Worldwide Israel/Palestine War Protests Thread

[DixonHur 11959]

17 minutes ago, wildcat09 said:

Y'all know the violence at UCLA was overwhelmingly from counterprotesters, right? 

I am, that's why I literally said I think counterprotesters are worse than the original protesters, but they are both stupid.

[CHIEF 5223]

1 minute ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

Why is it always the same lame chant at every Pro-Palestinian protest on every US campus. Not only are these kids irrational, they are also unoriginal.

CHIEF

[utee94 16079]

WTH?  As an engineer, I feel threatened.   What do they want with me, and my people?

[DixonHur 11959]

4 minutes ago, utee94 said:

WTH?  As an engineer, I feel threatened.   What do they want with me, and my people?

She/He is pretty threatening...I've never seen a more unenthusiastic protest in my life.

[Bevo 13870]

56 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

And none of that should be controversial at all. The people defending these protests are 100% correct -- the police and universities should and must be hands off when it comes to peaceful, lawful protests. But once the protest crosses the line into violence or lawlessness, it needs to be addressed immediately or risk it evolving into the awful displays we are seeing around the country.

I think they also need to have plans in place for covering expenses. If property is damaged or clean-up is required, neither the city nor the school should be on the hook. Protests need to be scheduled and planned.

[Frank Drebin 5834]

 

 

[InkaUtexas 26860]

15 minutes ago, utee94 said:

WTH?  As an engineer, I feel threatened.   What do they want with me, and my people?

However, we did a study at ILAS looking into the background of terrorist leaders. Amazing how many were doctors and engineers. My assumption is they do not see grey, just right and wrong and thus justify actions. This was before 9-11. So when in the Middle East I did the same looking into Osama's group. yep. same pattern.

They listen to historians and philosophers, but those tend to talk and not do drastic action. Thank God @Brisketexan is an enchilada eating lawyer. Imagine if the was a Mech Engineer.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13725]

15 minutes ago, DixonHur said:

She/He is pretty threatening...I've never seen a more unenthusiastic protest in my life.

In fairness, it looks to be raining. If I was participating, I would ask if we could reconvene on Monday.

[wildcat09 29577]

9 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

However, we did a study at ILAS looking into the background of terrorist leaders. Amazing how many were doctors and engineers. My assumption is they do not see grey, just right and wrong and thus justify actions. This was before 9-11. So when in the Middle East I did the same looking into Osama's group. yep. same pattern.

They listen to historians and philosophers, but those tend to talk and not do drastic action. Thank God @Brisketexan is an enchilada eating lawyer. Imagine if the was a Mech Engineer.

The engineers need to preemptively get gibbets. For public safety.

[BrickHorn 18447]

1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

Most people are pro free speech and pro order

War is Peace

Freedom is Slavery

Order is Free Speech

[BurntEyes 6291]

2 hours ago, DixonHur said:

Someone needs a civil rights history lesson.

And a few less NOI feeds on her social media.

[BurntEyes 6291]

45 minutes ago, utee94 said:

WTH?  As an engineer, I feel threatened.   What do they want with me, and my people?

EEs are fine, it's the Palestinian hating MEs and Pro-Israel CEs that are the problem. 

[bolverk 30313]

Don't get me started on train engineers. Those guys are the worst!

[rage-a-holic 4732]

47 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

They'll be throwing lots of "roof parties" for them

[Grimas 674]

2 hours ago, Frank Drebin said:

Yeah, he's done.  Good think he wasn't wearing a mask.

You know, that's at Ol'Miss, right? I'm sure he'll have a job lined up from daddy or one of his buddies dads who thinks what he did was great...

[Mikey4 2484]

4 hours ago, Helobious said:

didn’t take long for racists to take over the counter-protests. 

That's a very big accusation. Which counter-protests were overtaken by racists, and how do you know they are racist? The videos I saw mainly show people singing the national anthem and displaying the American flag, which is protected free speech, not racism. I saw a couple of instances where counter-protesters yelled, hit, or said mean things to protesters, but I didn't see where they had overtaken the counter-protests, and I didn't hear obvious racist slurs.

