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Really because most people I know are waking up to the fascist impulses of the right — you can’t just deport or put in camps the people you don’t like. And a lot of young people are pretty shocked by the number of people affirmatively calling for the killing of more civilians. Think Israel has killed more civilians now than Russia has in Ukraine. The real rot is treating people who have done nothing wrong but be outside your group as vermin that need to be exterminated. |
| If a college administration bans something (as opposed to letting students ban something ie cancel culture), it has to be pretty bad. |
+1 but the people you are talking to are maybe 50 and over and boomers who are pretty fascist (as evidenced in their messages here). The good news is, they are old, and soon the younger generations will take over. The majority of people are not like what you see on DCUM- I hardly even come here anymore because it’s just so … old and fascist and vengeful and murderous. But when you step outside DCUM, you see that these people being grumpy and mad online about stuff like this are the true minority. They know it and it makes them very very mad (online). |
No, what’s actually happening is that the very online left is understanding now that the hateful language used towards some groups is not acceptable just because you decide you are punching up. You cannot cry about “microaggression” and “safety” and then embrace acts of terrorism against Jews. That said I’m not sure what policies the groups violated or if it was a decision of the group leadership. I’d prefer to see individual students held accountable unless the group leadership refuses to follow the rules. |
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Jewish groups that supported Palestine were not shut down.
Only the ones that said "kill the Jews" were shut. Calling for genocide of people not even living in Israel |
Gen X raises its hand. |
You’ve got to be kidding me. Go to any comments section of any news article then report back. |
DP. That's the same 10 people, also on line. |
Had to chuckle at this. You’re either a college freshman or irredeemably dim. “Oh you just wait until the young people take over!!” —every teenager since the beginning of time |
I agree, but I think because GenX is parent to GenZ they will be more supportive of this takeover than Boomers *generally* were to their own children. |
exactly |
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Good for GW.
More universities need to follow this lead. Speak all you want.... but, when you parrot the words of terrorists, you have crossed the line. |
Getting GenX to care about anything is a tall order. |
Ok, Zoomer. Good luck with that. Threads, X, Instagram, Tik Tok, whatever, how can some young people be so mad about everything and yet know so little about anything at all? It’s fine, though, because you vastly overestimate how many people think like you do. Surround yourself with Tik Tok revolutionaries and that’s how you’ll view the world. |
| Much like this website, GWU is a private organization. There are no 1A rights. |