Right wing anti woke propaganda targets peaceful protests

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Thanks for the reminder (though it's an ugly picture, not your fault). I had to search on that one. It's from the Occupy protests in 2011. And yes, the radical right had their propaganda machine in full motion on that one too.

from NPR back in the day:

Spokesmen for the police said the officers had been surrounded by other protesters and felt threatened. Critics say the officers' reaction was out of proportion. Two officers, as well as Chief Annette Spicuzza, have been put on administrative leave. A student-faculty-staff task force is investigating.

Does that officer look like he felt threatened? It looks more like spraying a garden to kill bugs.

Who is threatening who?

Johnson says calling National Guard on Columbia protests would be 'appropriate' if threats 'not stopped'


Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is suggesting the National Guard should soon be called in to quell the Gaza ceasefire protests at Columbia University if they don't peter out themselves.
Johnson and several House Republicans visited the New York City Ivy League school on Wednesday as tensions there escalate over demonstrations that have had several Jewish students speak out publicly about fear for their safety. Columbia University students and those attending its sister school, Barnard College, have set up a tent city on campus in protest of Columbia's investments in companies linked to Israel.

Fogdog said:

Thanks for the reminder (though it's an ugly picture, not your fault). I had to search on that one. It's from the Occupy protests in 2011. And yes, the radical right had their propaganda machine in full motion on that one too.

from NPR back in the day:

Spokesmen for the police said the officers had been surrounded by other protesters and felt threatened. Critics say the officers' reaction was out of proportion. Two officers, as well as Chief Annette Spicuzza, have been put on administrative leave. A student-faculty-staff task force is investigating.

Does that officer look like he felt threatened? It looks more like spraying a garden to kill bugs.

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At day’s end, this pic hammers home that cruelty is the point.

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Just here to ask. Was this really necessary?

Fogdog said:

Just here to ask. Was this really necessary?

Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at campuses as colleges crack down on encampments

Tensions between students and universities continued over the weekend, with many universities saying that they support protests but that encampments violate school policy.

www.nbcnews.com

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Case specific im guessing.

At some level I would worry that any college kids are not barricaded in with some crazy dickheads right now though. These are some really soft targets

hanimmal said:

Case specific im guessing.

At some level I would worry that any college kids are not barricaded in with some crazy dickheads right now though. These are some really soft targets

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I have two sons in college and yes, I'm paying attention to what's going with extra interest. This isn't a big deal to them. Finals are approaching and they are in their own world that includes some political discussions but really, it's all about the here and now for them.

So, I don't think the protests are more than a distraction and inconvenience to 90% of the college crowd. That is, it's not much of a distraction because the government didn't fuck up by ratcheting up the conflict. We can be glad that Biden is president. Imagine what Trump would have done with this. We saw how he made things worse during the BLM protests.

Just saying, I think a few people in the media and some extremist authoritarian rightwing politicians want this to blow up. The media wants it because it would sell well. Authoritarian Right Wing politicians want it because it would or could lead to better election results for them. But it won't because we have a good man at the helm of the federal government, our kids really don't have the time for this kind of distraction and the two parties in conflict (Israeli government and Hamas) are pieces of shit. My kids are as confused as I am about what's going on but they are seeing it first hand. They see protesters on both sides acting as dumbasses while they pick their way through the relatively small crowds on their way to class. This is probably a good learning moment for them.

I'm willing to go out on a limb and say it right now. Those weren't pro-Israel counter protesters who showed up with clubs and bear spray.

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Counter-protesters strike a barricade at a pro-Palestinian encampment on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus

I think there was some turnstile policing going on that let some fascist jan 6-types onto campus to do some dirty work for the authoritarian right.

Gavin Newsome is demanding an investigation. Maybe I'm wrong but that's my first guess at what happened.

Fogdog said:

... Imagine what Trump would have done with this.

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He’s already shown us the playbook. He’d’a sent in agents provocateurs to boost this bit of noise into a shooting mess, then declare martial law on the flimsiest of pretenses. That would be the day the republic died.

Was looking for a video on it, and stumbled across this:


I stopped listening at Soro's funded. I should have looked at the comments before I bailed on it.

hanimmal said:

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Was looking for a video on it, and stumbled across this:
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I stopped listening at Soro's funded. I should have looked at the comments before I bailed on it.

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We'll never know, I'm guessing that we'll never know for sure, but that attack looked pretty well coordinated and communicated ahead of time. After those so-called counter protesters, many of whom I'm guessing don't give one damn about anti-Semitism. After they attacked, THEN the police arrived to break up the pro Palestinian camp.

We saw it in Portland in 2017. 2018, 2019 and 2020. The turnstile police behavior that let violent thugs in to attack BLM and Antifa protesters. Then cops moved in break up the protests and arrest protesters. Things have been quiet since Biden took office. And now, when Trump is running for president, it comes back. It all comes back. The protests, the thugs, the cooperation with authorities and the arrests of protesters. But not arrests of the thugs. They were allowed to leave or left while the going was good.

The same thugs in Portland and many more who watched them on TV that summer, they came to our Capitol Building in DC in an attempt to assist Trump's attempted coup. There are people in government who know this. What will they do in the aftermath of what happened this week in UCLA? Let's keep an eye on this, shall we?

Fogdog said:

We'll never know, I'm guessing that we'll never know for sure, but that attack looked pretty well coordinated and communicated ahead of time. After those so-called counter protesters, many of whom I'm guessing don't give one damn about anti-Semitism. After they attacked, THEN the police arrived to break up the pro Palestinian camp.

We saw it in Portland in 2017. 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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Well we can hope that there was a shit ton of video taken leading up to the shitheads causing mayhem and id their movements/tactics/clothing from earlier in the day to show the world who it is attacking our fellow citizens.

It is a shame that people like Trump and Tom Cotton who are in the highest public offices push this kind of escalation.

Good thing Biden is smart enough to play this right and not escalate the violence.


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Fogdog said:

The turnstile police behavior that let violent thugs in to attack BLM and Antifa protesters.

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I still am amazed at how well they got their preferred branding to stick.

Just proves advertising works.

Fogdog said:

Then cops moved in break up the protests and arrest protesters. Things have been quiet since Biden took office. And now, when Trump is running for president, it comes back. It all comes back. The protests, the thugs, the cooperation with authorities and the arrests of protesters. But not arrests of the thugs. They were allowed to leave or left while the going was good.

The same thugs in Portland and many more who watched them on TV that summer, they came to our Capitol Building in DC in an attempt to assist Trump's attempted coup. There are people in government who know this. What will they do in the aftermath of what happened this week in UCLA? Let's keep an eye on this, shall we?

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Shit I would be curious how many of these assholes and/or their parents were the one busting into the Oregon capital building or all the other places in 2020 during the covid idiocy.




Looks like this dude did.a video with the security doing nothing too.