[Helobious 9817]

3 minutes ago, Mikey4 said:

That's a very big accusation. Which counter-protests were overtaken by racists, and how do you know they are racist? The videos I saw mainly show people singing the national anthem and displaying the American flag, which is protected free speech, not racism. I saw a couple of instances where counter-protesters yelled, hit, or said mean things to protesters, but I didn't see where they had overtaken the counter-protests, and I didn't hear obvious racist slurs.

You don’t think making gorilla noises towards black people is racist at all? 

[Frank Drebin 5834]

 

 

[Frank Drebin 5834]

2 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You don’t think making gorilla noises towards black people is racist at all? 

Absolutely was.  I honestly did not see that part before I posted the video.  That is a clear example of racism of a counter protestor.  That's the only one I have seen so far.

[Frank Drebin 5834]

16 minutes ago, Grimas said:

You know, that's at Ol'Miss, right? I'm sure he'll have a job lined up from daddy or one of his buddies dads who thinks what he did was great...

Maybe.  Maybe not.  My son's high school in Houston sends quite a few kids to Ole Miss and 100% of them pledge.  The parents I know would be very ashamed if their son did that.  And worried that he had just screwed up his life.

That was unacceptable and that young man knows better.  Mock them all you want.  Don't be a racist prick in doing so.

[Gene Parmesan 4064]

Gorillas are powerful and majestic beings and are considered highly intelligent.  Maybe he was honoring her.

[closetohumping 17803]

3 hours ago, DixonHur said:

I know it goes against human nature to a large degree, but I think it would be better if they just ignored the protesters, and eventually they'll get bored and go home.

Protesting is stupid, IMO, but counter protesting is even worse.  All it does is raise tensions and create a tinderbox for violence.  

Ignore the protestors who are taking over buildings and keeping you from going to class?

[Sbbruin 22142]

1 hour ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

Sounds like paradise.  They should go.

[DixonHur 11959]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

In fairness, it looks to be raining. If I was participating, I would ask if we could reconvene on Monday.

Now that's what I call dedication to the cause, lol

[DixonHur 11959]

53 minutes ago, BurntEyes said:

And a few less NOI feeds on her social media.

*fewer

But, for those of us who don't speak social media, what's an NOI feed?

37 minutes ago, rage-a-holic said:

They'll be throwing lots of "roof parties" for them

First step's a doozy

[DixonHur 11959]

15 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

Ignore the protestors who are taking over buildings and keeping you from going to class?

I meant the peaceful protestors, but yeah, if they should still be ignored by the student body when they start tearing shit up....that's a job for the cops.

Edited May 3 by DixonHur

[DixonHur 11959]

27 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Sounds like paradise.  They should go.

I don't know, Iranians offered too, so I'd have to weigh the NIL offers.

[Mikey4 2484]

35 minutes ago, Helobious said:

You don’t think making gorilla noises towards black people is racist at all? 

That's not what you said. You said that racists have overtaken the counter-protests. The implication is that the people displaying the American flag and singing the anthem are engaging in racism. They're not.

[66BUFF 2608]

1 hour ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

In fairness, it looks to be raining. If I was participating, I would ask if we could reconvene on Monday.

 

[Don Johnson 4847]

 

[Macklemore 2945]

 

[52-80 19377]

46 minutes ago, Gene Parmesan said:

Gorillas are powerful and majestic beings and are considered highly intelligent.  Maybe he was honoring her.

What if the gorilla guy was a pro-Hamas agitator sent in to discredit the counter-protestor ?!?!?11!1!?

[Frank Drebin 5834]

 

 

[52-80 19377]

1 minute ago, Macklemore said:

 

Liberal arts majors

[Sawbonz 28198]

lol this thread

[closetohumping 17803]

14 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

Sec sec sec. Southern schools are harder to occupy 

Edited May 3 by closetohumping

[BrickHorn 18447]

10 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

Good God. Kewpie dolls have come to life and they’re posting Nazi shit on Twitter!

[Frank Drebin 5834]

3 minutes ago, BrickHorn said:

Good God. Kewpie dolls have come to life and they’re posting Nazi shit on Twitter!

