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What’s happening at Columbia?

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  • MikM Mik

    At Ohio State yesterday 36 were arrested. 20 were not students at all. Folks, these are paid agitators.

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

    not students at all

    Ilhan Omar's daughter was arrested at Columbia. She's not a student there.

    "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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      "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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        @Mik said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

        not students at all

        Ilhan Omar's daughter was arrested at Columbia. She's not a student there.

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

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

        not students at all

        Ilhan Omar's daughter was arrested at Columbia. She's not a student there.

        She’s a Barnard student, IIRC, which is affiliated. Back in the olden days when Columbia only admitted men, it was the women’s college attached to it.

        Remember Bootsy from PW? Anyone who has been to a NY piano party knows him. He used to be a prof there.

        Only non-witches get due process.

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          Yeah, it's whataboutism, but...

          https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1783964668987609379.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

          "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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            #91

            It’s also not about Columbia or any other institution in the news right now over the issue.

            It seems to be an example of outgroup homogeneity bias:

            Person A: I believe X
            Person B: I believe !X

            Person C You guys are hypocrites

            Only non-witches get due process.

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              The college left yearns to be part of a 1968 college protest level movement. One day they’ll grow up.

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                You’re more optimistic than I am.

                Only non-witches get due process.

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                • MikM Mik

                  At Ohio State yesterday 36 were arrested. 20 were not students at all. Folks, these are paid agitators.

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

                  At Ohio State yesterday 36 were arrested. 20 were not students at all. Folks, these are paid agitators.

                  Paid by the far Left. Agitation, destabilization, trying to influence votes.

                  We've seen this before.

                  “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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                  • JollyJ Jolly

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

                    At Ohio State yesterday 36 were arrested. 20 were not students at all. Folks, these are paid agitators.

                    Paid by the far Left. Agitation, destabilization, trying to influence votes.

                    We've seen this before.

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

                    We've seen this before.

                    Chicago's gonna be a hoot in August.

                    image.jpeg

                    "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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                      I think that was more organic. I've got the feeling much of the current situation is bought and paid for.

                      “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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                        #97

                        In 1968 American kids were dying in Vietnam. Gazans are dying primarily because they supported, directly or indirectly, genocidal maniacs who see the deaths as fodder for their hatred. They love their grudges more than their children. There’s no legitimate comparison.

                        “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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                        • MikM Mik

                          In 1968 American kids were dying in Vietnam. Gazans are dying primarily because they supported, directly or indirectly, genocidal maniacs who see the deaths as fodder for their hatred. They love their grudges more than their children. There’s no legitimate comparison.

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

                          In 1968 American kids were dying in Vietnam. Gazans are dying primarily because they supported, directly or indirectly, genocidal maniacs who see the deaths as fodder for their hatred. They love their grudges more than their children. There’s no legitimate comparison.

                          I'm not drawing a comparison between the motivations of the two groups. Clearly they are different, as you point out.

                          Simply saying that if you think the mayhem at the universities is something, just you wait.

                          "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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                          • 89th8 89th

                            The college left yearns to be part of a 1968 college protest level movement. One day they’ll grow up.

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                            @89th said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                            The college left yearns to be part of a 1968 college protest level movement. One day they’ll grow up.

                            That used to be true. It's what the boomers did.

                            But you tend to grow up when you've a stake in something. Very much unlike boomers, today's kids grow up with dwindling job prospects, lower marriage rates, later marriages for those who marry at all, far fewer who have children, and no reasonable possibility of owning a home.

                            Bootstrap platitudes don't really cut it.

                            Please love yourself.

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                              "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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                                Enact Sharia law on campus. Just on the protest area…

                                The Brad

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                                  @89th said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  The college left yearns to be part of a 1968 college protest level movement. One day they’ll grow up.

                                  That used to be true. It's what the boomers did.

                                  But you tend to grow up when you've a stake in something. Very much unlike boomers, today's kids grow up with dwindling job prospects, lower marriage rates, later marriages for those who marry at all, far fewer who have children, and no reasonable possibility of owning a home.

                                  Bootstrap platitudes don't really cut it.

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                                  @Aqua-Letifer said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                  … and no reasonable possibility of owning a home.

                                  So when the boomers and gen Xers die the homes will remain empty?

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    … and no reasonable possibility of owning a home.

                                    So when the boomers and gen Xers die the homes will remain empty?

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                                    @jon-nyc said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    @Aqua-Letifer said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                    … and no reasonable possibility of owning a home.

                                    So when the boomers and gen Xers die the homes will remain empty?

                                    Around here, they're taken over by companies, converted to AirBnBs or some other nonsense that equates to not a new family owning them.

                                    Show me numbers that it's not much harder now to own a home in terms of availability, mortgages, cost of living and income.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                      It’s harder but the idea of ‘no reasonable expectation’ for an entire generation seems rather impossible.

                                      Only non-witches get due process.

                                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                        It’s harder but the idea of ‘no reasonable expectation’ for an entire generation seems rather impossible.

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                                        @jon-nyc said in What’s happening at Columbia?:

                                        It’s harder but the idea of ‘no reasonable expectation’ for an entire generation seems rather impossible.

                                        I think it's silly for anyone younger to expect it so I'm sticking with my assessment.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                          The next big war should solve most of these problems.

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