about the “cancel culture” that has come for some, after they were caught on camera uttering words that others found repugnant — at times even advocating for the murder of certain people, or justifying violence as “resistance.”

There’s a terrific sense of irony here because not so long ago, the same people equated “cancel culture” with “accountability culture” and supported censoring certain speech they didn’t like.

Similarly, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which tracks speech tolerance on campuses in the United States, has ranked Harvard, Yale, Portland State, Columbia and New York University towards the bottom for free speech and open inquiry.

Yet, these schools have been among the major sites for recent protests. The same students who actively shut down discourse, bred a culture of academic intolerance, targeted professors and campaigned to cancel guest speakers with whom they disagree … are now lobbying for their right to free speech.

Perhaps these individuals will now understand the importance of allowing speech for all and come to value it. Perhaps they will see that power comes with a tendency to limit the speech of the opposition, and that the wheels of power can turn quickly. Perhaps this is a hopeful moment.

And yet, based on the unwillingness of the protesters to engage with those who hold different opinions, I’m not convinced. While they advocate for their speech (and right to protest), they are no less willing to engage in shutting down those who oppose them — even resorting to violence, bullying tactics and harassment to do so.

We should support the right to a peaceful protest, regardless of our own agreement. Speech has repercussions, but we should be cautious about distinguishing between a thoughtful good-faith opinion based on facts and advocacy for violence or harassment.

We should look at things with nuance, instead of resorting to emotional knee-jerk reactions. We should attempt to understand and discuss before we jump to destroying someone’s life. We shouldn’t take away someone else’s right to listen to speech we disagree with. We should strive to encourage respectful discourse between people who disagree so that we can make better sense of issues.
 
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“Pro-Palestinian” protests have been erupting on college campuses across North America for the past few weeks, led, rather prolifically, by Columbia University, followed closely by others such as New York University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Yale. Some demonstrators have not only set up tent encampments, but have clashed with police and other students, resulting in violence, rule violations, vandalism and ultimately arrests in the U.S. In Canada, tents have been set up in schools like the University of Toronto, McGill in Montreal, and the University of British Columbia.

Something curious is going on in the upside-down world we’ve been finding ourselves in. Students are fighting for freedom of speech. Well, their freedom of speech, that is.

The protests have tested the boundaries of free expression, since many have taken place on private property against the rules of the institutions. While many protesters have participated peacefully, there have also been reports of harassment, intimidation, calls for violence and support for Hamas, which is a designated terror organization in Canada. In response, many schools have attempted to balance free speech rights with safety concerns and significant academic disruptions — with a number of schools moving to remote learning or cancelling exams. Columbia has even cancelled its commencement ceremony.

On the one hand, where shouldn’t the free exchange of ideas thrive more than on a university campus? Yet, it’s been well-documented for some time now that numerous colleges have abdicated their commitment to free expression.
Many of the protesters wear masks to protect their identities because they fear retaliation by those who find their views and actions abhorrent. They register complaints about the “cancel culture” that has come for some, after they were caught on camera uttering words that others found repugnant — at times even advocating for the murder of certain people, or justifying violence as “resistance.”

There’s a terrific sense of irony here because not so long ago, the same people equated “cancel culture” with “accountability culture” and supported censoring certain speech they didn’t like.

Similarly, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which tracks speech tolerance on campuses in the United States, has ranked Harvard, Yale, Portland State, Columbia and New York University towards the bottom for free speech and open inquiry.

Yet, these schools have been among the major sites for recent protests. The same students who actively shut down discourse, bred a culture of academic intolerance, targeted professors and campaigned to cancel guest speakers with whom they disagree … are now lobbying for their right to free speech.

Perhaps these individuals will now understand the importance of allowing speech for all and come to value it. Perhaps they will see that power comes with a tendency to limit the speech of the opposition, and that the wheels of power can turn quickly. Perhaps this is a hopeful moment.

And yet, based on the unwillingness of the protesters to engage with those who hold different opinions, I’m not convinced. While they advocate for their speech (and right to protest), they are no less willing to engage in shutting down those who oppose them — even resorting to violence, bullying tactics and harassment to do so.

We should support the right to a peaceful protest, regardless of our own agreement. Speech has repercussions, but we should be cautious about distinguishing between a thoughtful good-faith opinion based on facts and advocacy for violence or harassment.

We should look at things with nuance, instead of resorting to emotional knee-jerk reactions. We should attempt to understand and discuss before we jump to destroying someone’s life. We shouldn’t take away someone else’s right to listen to speech we disagree with. We should strive to encourage respectful discourse between people who disagree so that we can make better sense of issues.
A trucker counter protest with plenty of diesel fumes and airhorns is needed.

Honk Honk
 

Ron in Regina

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They were also told they could return to the university on Friday, provided they don't bring any "encampments, barricades or obstructions."
As with CUPE and the Steelworkers, the UAW is an official backer of the anti-Israel campus occupations across the United States. A Wall Street Journal editorial on Monday nicely summarized the state of the autoworkers union: “The UAW has a Gaza Policy.” The Journal accused UAW President Shawn Fain of launching an anti-Israel campaign within days of the October 7 Hamas attacks by calling on Israel to halt its war of self-defence after Hamas mutilated women and killed 1,200 Israelis, etc…
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In Canada, lack of connection between working conditions and the Middle East is irrelevant. In an interview, MacNeill said unions have a blank cheque to take positions on issues that “are not part of their core mandate” of collective bargaining. How many members of the Steelworkers, CUPE and the UAW ask: “Why is my union doing this?”

The answer in Canada is because they can, thanks mainly to a Supreme Court of Canada 1991 decision that gave union management the right to do whatever they want with union dues, regardless of the views of the members who paid the dues.
So which Trade Union will Hamas end up joining (?) and will they pay their dues directly or through UNRWA?
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