#sniper at protests

[mariluphoto]

BREAKING:

A sniper was spotted on the roof of a building aiming a gun at student protesters at the University of Indiana. This is how our government wants to respond to peaceful anti-war protests? This is insane.

Última Hora:

Un francotirador fue visto en el techo de un edificio apuntando con un arma a los manifestantes estudiantiles en la Universidad de Indiana ¿Así es como nuestro gobierno quiere responder a las protestas pacíficas contra la guerra? Esto es una locura.

via. IG: rosypirani

[lilithism1848]

[finalgirlsamwinchester]

guy who so desperately tries to find god. who wants to have faith in a higher authority to guide him out of the hole he's in. from the weight of guilt from simply existing, as the person he is. but every time he thinks he's answered his higher calling it turns out he's made the Morally Incorrect choice and his path to goodness and holiness was the road to the devil all along

[sky-daddy-hates-me]

Buddy, I don't know how much training you got but evidently it wasn't enough.

[commiepinkofag]

[leonardcohenofficial]

studying the long sixties as an artistic and sociopolitical era for dissertation research and seeing the exact same tactics used by institutions—especially the "liberal universities"—over and over and over again to surpress organizing and protest while personally still trying to find ways to make tangible and meaningful change is at minimum incredibly fucking haunting

[plethoraworldatlas]

After a Neo-nazi drove into a crowd of protesters fighting back a "unite the right" event and killed one person, Conservatives and Republicans nationwide started making it way easier to kill protesters by ramming vans and trucks into them.

Police did the same without punishment during the George Floyd protests.

Pro-Israeli counter protesters have begun doing the same, leading to the hospitalization of at least one Palestinian activist protesting against genocide. The Biden administration has no comment on any pro-israeli violence committed agianst protesters or really in general.

[aprofessionalwithoutstandards]

Something I find absolutely fascinating is are the mercs Christian or not? Scout, Soldier, Spy, and Engineer are all easy yes's in my experience but what would Sniper be? For this question I go to a professional

A professional without standards

I posted abt tf2 guy Catholicism like a week ago and I will quote what I said about Sniper:

"I could see Sniper having some Catholic heritage in him but I don’t think it’d be particularly dominant, he’s a vaguely spiritual white guy who thinks doing psychedelics and filling up his J.O. crystal constitute as a religion."

[ten-ge]

america is the most fucked up place in the world fr peaceful protesters get worse treatment than a bunch of racists who stormed the capitol

[dj-tak0wasa]

tell us why. tell us what they renamed the hall to. say her fucking name. Hind Rajab. include the fact that she was a 6 year old riddled with bullets in a vehicle that she and her family were hoping to escape in.

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[whydidisavethistomyphone]

Is that an Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum you brought to a peaceful anti war protest at a university or are you just pleased to see me 😳

cant get more fascist police state than snipers on rooftops overlooking peaceful protests.

this is what democracy looks like.

[gwydionmisha]

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U.S. demands IDF change West Bank operations after American’s killing

[onetwistedmiracle]

Kill The Poor by Dead Kennedys

Written by: Jello Biafra, Raymond John Pepperell

Album: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables

Released: 1980

Efficiency and progress is ours once more Now that we have the neutron bomb It's nice and quick and clean and gets things done Away with excess enemy But no less value to property No sense in war but perfect sense at home

The sun beams down on a brand new day No more welfare tax to pay Unsightly slums gone up in flashing light Jobless millions whisked away At last we have more room to play All systems go to kill the poor tonight

Gonna kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Behold the sparkly of champagne The crime rate's gone, feel free again Oh life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White Jane Fonda on the screen today Convinced the liberals it's okay So let's get dressed and dance away the night

While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Behold the sparkly of champagne The crime rate's gone, feel free again Oh life's a dream with you, Miss Lily White Jane Fonda on the screen today Convinced the liberals it's okay So let's get dressed and dance away the night

While they kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill the poor tonight

[drdamiang]

SNIPER

SNIPER

sniper, sniper

up on high

protecting students' rights

to feel safe

and watched-over

not distressed by truth

and other uncomfortable idea

got those

words of hate speech

in their sights

got

the shot

take the shot!

the world will be

told it was

only a camera

[thethief1996]

I can't stop thinking about the news out of Palestine. Israel is sieging al Shifa hospital. Videos of people's limbs being severed off are haunting (graphic video tw). The hospital has ran out of fuel and 39 babies in incubators are fending for their lives by themselves, because Israel has stationed snipers around the hospital and is shooting all medical crew that walks into their sight.

First, the narrative was Israel would never bomb hospitals. Now, the hospitals are Hamas bases. Then, we respect journalists. Now, we have a fucking kill list of journalists because they are Hamas collaborators. First, we are not letting fuel in until the hostages are released. Now, we are not accepting the hostages back because that would stop our ground invasion and let Hamas win. And I could go on about every single lie they're making up. If you look up "Hamas rape" on google, the first link leads to Times of Israel saying Israel has found no forensic evidence of sexual violence, and only one eyewitness testimony out of 3.5k people attending the rave. If you Google "Hamas beheaded babies" the top links say they have no evidence for the claim besides word of mouth from extremist soldiers. Israeli extremists think about the ugliest goriest scene they can make out in their sick heads, tell that to a international journalist and they run away with it like it's gospel.

