Protest against Israel’s genocide in Gaza continues to spread after Columbia University arrests (NYU, U Michigan, Yale, The New School, etc)

[Kooley_High]

I honestly think the way of protesting needs to be revisited. Just like with BLM, i feel a lot of people are trying to be a typecast 1970’s “revolutionary” and end up getting caught up in the their own hubris and narcissism. Image starts to become more important than long term goals and compromise.

I understand being passionate and wanting to make a difference with the humanitarian situation going on, but being disruptive, and issuing ultimatums isn't the way to get sympathy for a cause and people on your side.

Add to the fact that this occurred at an Ivy League school is even more worrisome. They are suppose to represent the brightest of us but seem to lack in leadership, and creativity when it comes to protesting. It look very undisciplined.

 

[LOST IN THE SAUCE]

isn't the way to get sympathy for a cause

I think you just have a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of the protests.

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

"If direct action programs alienate our friends … they never were really our friends."

 

[mastermind]

I understand being passionate and wanting to make a difference with the humanitarian situation going on, but being disruptive, and issuing ultimatums isn't the way to get sympathy for a cause and people on your side.

I actually think modern protesting is ineffective but your post shows you don’t understand what protesting is supposed to do and what it’s done through history. You dressed it in concern trolling, so props.

 

[nyknick]

I honestly think the way of protesting needs to be revisited. Just like with BLM, i feel a lot of people are trying to be a typecast 1970’s “revolutionary” and end up getting caught up in the their own hubris and narcissism. Image starts to become more important than long term goals and compromise.

I understand being passionate and wanting to make a difference with the humanitarian situation going on, but being disruptive, and issuing ultimatums isn't the way to get sympathy for a cause and people on your side.

Add to the fact that this occurred at an Ivy League school is even more worrisome. They are suppose to represent the brightest of us but seem to lack in leadership, and creativity when it comes to protesting. It look very undisciplined.

Same.

I liked it better when Matt Damon and Nelson Mandela played a game of rugby and ended apartheid.

 

[mastermind]

Also not surprised one of this forum’s foremost least informed, centrist dad historians dapped that shythouse of a post.

 

[wire28]

Have the Allstars come up with a plan to dismantle the powers that be or we still in the complaining about Joe Biden / Trump can’t be any worse phase?

 

[LOST IN THE SAUCE]

Have the Allstars come up with a plan to dismantle the powers that be or we still in the complaining about Joe Biden / Trump can’t be any worse phase?

Not sure if you're aware, but your candidate actually won the primary, so this is your plan in action. Whats the next step you guys have for us?

 

[wire28]

Not sure if you're aware, but your candidate actually won the primary, so this is your plan in action. Whats the next step you guys have for us?

This thread has shown me the light. Rich ivy league white kids being oppressed was all it took for me to see maybe Trump wasn’t so bad after all. So the real question is what is our next step to dismantle the system?

 

[LOST IN THE SAUCE]

This thread has shown me the light. Rich ivy league white kids being oppressed was all it took for me to see maybe Trump wasn’t so bad after all. So the real question is what is our next step to dismantle the system?

The left got edged out, this is your show buddy. You can't pass blame when your team holds power. It's pretty concerning that you guys don't have your own plan

We're seeing facilitation of a genocide, support for an extremist right-wing apartheid government, and now fascist violence by the state being inflicted against it's own citizens who protest.

This was the centrist choice. The best choice, I was told. You guys really don't have a next step? Where are you guys leading us?

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

The left got edged out, this is your show buddy. You can't pass blame when your team holds power. It's pretty concerning that you guys don't have your own plan

We're seeing facilitation of a genocide, support for an extremist right-wing apartheid government, and now fascist violence by the state being inflicted against it's own citizens who protest.

This was the centrist choice. The best choice, I was told. You guys really don't have a next step? Where are you guys leading us?

I’ll never forget what they did to Bernie.

Don’t forget that RFK, Jill Stein, and Trump who used to be a Democrat will be on the ballot!

We have options

 

[wire28]

The left got edged out, this is your show buddy. You can't pass blame when your team holds power. It's pretty concerning that you guys don't have your own plan

We're seeing facilitation of a genocide, support for an extremist right-wing apartheid government, and now fascist violence by the state being inflicted against it's own citizens who protest.

This was the centrist choice. The best choice, I was told. You guys really don't have a next step? Where are you guys leading us?

I’m trying to join your side but you don’t seem too welcoming or like you have an idea of how to take down the system.

@Pressure and Biden atleast have ice cream

 

[the cac mamba]

The left got edged out, this is your show buddy. You can't pass blame when your team holds power.

do you get to complain about Trump, when the left stays home and lets him win?

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

‘No surprise’: US students slam Biden’s comments on Gaza encampments

Students say Biden risks ‘losing entire generation of voters’ over his Gaza policy and condemnation of college protests.

www.aljazeera.com