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ijvanl said:
I will also point out this. I am a student at a university which currently has a large and prominent protest encampment. Literally all of the attempts at inciting violence which have occurred at the encampment or the associated protests have been incited by pro-Israel counter-protestors. To say that peaceful pro-Palestine protestors should be threatened with things like "rocks and bricks" etc, as I have heard in this very thread, is pretty horrible IMO and, frankly, given the amount of blab that goes on about "defending our democracy against [woke/left/other buzzwords]" that goes on in other threads, more than a little concerning.
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The same over here. Fortunately, a lot of the academic personnel is amongst the protesters. Several research programs have cut all ties with Israeli universities.
 
fallout said:
Didn’t know that was tough to follow.
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I did follow...and it wasn't imo...
Probably a language barrier for some....
Not sure about the others....

I worked with this giant Polish guy in the past and it was getting ready to rain and I said "we can't be D&%King around"...He's like, What did you call me?..scary for a second...lol
 
fallout said:
If you were following the thread I was facetiously saying maybe give the protesters rocks and bricks.. they were the ones with the plywood, no?

Didn’t know that the sarcasm was tough to follow.
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using emoticons :rolleyes: 🤔;) can suggest some amount of humorous intent but it is not fail safe.

These topics are not very funny making humor more difficult.

JR
 
JohnRoberts said:
using emoticons :rolleyes: 🤔;) can suggest some amount of humorous intent but it is not fail safe.

These topics are not very funny making humor more difficult.

JR
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Using brains and memories of recent events (mostly peaceful summer of 2020 protests where stacks of bricks and rocks were miraculously pre-placed) is more helpful than trying to explain everything to the nth degree.
 
fallout said:
Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t trying to be humorous.
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WWW said:
facetious /fə-sē′shəs/

adjective​

  1. Playfully jocular; humorous.
    "facetious remarks."
  2. Given to wit and good humor; merry; sportive; jocular.
    "a facetious companion"
    Similar: merrysportivejocular
  3. Characterized by wit and pleasantry; exciting laughter.
    "a facetious story or reply"
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My understanding of facetious involve "good humor"......

Lets be nicer. 🤔
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I hoped that this thread would stimulate some thoughtful discussion about historical precedents. Since it has turned into a blog about the current news cycle heres a recent observation:

Dr. Fauci is under intense questioning about funding GOF research. Apparently the defense strategy is right out of George Orwell's 1984 using "Newspeak" to redefine what GOF is. :rolleyes:

This stuff is happening in plain sight. "Don't believe your lyin eyes."

JR
 
Ilan Pappé, a 70 year old Jewish historian was detained and questioned at Detroit airport. The FBI wanted to know if he considered the massacre in Gaza to be a genocide and if he supported Hamas.

Of course they also wanted to know who his friends were and all data on his phone was copied.

Knowing Pappe i'm fairly certain these agents were ashamed afterwards.

Apparently, freedom of speech doesn't apply to those who dare to question Israel. We should've known that since laws against racism aren't enough and the law about anti-semitism is vague enough and carries more severe punishment...
 
AIPAC is incredibly strong in the US, what is best for the US takes a backseat. How ridiculous is that? Any actual patriot would not support this.
 

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