#violent protester

[captainjonnitkessler]

Sometimes I wish we would start calling out the performative radicalism on this site for the poser bullshit it is. "Remember, it's always morally correct to kill a cop!" "Don't forget to firebomb your local government office!" "Wow, it sure would be a shame if these instructions on how to make a molotov cocktail got spread around!"

Okay. But you're not killing cops or firebombing government offices. You are posting on a dying microblogging website to a carefully-curated echo chamber that has radicalized itself into thinking that taking the absolute most extreme position on any subject is praxis but that anyone discussing the most practical way to effect actual change is your sworn enemy. You do not have the street cred OR the activist cred to be talking about killing cops, babe.

[sinister-yet-satisfying]

I don’t think the ruling class realizes what they’re doing with their reactions to the UHC CEO shooting. The actions of a single person, seemingly acting alone, has gotten more reaction out of them than decades of peaceful protesting has.

Seems like a dangerous precedent.

[jangillman]

[irrevocablecondition]

they've burnt warehouses holding aid. they've stopped new aid from coming in. they've raided the homes of previously "freed" hostages. they've blocked entry to mosques and set fire to al-Nasr mosque. they're sending 3,000 officers to east jerusalem. the us is using ai to search foreign student's social media posts and revoke the visas of those talking about palestine. the us signed another $3b in funding. they've drone striked bulldozers that are trying to clear rubble. they've launched the highest concentration of drone strikes on lebanon since the november "ceasefire". they're infiltrating more territory. they're still bombing. they're still abducting. they're still destroying. they're still going.

the UNRWA are still working tirelessly to get aid in. they've reopened up three health centers, they're still working to get more kids into distance learning programmes (260k+ since jan). they're still there, and they still need support -> this account here also has a list of fundraisers and ways to support.

as i type this, they've cut off all electricity in gaza.

it has always been, and will always be, free the middle east, even if a man climbing big ben with a palestine flag is all you see on the news.

[a-neru-neru]

its bad right now. here's a quick caedo

[saviourfinn]

The french minister of internal affairs banned pro-Palestine protests, but the administrative tribunal cancelled that decision because banning protests just because they're pro-Palestine is illegal. So the prefecture had no choice but to allow it, and today 15 000 people gathered Place de la République, in Paris, to support the Palestinian people. Many people also marched in other cities.

We stand with the Palestinian people.

[lividbrunette]

I am so sick and tired of seeing all these “I know biden is bad, I know biden has done some bad things but vote for biden because trump will destroy our democracy” posts bc a) clearly our democracy is a sham and b) STOP DEFENDING BIDEN, STOP DOWNPLAYING WHAT HE HAS DONE! you do not need to, nor should you, defend biden to any degree. you can say that we cannot let trump win without that other bullshit. biden is pure evil, he is scum. and part of what makes him so horrendous and disturbing is the charade he puts on like he’s the good guy and trump is the evil, the bad to his good. quite literally the only thing that he has going for him is that his opponent is somehow even worse than him. that his opponent has no pretense of even trying to act like he doesn’t want to fully be a dictator. stop fucking defending biden. stop fucking downplaying all the horrendous, despicable, evil things he has done and is continuing to do. he is fully funding and supporting and enabling a genocide. it helps no one.

and if/when biden loses, he only has himself to blame.

ideally we would all rally behind a third party candidate and the electoral college wouldn’t exist. ideally these wouldn’t be our “choices”. idfk what to do because trump cannot win but how can any of us in good conscience vote for biden’s evil, fascistic, decrepit ass ??

what makes biden so different from or better than trump? nothing!!

- he is unconditionally supporting netanyahu and his genocide of Palestinians

- democrats have done nothing to protect nor help us as roe v. wade was overturned, we still have student loan debt, the cost of living is unaffordable and the minimum wage remains unchanged, biden has increased police presence and funding for police (more so than in 2020, despite the eruption of BLM protests and the murder of George Floyd and his promise to George Floyd’s family that he wouldn’t let his murder become just another number, another hashtag), and so. much. more.

- biden is building off of trump’s policies - specifically and most recently, biden has just announced an executive order to deny asylum requests. the increase in police funding and the further militarization of police was also built off of trump’s policies

the u.s. is an evil sham of a country.

as ethel cain said …

[sawbuckplus]

Specialized face shield to protect against chemicals, like the Mace used by Law Enforcement. Who is buying these in quantity and having them delivered to violent protesters engaging in insurrection?

[mixmangosmangoverse]

The discussion around the fandomization of the I/P conflict is so fucking relevant because why did I just see someone in a discord for a reaction channel that reacts to musicals and cartoons suggest them to react to the Columbia ""protests"" with a heart emoji as if it's another episode of their favorite show and SIX other people agreed with that

[afrenomes]

Another thing is that all the people who are using this specific issue with Khalil and Columbia to say that Trump is coming for protests (which is true) are actually implying that they believe peaceful protests and violent riots—which these are (they literally stormed a school building twice, kept employees hostage who then had to FIGHT their way through, and sent another employee to the hospital! There’s very little difference between these people and Jan. 6 rioters!)—are the same fucking thing!

This is what Trump wants! He wants you to not be able to distinguish the two, he wants your heads all turned around and not know what’s what. He wants you to think that peaceful protests and violent riots are one and the same! That way he can get rid of all of it! This is his M.O.! And you all played right into his game!

