Asking College Students if They Know Why They are Protesting

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Firstly, that has nothing to do with the demands made by the protestors regarding divestment, transparency etc.,

Secondly, the ask is fair, in my opinion. You have total chaos on campus, people being arrested, beaten by police, racist hate groups from both sides attacking each other etc., It would be difficult for students to sit for tests at this time. Is cancelling exams the right course of action? I dont know. But the ask is fair enough. They are not asking for just the protestors, or just the pro-Palestinian supporters. They are asking for everyone in the university whether or not they are a protestor, due to the extraneous circumstances. Fair enough. Grades dont mean anything any way. 🤷‍♂️
If you don't like what the school is doing...Don't go there!

learning the curriculum and passing the exams is kind of what the idea is. There's no free ride in life. Time they learned that.
 
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No, they can go there and demand the school change its policies. That is like saying the status quo should never be challenged. And in this case this letter was to not cancel all exams for eternity, but for this semester due to the chaos. Fair enough to ask. Especially when the days where grades actually mattered are long gone.
No no just leave...There will be more than enough students that will want to attend in their place.
 
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No, they can go there and demand the school change its policies. That is like saying the status quo should never be challenged. And in this case this letter was to not cancel all exams for eternity, but for this semester due to the chaos. Fair enough to ask. Especially when the days where grades actually mattered are long gone.
They did this to themselves, too.fucking.bad!
 
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Their demands are perfectly legitimate.
Actually they are comical.
They are students and have no say how the university runs their business. If they don't like it, go to another university.
Better yet go to the Middle East and help those Hamas terrorists out in their fight. They wouldn't last an hour.
 

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And I suppose you have evidence of this, that it isn't part of some right-wing conspiracy narrative.... :rolleyes:

time will tell,

Really. And I suppose you'd argue that when they do this at a MAGA rally and show the stupidity of those folks, you'd say that they don't represent the cult, er...movement...Let me put it this way, you ask enough people in a crowd about anything and you might get a nuanced, well thought out response, but more likely you'd get folks who say really stupid things, like saying Obama dropped the ball in his handling of 9/11....
well we know you are quite critical of MAGA rally's
for the most part those folks are not pleased with domestic issues that affect them directly

the blither youth are protesting about international problems that are driven by hated that has endured for a thousand years. problems that are infinitely more complex than the blither youth will ever understand
but they get to shout slogans and clap their hand with their friends





Yes, it is speculation. I'm glad you recognize it. I didn't think it was subtle, but with the righties on here, you never know. I'm sure you're trying to say that these protests are astroturfed.
blithering idiots repeated gathering enmass to protest against a war on the other side of the planet that they do not understand ,? yeah something is strange here

Maybe they are. Maybe people are attending them for multiple reasons
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one should have been able to articulate a legitimate reason -
did you take note of the girly who said she wanted to defund the police, but would call the police if needed
strange reason to be protesting Israel , , my guess is she show up at a protest against just about anything ,

"down with children, death to the middle class, put seniors on ice flows" clap clap, "down with children, death to the middle class, put seniors on ice flows" clap clap


Some might hate Hamas, but feel for the Palestinian people
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hate Hamas, but protest against the Israel ?
that rings the bell on the stupid meter


Others might just hate Israel. Jews
bingo
A hatred that dates back a thousand years
the left is so hypocritical

But, if some random dude who wasn't press started asking me questions....I might not want to answer. I'd call it the James O'Keefe response. They've probably seen clips that were used bad faith edits to makes soundbites that lack nuance, or are taken out of context to disparage the protests. I'm not saying main stream media doesn't do this, but there is significantly less chance that NBC would do that compared to some unknown dude with a YouTube channel.
too funny
these morons want to drive social change and they want their voices heard , but say 'no comment' when asked to state what they are protesting ?
 

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That is what I was telling Oracle. You are saying the status quo should never be challenged. Not true. The status quo should always be challenged when there is a need to.

Did what to themselves? Nothing has really happened to them.

Why should they leave? They can ask for what they want. Plus it was not even the students who asked for it. It was the editors of a college magazine.
It's not status quo, it's reality.
I would love to see these kids try and tell their employer, if they are lucky enough to have one, how to run their business. These kids won't last very long when they get to the real world. In for a big shock. I see nothing but future social assistance recipients.
 

The Oracle

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Nothing worse than the Jan 6, insurrection that you supported.
Show me where I supported that?
Its not like you actually care about vandalism or trespassing or public inconvenience ..
I was against the BLM riots
You seem to miraculously grow a conscience about these things only when these protests are about issues you dont agree with.
Remind me how you felt about the freedom convoy again,lol.
 

The Oracle

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I saw several posts of yours supporting it
Liar liar pants on fire.Prove it! Or retract it.
And of course you were against BLM lol
BLM riots caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage so yes I'm against that. How's Patrisse doing in her many houses these days?
And I didnt think anything about the convoy until they busted out their Nazi flags.
Yes those three flags out of thousands signifying that Mr. Trudeau was a Nazi...See you feel for the Liberal spin though.
 

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BLM riots caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage so yes I'm against that. How's Patrisse doing in her many houses these days?
In 2021, during the last slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, PLM became associated with BLM.
That was the start of zionism being associated with a KKK white supremacist ideology, the start of the protest for Palestinians rights.

 

The Oracle

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I am not going to dig around but I am very sure of reading your post on Jan 6.
No..No..No..You said I supported the Jan 6th fiasco...So prove it!...Show me where. If you can't then retract it.
Riots were a very small part of BLM protests and in most cases police started it.
Tell that to the good citizens of Minneapolis[/QUOTE]
As for the convoy, the entire convoy was arranged by this Nazi party from the west!
What!!.......Just stop lying!!...Holly crap.
 

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In 2021, during the last slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza, PLM became associated with BLM.
That was the start of zionism being associated with a KKK white supremacist ideology, the start of the protest for Palestinians rights.
The programming is deep with this member..
 

The Oracle

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If the universities are taking their tuition money and using it to support Israeli genocide they are right to protest.

Israel is freaking out, they know what this did to the Vietnam war.
Stop with your copy and paste Twitter barrage...Nobody is interested.

If you're not on board with where your tuition money is going then don't go there...That's simple.

Camping out on their front lawn and shitting in buckets and demanding food is crazy useless.

IDF is going to run through Rafa soon and these protestors won't matter one iota. This won't do squat except guarantee them to be unemployable in the future.
 

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Stop with your copy and paste Twitter barrage...Nobody is interested.

If you're not on board with where your tuition money is going then don't go there...That's simple.

Camping out on their front lawn and shitting in buckets and demanding food is crazy useless.

IDF is going to run through Rafa soon and these protestors won't matter one iota. This won't do squat except guarantee them to be unemployable in the future.
Tell mandrill and mitch to cut out their xit before I take that comment seriously.

If you go to a university and find out in the second month that the university is aiding genocide then you have a moral duty to protest.
Nobody knew they would back genocide before Oct.

Right wingers and racists thought people protesting against segregation in the 60's were harming their cause, they thought Vietnam protesters were harming their cause, its always the same. Protests work, that's why Israel has called these protests a 'direct threat to the existence of the State of Israel'.
That's why they are getting the AIPAC owned senators to launch a bill to ship protesters to Gaza.

Whine all you like, there are protests on every continent in the planet.
Genocide and white supremacy are really not popular.
 

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