(04-26-2024, 05:49 PM)guyfriday Wrote: Odd how the article stresses the George Soros angle, and ignores the facts that Alex Soros is now calling the shots on this. 


also not mention is how when attacked in the media Soros (both George and Alex) have been known to hide behind their Jewish Heritage. Now why would a Jewish born family be pushing this anti-Jewish agenda, unless?

(04-26-2024, 07:32 PM)Byrd Wrote: Thank you.

A more reasoned answer.  You might not remember that I'm a military brat and my dad was there in the middle of the fighting -- he did two tours and was embedded with the Vietnamese as an intelligence agent.  My former boss was also there as infantry.  Neither was spat upon and they did wear their uniforms while traveling.

I do remember the protests (I disagreed at that time with the protesters.) 

However, most of today's protests are against Israel for their over-the-top actions.  I can see launching attacks against Hamas (and today's weapons are sophisticated enough that surgical strikes, like the one against Bin Ladin and many other foes, can be done -- even when the target is inside a secured area and surrounded by civilians.)  

However, that's not what's being done.  Israel has the right to defend itself -- but killing aid workers and children don't come under that umbrella.

If you care to check closely (not the headlines but the news stories themselves or the organization) you will find that the protests have two main key points -- stopping the killing of civilians and the right of the Palestinians to have a free state with the borders that exist as of 1967: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Line_(Israel)#:~:text=The%20Green%20Line%20is%20often,of%20UN%20General%20Assembly%20resolutions

Mostly it's about ending the killings, as I'm sure you've probably noticed in reading articles from multiple news outlets. Peaceful protests are a guaranteed right under the First Amendment (even if I disagree with what's being protested.)  However, what we're seeing (at least in Texas) is an almost hysterical reaction to marches and protests that turns the whole thing violent.  I think that's wrong, and it's the kind of inane reaction that's blown up before (Vietnam War protest, civil rights protests, etc.)  Violent actions against protesters usually get an immediate backlash from those in the area, and that always turns violent.

Again, feel free to disagree or hammer a point with references.  I'm up for that.

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​​​​​​Thanks for your response.  I remember the same things that you point out -- most of the campus protesters were for peace and not against the ones who served.  And I remember communities welcoming service members home.

I agree that we're seeing the same kind of things today.

Quote: Columbia has been the scene of protests in the aftermath of Oct. 7, when Hamas brutally attacked Israelis in their homes. The terrorists killed innocent people, raped helpless targets, and took hostages. I am not aware of any protests where the Columbia students spoke out against the Oct. 7 attack. Instead, they condemn Israel for defending itself and for striking back against the terror network.
A group of students, calling themselves Columbia University Apartheid Divest, erected dozens of tents in the early morning hours last Thursday on the lawn at the center of campus. They declared the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment.”

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The whole thing was so weird, so unbalanced and vicious, it didn’t seem normal; it didn’t seem like a natural outgrowth of honest dissent. Everything seemed planned and staged, like an open-air performance. People wore costumes. They recited lines. They had choruses. Even their tent city was like a stage set. The tents are identical to one another, and obviously came from the same supplier.
 
The whole thing seemed very discordant; as in, why now? In years gone by, the situation in Israel / Gaza has not been high on the radar at U.S. college campuses. Students have been far more interested in things that could apply to their own lives, such as, the abortion debate. Why are they so suddenly interested in the Palestinian cause? 
 
Someone sent me a tip that the protests were using paid participants. This apparently is a thing. There is a company on the web that says it provides crowds or protesters for events and PR stunts.

Quote: 
I turned to the nearest agitator. 
 
“Are you being paid to attend this protest?”

She immediately began screaming at me.

“Why are you here? Why do you support Hamas? Did someone pay you?” I asked.

Her tone grew angrier. Her friends joined in.

I called Susan. I wanted her to hear the shrieking. Some of it was from the small group near me, and some came from the crowd at large. These people definitely like to yell.

My personal screamers closed in. Their tone got uglier. They accused me of being Jewish – as if that were a crime. One of them was carrying a tree branch.

I spoke into the phone: “They have a tree branch.”

A few crowd-clumps away, a lawn chair took flight. I couldn’t tell where it landed. I told Susan: “Someone threw a chair.” An identical chair soon followed. “There goes another one.”

Susan said some stuff I couldn’t decipher. Then she started yelling at me.

“I can’t hear you,” I said. “It’s too noisy.”

Then I get this:
GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!
 
Okay boss. Got it.

I backstepped slowly away. They followed. I got a heavy “rabid animal” vibe. I thought of dropping to the ground and baring my throat, as a sarcastic counter-protest, but I figured they wouldn’t appreciate the joke. I kept walking. My haters followed me a little ways. Then they seemed to lose interest.

(04-21-2024, 05:22 PM)Nerb Wrote: Can you please explain what on Earth you are talking about?

Links, Information, Opinion, Facts etc.

(04-27-2024, 05:35 AM)FlyersFan Wrote: These are not antiwar protests.  They are antiJew.  Anyone chanting 'from the river to the sea' is calling for the extermination of the Jews and the destruction of Israel ... and NOT a two state solution.   If Israel stops the war against Hamas, then Hamas wins and it, along with the 'palestinians' will just attack Israel again and again and again.  They have said they would.  Therefore, Israel can't stop.  It would be suicide.

(04-26-2024, 07:32 PM)Byrd Wrote: I agree that we're seeing the same kind of things today.

(04-27-2024, 01:12 PM)Blaine91555 Wrote: Yeah, its the 60s and early 70s all over again. Right down to the BLM rioting and looting much like the 60s. I was a kid but I remember it.

It's not just that, but also the fears of WW3. I remember the brochures my father had on the coffee table that advertised bomb shelter plans. The siren tests and the drills. I half expect things like that to start up as what appears to the genuine birth of WW3 progresses. Seems like history truly does repeat and fear is the trigger.

Quote:George Soros and his hard-left acolytes are paying agitators who are fueling the explosion of radical anti-Israel protests at colleges across the country.
The protests, which began when students took over Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus lawn last week, have mushroomed nationwide.
Copycat tent cities have been set up at colleges including Harvard, Yale, Berkeley in California, the Ohio State University and Emory in Georgia — all of them organized by branches of the Soros-funded Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) — and at some, students have clashed with police.
 The SJP parent organization has been funded by a network of nonprofits ultimately funded by, among others, Soros, the billionaire left-wing investor.
At three colleges, the protests are being encouraged by paid radicals who are “fellows” of a Soros-funded group called the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR).

https://x.com/NoahPollak/status/1784383612554707029

(04-28-2024, 06:57 AM)Tarzan the apeman. Wrote: [Image: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GMNZ-PtWgAA8VNB?format=png&name=small]
Someone had a sale on tents.