Worldwide Israel/Palestine War Protests Thread

[PenelopeWitherspoon 18509]

2 hours ago, Macklemore said:

No you’re just the poster with the most negs in surly history who likes to gatekeep with the other members of the CR cabal with your negs. You can’t get away with that bullshit in the Daily Texan.

Ok, Icono.  Get any jersey's tailored lately?  

[Evil Bill Obrien 3024]

2 hours ago, Macklemore said:

No you’re just the poster with the most negs in surly history who likes to gatekeep with the other members of the CR cabal with your negs. You can’t get away with that bullshit in the Daily Texan.

[lucious leftfoot 126]

I don’t know where this happened or the circumstances. I just love the trash can shields. 
 

 

[InkaUtexas 24934]

Shields are classic. So is running straight into the cop who is larger and falling on my ass to be arrested. Then  you have him getting away, to be put into a bear hug by some dude watching and handed back to the cops. Buddy comes, cop says something immediate "its cool Bro" hand signal.

Clip has it all.

[Macklemore 2860]

56 minutes ago, PenelopeWitherspoon said:

Ok, Icono.  Get any jersey's tailored lately?  

Thanks for inquiring, I’m getting my first new Texans jersey in over 7 years. Did you know that the Texans are getting new unis? They’re fire. I am getting a Will Anderson Jr. in white. Go down to the team store at NRG next time you grace us with your presence and you can rock one too. 

Edited May 2 by Macklemore

[52-80 19001]

2 hours ago, aggie08 said:

Uh, if you haven't noticed, this thread has been completely taken over and CR'd by a certain few and their warped ass Twitter feeds for a few days now. And it's not the "cabal".

I get it. This is a slam dunk for the "leftist views run amok" crowd. But it's okay to just call it what it is at this point.

Guys whats really important to know here isnt that the histrionic cosplaying on college is being mocked for being histrionic cosplay. Its thats the mocking is being done by the “bad” people and their warped Twitter feeds. 

[DixonHur 10862]

2 hours ago, aggie08 said:

Uh, if you haven't noticed, this thread has been completely taken over and CR'd by a certain few and their warped ass Twitter feeds for a few days now. And it's not the "cabal".

I get it. This is a slam dunk for the "leftist views run amok" crowd. But it's okay to just call it what it is at this point.

How should these protests be discussed?  Perhaps, I'm just not creative enough, but how can this be discussed in a way that doesn't bleed over into politics?  

They are literally political protests.  Probably shouldn't have been started in DT to begin with.

[Frank Drebin 5361]

Just now, DixonHur said:

How should these protests be discussed?  Perhaps, I'm just not creative enough, but how can this be discussed in a way that doesn't bleed over into politics?  

They are literally political protests.  Probably shouldn't have been started in DT to begin with.

Like we are doing.  Making fun of these losers.

[aggie08 20488]

17 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Guys whats really important to know here isnt that the histrionic cosplaying on college is being mocked for being histrionic cosplay. Its thats the mocking is being done by the “bad” people and their warped Twitter feeds. 

Have at it, dude. They deserve mockery. But we don't have to pretend that this thread hasn't been CR'd to fuck. It is what it is.

[DixonHur 10862]

6 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Have at it, dude. They deserve mockery. But we don't have to pretend that this thread hasn't been CR'd to fuck. It is what it is.

Again, what's an example of a non-CR way to discuss this?  I'm serious.  I'm at a loss.

[Macklemore 2860]

7 minutes ago, aggie08 said:

Have at it, dude. They deserve mockery. But we don't have to pretend that this thread hasn't been CR'd to fuck. It is what it is.

Don’t you think it’s better to have a much broader cross-section of surly posting about these protests than in the CR echo chamber. BTW, this thread does not belong in CR. No one here is blaming Biden or saying these protests are a GOP psyop. That shit belongs in CR.

[52-80 19001]

22 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

Like we are doing.  Making fun of these losers.

Exactly. I support their right to say and do dumb shit, because it gives everyone else the opportunity to mock them ceaselessly. Thats the consequence that they need to learn. 

And if their speech spills over into lawlessness and violence, they should be arrested and expelled. Thats an important consequence too. 

While they aren’t, but they’re crying foul over not getting their pizzas doordashed, they should be ridiculed. All of stupidity can never be eradicated, but some of it might be shamed into remission.