[2acetaminophen]

Blaming Silco for Felicia’s death imo is more of an underline as to why Vander was a very flawed character/revolutionary leader and not why Silco was inherently evil. Everyone showed up to fight, where it seems like Vander was the sole survivor and everyone else was shot/ran. That is the reality of resistance, you don’t know going in when the switch is going to flip and when shots get fired. Silco didn’t shoot Felicia and Connol. Enforcers did. Vi and Vander both say verbatim that they were killed by enforcers, I know that one scene implies Silco feels guilty and Vander blamed him for escalating by tossing a Molotov cocktail, but I need you all to be so for real with yourselves about how shooting a bridge full of protestors is also an extreme retaliation and sit with why blaming Silco or Vander, and them blaming eachother/themselves, is wrong. Why feeling guilty and personal responsibility for a violent system comfortable with executing civilians in the street cant really rest on either of their shoulders. And that blaming Slco for their deaths is very centrist lib of you and I won’t stand for it.

[jangillman]

[a-very-tired-jew]

The very peaceful protests and their very peaceful actions. I previously posted about how the Columbia SJP has an infographic on terrorist groups and uses language justifying and endorsing their actions. Well here is the UCSC SJP's Instagram.

Fig. 1. Depicts a police car that was damaged by an IED on June 1st at the UCSC student Palestine protests.

Listen, I'm as ACAB as the next person. Hell, I'm an independent forensic consultant. I get to see first hand the fuckery that goes down when I get called in, regardless of what side I'm on. But this? This action here on the official UCSC SJP Instagram page? That is employing the same methods that recognized terrorist groups have used around the world. Jews have said for months that these "peaceful" protests were on track to becoming violent. When you shout and endorse the same rhetoric as terrorist groups that have repeatedly stated they want to kill Jews there is the eventuality that you will start using their same violent tactics. We've already seen these student protesters engage in the same behavior as Nazis by preventing Jewish students and faculty from attending their classes and buildings. We've seen them spit on us, threaten us, shout vile insults, attack us, and attempt to burn down / bomb / destroy our places of worship and business, and we have repeatedly said that it will get worse. Well here it is. Once you start trying to blow up vehicles in the street you're too far gone to call yourself peaceful protesters anymore, you’ve become terrorists. Plain and simple. And guess what? The picture on their Instagram has a descript that is equally chilling.

Fig. 2. Is a message that is attached to the photo in Fig. 1. and includes language that emphasizes violence and terrorist actions. This reads like a manifesto that is attempting to garner support from minority populations here in the USA by appealing to the issues they face. However, the language they are using is a giant warning klaxon because it undermines the actual severity of what these groups face by couching it within the ProPal Western Activist lexicon. Many people, myself included as a death expert, have pointed out that the term genocide as applied to the conflict is improper and does not meet the criteria. That doesn't stop these protesters from using it to appeal to emotion and attempt to guilt others into supporting their cause. It's clearly an attempt to gather support and drive others to violence. Nothing in here says that these are peaceful protesters. They are ready to lay down their lives for the Cause™ in a violent manner.

Glorifying martyrdom.

Red flag.

Death to amerikkka.

Red flag.

Knife to the throat of zionism.

Red flag. You already complained about the more benign Finding Out portion of employers flagging certain degrees from specific universities and wanting to know if their possible employee is an antisemite. The Finding Out portion of actually planting IEDs is much, much worse. At a certain point people will have to accept that the SJP/PSC system blatantly endorses and justifies violent terrorism. This is what Globalize the Intifada means. It means engaging in the same violent acts of the Second Intifada. It's a call to engage in violent terrorism. But ya'll don't want to accept that, regardless of how many times it's pointed out.

[sjerzgirl]

Oh, how I hope he wins.

[v0idwraith]

For everyone going to protests, remember:

Bring a shit ton of water. More than you think you need, and then more than that.

Bring a mask. Preferably a gas mask, but anything is better than nothing.

Be alert. If you see something get thrown, even if you’re not sure what it is, run in the other direction. Better safe than sorry.

IF YOU GET TEAR GASSED/PEPPER SPRAYED:

DO NOT put milk in your eyes. Flush your eyes out with water, milk can cause infections in your eyes. Additionally, milk is no more effective against tear gas than water. Milk is effective against pepper spray.

Flush your eyes with water immediately. Keep rinsing them for 10-15 minutes, or just as long as you can.

TAKE OUT CONTACTS

When you shower, take as cold a shower as possible. It will suck, but hot water will enlarge your pores and let the tear gas seep in deeper. Be very thorough with soap, remember to wash your hair too.

Remove all contaminated clothing immediately, put it in a plastic bag and wash it as soon as possible. If you got directly tear gassed, you may have to throw the clothes away.

Anyone feel free to add to this, I just felt the need to make this post quickly since I just got back from a protest and saw so many people flushing their eyes with milk.

[dinosaurwithablog]

The No Kings protest in Bellingham, WA, went very well. Thousands of people gathered peacefully and held their protest without any problems. The police set up barricades but didn't bother the protesters... As it should be. What a concept... Things have not been as they should be since January. I'm glad that things stayed peaceful... 🙏🏼✌🏼💜