Interesting. |
Funny how the pro-Palestinian crowd doesn't like it much when they encounter aggressive tactics against their pet cause. This is all blowback from the virulent nature of the anti-Jewish, anti-Israel, pro-Hamas demonstrations on college campuses, replete with vandalism, masked faces, nationalist clothing, and antisemitic chants. Actions have consequences, plan and simple.
Maybe if all those sympathizers began to demonstrate here against Hamas, demanding the release of the hostages and Hamas' surrender, they'd encounter both more sympathy for their cause and less animosity. |
Huh? It seems like the zionists are the very obviously launching aggressive tactics when light is shed on the fact that the Israel project is a failure. The world knows it - you cannot hide behind murders of children, aid workers, and the guise of "ZOMGHAMAS!" each and every time. |
DP As someone who unequivocally condemns Hamas and Israel, I’m curious how you reconcile the pile of propaganda you just vomited with the FACT that the only violence committed on college campuses last year was actually committed by pro-Israeli terrorists paid to attack the UCLA encampment by prominent Jewish Americans like Bill Ackman and Jessica Seinfeld. Care to explain? |
I'm not bothered in the least that foreign political activists are being called out and potentially expelled. They were not admitted to this country for that purpose. If their reason for being here is not what they claimed when seeking residence, seems reasonable enough to eject them. |
Yeah, except that in most cases the government has not offered proof of what the nature of that activism was, exactly. And in most cases the activity that the student seems to have engaged in was pretty mild. For example, the Turkish student that was abducted off the street by masked agents co-authored (with three other people) an op-ed in a school newspaper. That's it. I read it. It was directed to her university's administration and called for divesting from investments in Israel. Hardly radical. None of the cases seem to have involved anti-American activism. |
DP Are they allowed to visit the Cincinnati Zoo or attend a Cubs game or purchase a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny’s while they’re here? I mean, they were not admitted to this country for any of those purposes, as well, so … but, I digress. Anyway, I feel the same about anyone with dual citizenship. If someone cannot fully disavow loyalty to another state, seems reasonable enough to eject them. Regardless the other country. All of them: gone, tout de suite, please and thank you. |
International students *should* write op-eds. It will broaden domestic students’ (like my own kids’) understanding of a big and very complex world. Peacefully sharing voices and perspectives is a good thing— not a reason to arrest someone without due process. |
Cue the “Welcome back, Hama$$ terrorist” hasbara monkey … |
DP: I actually think dual citizens should be banned from holding federal office, attaining a security clearance, or being able to donate to electoral campaigns or any issue-based campaign that touches politics (ie, no PAC donations). If Democrats ran on this, they’d win. |
Um, the FBI asked for that help. And those people were accused of crimes, and many were convicted. |
This |
I see quite a few videos of people using their own words to cross into hate speech and incitement. As someone mentioned, they include Jews too such as Medea Bejamin. |
Just checked it out. Interesting. Reverse Canary Mission has a problem with Kanye West (not because he loves Hitler and sells swastika shirts), but instead because he said he doesn't know enough to comment about the Palestinian people. They put people on there for signing a letter calling for the release of the hostages. Beyonce is on there for not sharing her thoughts on the subject matter. That's a little different than posting names/videos/writings of people aligning with terrorist groups and saying all Zionists should die. |
Those high profile Kanye and Beyonce examples are obviously ridiculous, probably included on the fringe of absurdity to engage unserious people. But those who argue that protesters align with terrorists and/or say that all Zionists should die are no different. They describe maybe … MAYBE … 1 - 2% of the protesters. To be clear, even 1% is too high in my book. But then I remember that the majority of Israelis believe that all Palestinians should die. |