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ripcord

(5,553 posts) Thu May 2, 2024, 12:01 PM May 2

What isn't a peaceful protest [View all]

"Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest," the president said from the White House's Roosevelt Room. "Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest. It's against the law. Dissent is essential to democracy, but dissent must never lead to disorder or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester and their college education."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-campus-protests-arrests-encampments-ucla-columbia-city-college/

President Biden understands.

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What isn't a peaceful protest [View all] ripcord May 2 OP

K&R betsuni May 2 #1

I thought it was a well thought out speech. Acknowledgement but not condescending. walkingman May 2 #2

Okay, but Jilly_in_VA May 2 #3

Students were harrassed by the encampment members. No need for a camp anyway. Demsrule86 May 2 #4

"those who feel empowered to unleash their antisemitic views" DavidDvorkin May 2 #10

Yeah, it's a war thousands of miles away where we can't really stop it!! progressoid May 2 #17

"The idea that you protest a war thousands of miles away where we can't really stop it." Cuthbert Allgood May 2 #40

A pro-Israel mob attacked these kids with slurs, fists, mace, and fireworks. Police watched for HOURS & did nothing. Celerity May 2 #8

You respond to a question/post posed about UW stopdiggin May 2 #19

I am aware of what UW Madison is. I posted the UCLA footage to show that the violence is not a one way street. Celerity May 2 #39

Police moved in overnight at UCLA and arrested hundreds without incident, like at Columbia. SunSeeker May 2 #25

It was wrong for the counter protesters to attack RandySF May 2 #33

Arrest them all. No exceptions. No negotiations. Beastly Boy May 2 #36

The way things unraveled at UCLA was horrible, and I believe there will be LauraInLA May 2 #41

The problem I see is that there are so many different situations and LauraInLA May 2 #35

K &R rollin74 May 2 #5

Where were all of you during Vietnam? iemanja May 2 #6

I wasn't even a twinkle in my daddy's eye JustAnotherGen May 2 #11

My dad was there when I was 10 in 1966. He was a pilot in the AF. LeftInTX May 2 #13

Did that mean you were a supporter of that war? iemanja May 2 #14

No, but you asked so I answered. LeftInTX May 2 #15

I thought the meaning of my question was clear iemanja May 2 #21

you were perhaps assuming stopdiggin May 2 #29

No iemanja May 2 #30

No. That assumption was probably correct. stopdiggin May 2 #37

I'm not making a "play" iemanja May 2 #43

people are dying in droves in in other parts of the world as well stopdiggin May 2 #45

I agree with this analysis. ShazzieB May 2 #48

It's still our 'month' JustAnotherGen May 2 #16

It was not a fun time for me. LeftInTX May 2 #20

I believe it JustAnotherGen May 2 #24

sweating out a lottery number stopdiggin May 2 #23

I burned my draft card and went to lots of demos. Ping Tung May 2 #27

. WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #7

I find that quote powerful -- who is the author? LauraInLA May 2 #44

Wow! LOVE this quote! calimary May 2 #47

"Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest." WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #9

not really. cab67 May 2 #18

I'm not talking about protests. Students are regularly harassed, stalked and assaulted by their classmates, disrupting WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #26

but we don't assume those things are sanctioned or 'OKd' stopdiggin May 2 #31

I misunderstood. cab67 May 2 #38

I love him JustAnotherGen May 2 #12

K & R SunSeeker May 2 #22

Protest tactics need to evolve for the age of disinformation and external manipulation of our politics jmbar2 May 2 #28

Exactly. Anarchists and Black Block infiltrate these encampments and cause destruction. SunSeeker May 2 #32

We also don't need meaningless and myopic protests JCMach1 May 2 #34

Thank you, President Biden. Fla Dem May 2 #42

GREAT point, Mr. President! VERY VERY timely reminder! calimary May 2 #46

He really speaks his mind doesn't he? ripcord May 2 #49