I came across a livestream a couple of hours ago and it looked like a "pre-protest" or overall discussion was going on of some sort. Apparently led by 2 UT profs. All incredibly peaceful and non-disruptive (no tents!) so no issue there. A few items stood out in the 20 mins or so I was listening (until it wrapped). There were some jewish students listening in as well that raised their hand to engage and they were ignored. Someone in the crowd asked if she considered Hamas a terrorist organization and she said something like I'm not answering that and moved on. Then, the kicker, for some reason she noted that IDF forces trained the APD. First of all - is there any truth to that? Second, no wonder these kids show up angry. Zero dialogue or room for discussion of alternative viewpoints and then you tell the students "the enemy" is training the APD. For what purpose? To get them riled up? Disappointing for a UT prof but maybe not surprising. It then panned over to the Jewish students getting interviewed by media after this session where they expressed their concerns about some of the rhetoric (and, by the way, praising the UT administration for efforts to help make them feel safe which gets lost in all of this). One mentioned he had politely sat down next to this professor on campus to talk to her about some of these issues, but again, refusal to engage in any discussion. So much for the free exchange of ideas and all that.