It's clearly Nazi stuff.  

[Brisketexan 106874]

24 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

LSU.  The university that has a campus full of lakes....the location of which was selected by Huey Long to keep Southern (OMG BLACK PEOPLE!) from being built adjacent to it.  Yes.  I'll be taking my cues on justice and the treatment of people from....LSU.

[InkaUtexas 26860]

30 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

Liberal arts majors

Lib Arts is what runs nations and makes sure dickhead engineers have jobs.

[Frank Drebin 5834]

11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

LSU.  The university that has a campus full of lakes....the location of which was selected by Huey Long to keep Southern (OMG BLACK PEOPLE!) from being built adjacent to it.  Yes.  I'll be taking my cues on justice and the treatment of people from....LSU.

What relevance does that have today?  You telling me a Democrat governor in the South 100 years ago was racist?  No shit.

[bolverk 30313]

17 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

LSU.  The university that has a campus full of lakes....the location of which was selected by Huey Long to keep Southern (OMG BLACK PEOPLE!) from being built adjacent to it.  Yes.  I'll be taking my cues on justice and the treatment of people from....LSU.

I don't get how that's "patriotic." I understand flying the Israeli flag as part of a counterprotest, but what's with waving the American flag and singing the National Anthem in response? I mean, polls show that more Americans support an independent Palestinian state than don't, and official US policy has long worked toward a two-state solution.

Edited May 3 by bolverk

[Macklemore 2945]

10 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Lib Arts is what runs nations and makes sure dickhead engineers have jobs.

You can’t be serious. Other than liberal arts majors that go to law school, they have hard time finding work straight out of school.

[InkaUtexas 26860]

2 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

You can’t be serious. Other than liberal arts majors that go to law school, they have hard time finding work straight out of school.

Nope.

[Bevo 13870]

48 minutes ago, Macklemore said:

 

 

The references take up the most time.

[Bevo 13870]

6 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I don't get how that's "patriotic." I understand flying the Israeli flag as part of a counterprotest, but what's with waving the American flag and singing the National Anthem in response? I mean, polls show that more Americans support an independent Palestinian state than don't, and official US policy has long worked toward a two-state solution.

A lot of protestors are shouting anti-american chants and are taking over colleges. Most Americans are against hipsters and MEs taking over colleges.

Edited May 3 by Bevo

[Skipper 6411]

2 minutes ago, bolverk said:

I don't get how that's "patriotic." I understand flying the Israeli flag as part of a counterprotest, but what's with waving the American flag and singing the National Anthem in response? I mean, polls show that more Americans support an independent Palestinian state than don't, and official US policy has long worked toward a two-state solution.

Probably something to do with the idiots that tried to take down the American flag at UNC, resulting in viral videos of frat bros protecting the U.S. flag and getting like $500K in go fund me towards a rager, resulting in other frat bros across the country seeing it go viral and joining in on the action.   It was just as predictable as the idiotic protest spreading across the country in the first place.  Tik Tok generation gonna Tik Tok generation.

And I would love to see polls showing any kind of majority support for anything regarding Palestine after the last 2 weeks.  I would be willing to bet a large sum that the idiot protestors have absolutely destroyed public support for their cause.  

[DixonHur 11959]

49 minutes ago, Frank Drebin said:

 

 

"Patriots" lol.  Go join the military if you're such a patriot, otherwise shut the fuck up.

56 minutes ago, Don Johnson said:

 

Oh God, I hate that we are joining the SEC...

1 minute ago, Bevo said:

A lot of protestors are shouting anti-american chants

Like what?

[InkaUtexas 26860]

1 minute ago, DixonHur said:

"Patriots" lol.  Go join the military if you're such a patriot, otherwise shut the fuck up.

Oh God, I hate that we are joining the SEC...

I always wanted us to go PAC whatever.

[MontereyMX 952]

1 minute ago, DixonHur said:

"Patriots" lol.  Go join the military if you're such a patriot, otherwise shut the fuck up.

Oh God, I hate that we are joining the SEC...

Like what?

Like the chants that are anti-American