What’s happening at Columbia?

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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.

[LuFins Dad]

There’s protest, then there is extortion and physical intimidation. Guess where we are?

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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.

[Mik]

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.

[Doctor Phibes]

@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.

[Renauda]

Wholesome doofus tourists no less.

[Jolly]

@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.

He has no point.

And he knows it.

[Mik]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

@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.

That’s characterizing the participants, not defending their actions.

[Renauda]

@Mik

Some would hold that the taking of selfies is merely a euphemism for some other less innocuous activity that was concurrent or subsequent to their wholesomeness of character and presence.

I would probably be one of those who holds that contention.

[George K]

Mayor Adams says there's nothing he can do, unless requested.

[Jolly]

Balderdash.

[George K]

Remember all the people who were arrested for demonstrating in front of Kavanaugh's and Barrett's homes?

[Jolly]

Follow the money...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13340815/far-left-groups-funding-columbia-student-palestine-protest.html

[Jolly]

Is the Columbia protest just another example of Global Intifada?

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/04/22/the_intifada_comes_to_america_now_what_150827.html

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[George K]

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

Follow the money...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-behind-the-anti-israel-protests-hamas-gaza-hezbollah-talking-points-d2f538ca

A blatant example of jihadist talking points came from Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on March 13, when he lauded the political activity of American Muslims in Michigan as “very influential.” He said of the “many people demonstrating in America” that “we should salute them” and called the “uncommitted” primary campaign against Mr. Biden, which originated in Dearborn, Mich., “the most important means of pressure on the Biden administration.” Mr. Nasrallah had already cited the effect of protests “in Washington, New York, London, Paris and Western Europe” in a Nov. 11 speech, lauding their power to “apply pressure on their governments.”

Every senior Hamas leader has also acknowledged the importance of the protests and said that influencing U.S. and Western policy is part of the organization’s strategy for destroying Israel. Khaled Mashal, the Hamas leader abroad, on Oct. 10 urged supporters to protest “in cities everywhere.” On Oct. 31, he said that the organization’s friends “on the global left” were responding to its appeal. On March 27, he called for millions to take to the streets in protest, saying there had been an unprecedented shift in global public opinion.

On Oct. 7, Hamas leader and former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh alluded to this on Al Jazeera TV. He exhorted the “resistance abroad,” “strategic allies” and Muslims worldwide—all “partners in creating this great victory”—to “join this battle any way they can.” Hamas political bureau member Osama Hamdan underlined the “large impact” of the protests “in pressuring the decision makers in the world” in an interview on Nov. 12.

Six months after the attack on Israel, Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and others aren’t merely cheering those protesting in the streets. They are working with and grooming activists in the U.S. and the West, through meetings, online interviews and podcasts.

Haytham Abdo, a PFLP representative, highlighted this cooperation in a Jan. 31 interview with Brian Becker, national coordinator of the Answer Coalition, a hard-left antiwar umbrella group. Mr. Abdo said this is the “first time” there has been such a “massive demonstration” of support in the U.S. Claiming that more than 50% of young Americans are now pro-Palestinian, he said, “We see that the Biden, or the American, administration, now, [is] affected by this transformation in the U.S. people.”

On March 25, the Columbia University Apartheid Divest student group hosted an event called “Resistance 101” on campus. It featured leaders of the PFLP-affiliated Samidoun, Within Our Lifetime and other extremist organizations. At the event, former PFLP official Khaled Barakat referred to his “friends and brothers in Hamas, Islamic Jihad [and] the PFLP in Gaza,” saying that particularly after Oct. 7, “when they see students organizing outside Palestine, they really feel that they are being backed as a resistance and they’re being supported.” On March 30 on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV, Mr. Barakat said “the vast majority” of young Americans and Canadians now “support armed resistance” because of “the introduction of colonialism, racism, and slavery studies into history curricula.”

At a Jan. 21 New York event held by the Marxist-Leninist Workers World Party, an official Hamas statement was read and videos were screened from PFLP, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and Houthi officials. Ibrahim Mousawi, a Hezbollah member of Lebanon’s Parliament, underscored his organization’s support for the protests, saying they are “much needed and very much appreciated by our people here” and that “we really support this work.” Hezbollah and Western activists, he said, stand “together, one front” against Israel, against the U.S. and its “tyranny,” and against “Western hegemony and imperialism.” Houthi leader Nasreddine Aamir also thanked and commended the protesters in the West who “take a stand and participate in marches and go out in the streets.”

The collaboration between senior terrorists and their growing list of friends in the U.S. and the West has real-world consequences. These groups are designated terrorist for a reason. They don’t plan marches and rallies—they carry out terrorist attacks. And when the U.S. and Western activists, including college students, see that their marches and protests aren’t achieving their goals, they may consider their next steps—which will be influenced by the company they have been keeping.

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[Jolly]

Sorry, the FBI is still chasing Jan 6 protesters for trespassing.

Priorities must be observed...