[Dennis Taylor 18611]

4 hours ago, CoTex said:

Tell me it's a coincidence that this "mall" is named Northrop.  If the land was donated by these guys

Home | Northrop Grumman

Well that's just too fucking rich.

Mr. Northrop and his blood money say "get off my lawn."

 

[YGIFS 19445]

^

Pos rep.  Always loved the way Ned delivered that line.  csb/ friend of mine we do CRE deals with, his grandmother was a close friend of Kurt Vonnegut (who appears in the movie as you likely recall).  He has all kinds of cool letters Kurt wrote her, personalized rough drafts of books, etc (they all lived near Kurt in his later years in Indianapolis).  Anyway, he scribbled out a note about that movie in which he says he told Harold Ramis to name the character 'Melon' as a ribbing joke to the Mellon family who basically bought their way into academia despite deploring the idea of the unwashed becoming educated.  I suppose we're seeing some of that today on campuses-not unworthy of education, but quite the dumbasses.       circle of life Simba.  

[Dennis Taylor 18611]

20 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

 

While they aren’t, but they’re crying foul over not getting their pizzas doordashed, they should be ridiculed. All of stupidity can never be eradicated, but some of it might be shamed into remission.

If the protestors would just look around they'd realize there's no one available to DoorDash 

[66BUFF 2539]

3 hours ago, Skipper said:

This has pretty much always been the case for student protestors.  Largely don't otherwise have a social life so they find each other and socialize over whatever flavor of the month they decide to protest or cause they take up.  It's their version of a fraternity/sorority. 

 

[InkaUtexas 24934]

There were some cute Latina's in MECHA during my time on the 40. Yeah, I went to a few events for sure. Their after parties were a lot of fun.

 

[BrickHorn 18072]

3 hours ago, Skipper said:

This has pretty much always been the case for student protestors.  Largely don't otherwise have a social life so they find each other and socialize over whatever flavor of the month they decide to protest or cause they take up.  It's their version of a fraternity/sorority. 

“Only people who don’t party care about injustice enough to speak out against it” is a weird fucking take. 

[CoTex 1157]

2 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Shields are classic. So is running straight into the cop who is larger and falling on my ass to be arrested. Then  you have him getting away, to be put into a bear hug by some dude watching and handed back to the cops. Buddy comes, cop says something immediate "its cool Bro" hand signal.

Clip has it all.

They spent a lot of time on those shields and then, in a moment, shield gone and you're on your ass being handcuffed by the fascist pig oppressors.

I guess that's a free shield for some bystander.

[Parliament 14024]

30 minutes ago, 66BUFF said:

 

"Free Nelson Mandela!"

"They freed him already."

[52-80 19001]

Just now, Parliament said:

"Free Nelson Mandela!"

"They freed him already."

What about mumia abu jamal?

[YGIFS 19445]

6 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

lol they run like girls

They run like Josh Hawley in a 'Special Olympics' race.  

This is all so damn performative.  Everybody is being ridiculous.  There's not a cop or a university administrator or student protestor that remotely explain the millennia-long beef between Palestinians and Jews.  None of these fucking people on either side knew where the fuck the Gaza Strip was a year ago, they thought it was that Falafel place just off campus that also did pussy waxing. 

It's another version of millions of Americans condemning our support of Ukraine against Russia.  They don't know the history of their quarrel, the geopolitical ramifications of a 600km Eastern European theater of war and what it means to NATO.  

Not even the State Dept. or Dod knows all of this, but for fuck's sakes..........before you scream on the floor of the U.S. House or from a shanty tent on the campus Quad........do some basic fucking reading from a reliable source.  Better yet, just open up a fucking atlas.  Get off social media virals, put down your riot gear, open up a dialogue with your students, quit destroying property, take your concerns to the OCIOs, quit gassing kids, etc.  Everybody shut the fuck up about Russia, and China, and Palestine until you have clue fucking one about the nature of the issue.  Not saying I know everything about Yemen or Sudan or Taiwan or Hamas...but then I don't run a congressional district, or a university, or a student group, or a pillow company.  As David Mamet teaches us, "You'd know if you ever spent a day in your life.  You never open your mouth until you know what the shot is...You fucking child."  

[Rex Kramer 1240]

17 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

 

 

That last message is a nice touch

 

 

I was informed by jimmyjazz that masks don’t conceal identity, and he was adamant about it and called me a fascist moron at the common sense suggestion. 

