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Walleye

(35,695 posts)
1. No, they are cowards. They only want to confront Democrats because they know they won't get hurt. won't stand up to R's
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:25 AM
Sunday

jimfields33

(18,905 posts)
5. President Biden is still president
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 10:27 AM
Sunday

I don’t understand why anyone would advocate protests now. It will just make the current leadership look bad.

getagrip_already

(17,440 posts)
3. You can guarentee the tik toks and xitters have stopped agitating for protests
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 09:39 AM
Sunday

And are now promoting the idea that tsf has solved middle east peace even as attacks and killings have escalated.

Igel

(36,088 posts)
6. Midterms are just past, finals are coming.
Sun Nov 17, 2024, 12:11 PM
Sunday

A lot of colleges and universities did not like the allegations of enabling racism and hatred--or the vandalism and intermittent violence and spewn hate--and have done things to tamp down the protests, sideline them. Often calling out supporting faculty and adjuncts, filing charges against students and esp. outside agitprop-sters.

A lot of protests are now metaprotests--less protesting what's happening in Gaza and protesting, instead, measures taken on campus.

https://observer.case.edu/student-arrests-spark-outrage/

https://cornellsun.com/2024/11/16/cgsu-rallies-for-pro-palestinian-grad-student-who-was-de-enrolled-lost-prestigious-fellowship-over-career-fair-disruption/

When push comes to shove, they're often more concerned about the immediate status of local allies and friends than they are at continuing to focus "between the river and the sea". Local protection of student privilege >> dead families in Gaza, I guess.

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