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What’s happening at Columbia?

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  • B bachophile
    23 Apr 2024, 06:09

    @George-K those are chairs and stuff getting ready for the Columbia commencement which is held on the campus. Although the ceremony is tentative at best right now because of threats of disruption.

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    George K
    wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 10:59 last edited by
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    @bachophile said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

    @George-K those are chairs and stuff getting ready for the Columbia commencement which is held on the campus. Although the ceremony is tentative at best right now because of threats of disruption.

    Ah...makes sense. Thanks.

    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      George K
      wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 11:03 last edited by
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      "Mostly Peaceful."

      This person, who identifies as a reporter, states that she didn't see anything that was close to violent.

      Thread: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1782082940966719989.html

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        George K
        wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 11:33 last edited by
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        So, they're going to get a raise?

        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        • B bachophile
          23 Apr 2024, 06:09

          @George-K those are chairs and stuff getting ready for the Columbia commencement which is held on the campus. Although the ceremony is tentative at best right now because of threats of disruption.

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          Jolly
          wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 12:03 last edited by
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          @bachophile said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

          @George-K those are chairs and stuff getting ready for the Columbia commencement which is held on the campus. Although the ceremony is tentative at best right now because of threats of disruption.

          Message needs to be sent. Do not interrupt graduation.

          Want to protest? Do so peacefully and in a designated spot away from the graduation ceremonies.

          Interrupt graduation? You are no longer part of the Columbia community. Have a nice life.

          “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

          Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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            89th
            wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 12:27 last edited by
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            Exactly right.

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              George K
              wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 13:34 last edited by
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              Iowahawk:

              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              • G George K
                23 Apr 2024, 13:34

                Iowahawk:

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                Jolly
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                @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                Iowahawk:

                What would you like to bet there are 800 kids that would love to go to school at Columbia?

                “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                  kluurs
                  wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 14:31 last edited by kluurs
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                  We, as a society - and at the moment - especially the left, have the lost - if it was ever had - the concept of "peaceful protest." What's seems especially stupid ill-considered is acting in such a manner as to lose the audience whose support one should be seeking - i.e. blocking the road to an airport, destroying businesses, frightening innocents, etc. The "medium is the message" has been transformed into the "method of protest becomes the message" - and the credibility and message of these protestors is lost.

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                    Jolly
                    wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 14:33 last edited by
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                    Echoes of the Antifa crap?

                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                      Renauda
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                      Echoes of something which, for me, Antifa was not a participant.

                      I have zero tolerance for the inflamed rabble be it right libertarian conservative or leftist rabid socialist/anarchist, pro Palestine or anti Palestine, anti-this cause or pro-that cause that does not disperse when ordered and disrupts the peace through mischief and vandalism.

                      Elbows up!

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                      • K kluurs
                        23 Apr 2024, 14:31

                        We, as a society - and at the moment - especially the left, have the lost - if it was ever had - the concept of "peaceful protest." What's seems especially stupid ill-considered is acting in such a manner as to lose the audience whose support one should be seeking - i.e. blocking the road to an airport, destroying businesses, frightening innocents, etc. The "medium is the message" has been transformed into the "method of protest becomes the message" - and the credibility and message of these protestors is lost.

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                        George K
                        wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 17:04 last edited by
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                        @kluurs said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                        We, as a society - and at the moment - especially the left, have the lost - if it was ever had - the concept of "peaceful protest."

                        DNC convention in Chicago's gonna be fun.

                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                        • J Jolly
                          23 Apr 2024, 14:29

                          @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          Iowahawk:

                          What would you like to bet there are 800 kids that would love to go to school at Columbia?

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                          Mik
                          wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 17:07 last edited by
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                          @Jolly said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          @George-K said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                          Iowahawk:

                          What would you like to bet there are 800 kids that would love to go to school at Columbia?

                          Columbia could become the next Hillendale! Winning!

                          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            23 Apr 2024, 15:06

                            Echoes of something which, for me, Antifa was not a participant.

                            I have zero tolerance for the inflamed rabble be it right libertarian conservative or leftist rabid socialist/anarchist, pro Palestine or anti Palestine, anti-this cause or pro-that cause that does not disperse when ordered and disrupts the peace through mischief and vandalism.

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                            Mik
                            wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 17:08 last edited by
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                            @Renauda said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                            Echoes of something which, for me, Antifa was not a participant.

                            I have zero tolerance for the inflamed rabble be it right libertarian conservative or leftist rabid socialist/anarchist, pro Palestine or anti Palestine, anti-this cause or pro-that cause that does not disperse when ordered and disrupts the peace through mischief and vandalism.

                            Amen. The right of protest is not absolute.

                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • M Mik
                              23 Apr 2024, 17:08

                              @Renauda said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              Echoes of something which, for me, Antifa was not a participant.

                              I have zero tolerance for the inflamed rabble be it right libertarian conservative or leftist rabid socialist/anarchist, pro Palestine or anti Palestine, anti-this cause or pro-that cause that does not disperse when ordered and disrupts the peace through mischief and vandalism.

                              Amen. The right of protest is not absolute.

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                              kluurs
                              wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 17:45 last edited by
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                              @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                              Amen. The right of protest is not absolute.

                              Yes, if one is attempting to influence opinion, committing acts that undermine both the integrity of the messenger and the credibility of the message seems foolish.

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                                LuFins Dad
                                wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 19:14 last edited by
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                                There’s protest, then there is extortion and physical intimidation. Guess where we are?

                                The Brad

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                                  • J Jolly
                                    23 Apr 2024, 12:03

                                    @bachophile said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    @George-K those are chairs and stuff getting ready for the Columbia commencement which is held on the campus. Although the ceremony is tentative at best right now because of threats of disruption.

                                    Message needs to be sent. Do not interrupt graduation.

                                    Want to protest? Do so peacefully and in a designated spot away from the graduation ceremonies.

                                    Interrupt graduation? You are no longer part of the Columbia community. Have a nice life.

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                                    Axtremus
                                    wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 21:34 last edited by
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                                    @Jolly said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    Want to protest? Do so peacefully and in a designated spot away from the graduation ceremonies.

                                    January 6 would have turned out very differently had all the protestors did so peacefully and in a designated spot away from the joint session of Congress.

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                                      Mik
                                      wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 22:47 last edited by
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                                      Of course. Do you have a point you’d like to make? No one here has defended the actions of the people who invaded the Capitol.

                                      “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                      • M Mik
                                        23 Apr 2024, 22:47

                                        Of course. Do you have a point you’d like to make? No one here has defended the actions of the people who invaded the Capitol.

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                                        Doctor Phibes
                                        wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 23:06 last edited by
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                                        @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                        Of course. Do you have a point you’d like to make? No one here has defended the actions of the people who invaded the Capitol.

                                        Simply tourists taking selfies.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          Renauda
                                          wrote on 23 Apr 2024, 23:09 last edited by
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                                          Wholesome doofus tourists no less.

                                          Elbows up!

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