[Frank Drebin 5361]

4 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

I was informed by jimmyjazz that masks don’t conceal identity, and he was adamant about it and called me a fascist moron at the common sense suggestion. 

No.  We are crazy.  All you need are the eyes to identify someone.  Covering the rest of your face doesn’t hide anything.  

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1548]

of all the hundreds arrested nationwide, any Zionists in that trap?

[Frank Drebin 5361]

 

[52-80 19001]

3 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

Oh my god this is some absolute mickey mouse Home Alone shit

 

[52-80 19001]

Acme ass meep meep roadrunner defensive toolkit

 

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1548]

2 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

whenever white supremacy is urgently needed on campus, frat boys are readily available.  For Free! 

[BurntEyes 5654]

3 hours ago, aggie08 said:

How many of these cats do you wager have ever been inside an REI?

Come on, you don't think any of these granola muching vegans ever make it to REI. 

I mean, they probably can't afford shit, understandably so, but they've been to REi to shop for sandals at least.

[Mikey4 2476]

That gofundme is up to $459,000, mostly from small (<$100) donations. If they're smart, they'll leverage this into a bigger, organized  response with social media presence.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager

[InkaUtexas 24934]

1 minute ago, Mikey4 said:

That gofundme is up to $459,000, mostly from small (<$100) donations. If they're smart, they'll leverage this into a bigger, organized  response with social media presence.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager

Spread it to other chapters and get them to do the same thing?

[Mikey4 2476]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Spread it to other chapters and get them to do the same thing?

That's what I'm thinking. A national, sort-of-organized counter protest of the national, sort-of-organized protest. Wcgw?

[washparkhorn 9920]

A fundamental contradiction of the US criminal justice system is that it places a high premium on law and order, yet those charged with upholding law and order repeatedly engage in illegal and unethical practice.

Let the kids protest. 

[Planet Houston 4918]

18 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Acme ass meep meep roadrunner defensive toolkit

 

Home Alone III - Wet Bandits on Campus

[BrickHorn 18072]

31 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

There's not a cop or a university administrator or student protestor that remotely explain the millennia-long beef between Palestinians and Jews.

Huh. Weird that no one can explain something that doesn’t exist.

[ChickenSandwich 9769]

29 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

I was informed by jimmyjazz that masks don’t conceal identity, and he was adamant about it and called me a fascist moron at the common sense suggestion. 

More worried about T100 cops with eye scanners  

[ztejas 42819]

7 minutes ago, washparkhorn said:

A fundamental contradiction of the US criminal justice system is that it places a high premium on law and order, yet those charged with upholding law and order repeatedly engage in illegal and unethical practice.

Let the kids protest. 

Would.

[utee94 15722]

46 minutes ago, BeardIP said:

Thread. This is turning out to be a pretty good thread.

This is absolutely the best and funniest thread on surly right now.

It's certainly not what the protesters intended, but throw together a clownshow, and you're gonna get laughed at.

(And possibly tazed because clownshows are scary)

[52-80 19001]

37 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

I was informed by jimmyjazz that masks don’t conceal identity, and he was adamant about it and called me a fascist moron at the common sense suggestion. 

What if the masks are for their long covid?

 

[Parliament 14024]

18 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Spread it to other chapters and get them to do the same thing?

Give it to a legit Gaza charity.

[52-80 19001]

20 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

That gofundme is up to $459,000, mostly from small (<$100) donations. If they're smart, they'll leverage this into a bigger, organized  response with social media presence.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/pi-kappa-phi-men-defended-their-flag-throw-em-a-rager

For $450k/day my friends and i are willing to defend either flags, american or palestinian. 

[bolverk 29107]

2 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Give it to a legit Gaza charity.

I like this idea, but maybe World Central Kitchen.

[InkaUtexas 24934]

10 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I like this idea, but maybe World Central Kitchen.

That would be a damn good one. But I would probably keep 25K for a bad ass kegger.

[Frank Drebin 5361]

 

[InkaUtexas 24934]

4 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

Why does her shirt say Press?

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1548]

6 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Why does her shirt say Press?

it's an invitation 

[InkaUtexas 24934]

Just now, Make em eat Taco Bell said:

it's an invitation 

The press is supposed to be neutral. That means not commenting.

[Make em eat Taco Bell 1548]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

The press is supposed to be neutral. That means not commenting.

that's not what i meant

[Sbbruin 21588]

9 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Why does her shirt say Press?

It should say pull