And children are being killed in the name of these lies. Thousands are being displaced in images that remind me of the pictures of Tantura 75 years ago, with their hands up so the tanks don't shoot them. Amputees are leaving the hospitals in wheelchairs hours after their surgeries because they are being shot at. Elders who survived the Nakba on 48 are having to walk towards Southern Gaza on foot (imagine walking from one end of your city to the other on foot), displaced again. People are cheering for the haunting images of white phosphorus bombs being dropped over Gaza. Gazan workers who were arrested in the West Bank are being thrust back into the bombings wearing numbered labels.

This is not normal. We are seeing the early stages of the settler colonial genocide of an indigenous population. Native leaders who have visited Gaza say its refugee camps look eerily like reservations. We can stop this. For the first time we are able to see wide scale accounts from the hands of the people suffering the genocide, and Israel is so scared of it they have cut all communications in Gaza.

This is our litmus test. I think we have never seen more clearly, with Palestine, Armenia, Congo and Sudan how colonialism has made our world a rotten place to live in.

The South African apartheid collapsed due to boycotts. We have to do everything in our power to stop Israel's hegemony. Even talking to a group of friends about Palestine changes the status quo. There's no world where we can live peacefully if Israel accomplishes their goals.

Keep yourself updated and share Palestinian voices. Muna El-Kurd said every tweet is like a treasure to them, because their voices are repressed on social media and even on this very app. Make it your action item to share something about the Palestinian plight everyday. Here are some resources:

Al Jazeera, Anadolu Agency, Mondoweiss

Boycott Divest Sanction Movement

Palestinian Youth Movement is organizing protests and direct action against weapons factories across the US

Mohammed El-Kurd (twitter / instagram)

Muhammad Shehada (twitter)

Motaz Azaiza (instagram) - reporting directly from Gaza.

Hind Khudary - reporting directly from Gaza. Her husband and daughter moved South to run from the tanks but she stayed behind to record the genocide. The least we can do is not let her calls fall on deaf ears.

You can participate in boycotts wherever you are in the world, through BDS guidelines. Don't be overwhelmed by gigantic boycott lists. BDS explicitly targets only a few brands which have bigger impact. You can stop consuming from as many brands as you want, though, and by all means feel free to give a 1 star review to McDonalds, Papa John, Pizza Hut, Burger King and Starbucks. Right now, they are focusing on boycotting the following:

Carrefour, HP, Puma, Sabra, Sodastream, Ahava cosmetics, Israeli fruits and vegetables

Push for a cultural boycott - pressure your favorite artist to speak out on Palestine and cancel any upcoming performances on occupied territory (Lorde cancelled her gig in Israel because of this. It works.)

If you can, participate in direct action or donate.

Palestine Action works to shut down Israeli weapons factories in the UK and USA, and have successfully shut down one of their firms in London.Some of the activists are going on trial and are calling for mobilizing on court.

Palestinian Youth Movement is organizing direct actions to stop the shipping of wars to Israel. Follow them.

Educate yourself. Read into Palestinian history and the occupation. You can't common sense people out of decades of propaganda. If your arguments crumble when a zionist brings up the "disengagement of Gaza", you have to learn more.

Read Decolonize Palestine. They have 15 minute reads that concisely explain the occupation (and its colonial roots) and debunk popular myths, including pinkwashing.

Read on Palestine. Here's an amazing masterpost.

Verso Book Club is giving out free books on Palestine (I personally downloaded Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe. If you still believe in the two states solution, this book by an Israeli professor debunks it).

Call your representatives. The Labour Party in the UK had an emergency meeting after several councilors threatened to resign if they didn't condemn Israeli war crimes. Calling to show your complaints works, even more if you live in a country that funds genocide.

FOR PEOPLE IN THE USA: USCPR has developed this toolkit for calls, here's a document that autosends emails to your representatives and here's a toolkit by Ceasefire in Gaza NOW!

FOR PEOPLE IN EUROPE: Here's a toolkit by Voices in Europe for Peace targeting the European Parliament and one specific for almost all countries in Europe, including Germany, Ireland, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Netherlands, Greece, Norway, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Finland, Austria, Belgium Romania and Ukraine

FOR PEOPLE IN THE UK: Friends of Al-Aqsa UK and Palestine Solidarity UK have made toolkits for calls and emails

FOR PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA: Here's a toolkit by Stand With Palestine

FOR PEOPLE IN CANADA: Here's a toolkit by Indepent Jewish Voices for Canada

Join a protest. Here's a constantly updating list of protests:

Global calendar

Another global calendar (go to the instragram of the organizers to confirm your protest)

USA calendar

Australia calendar

Feel free to add more.