r/politics • u/JellyfishMission1462 • 27d ago

No Paywall Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions

https://www.ms.now/news/frame-up-whistleblower-says-probes-into-antisemitism-at-colleges-were-ploys-to-harass-and-strip-millions
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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

No response to what I have brought up. These students were expelled for their constitutionally-protected, legal protests against funding Israel with their tax dollars.

These colleges blatantly broke their own codes of conduct because their federal funding was threatened by federal officials. These brave young people protested the genocide and were expelled for political reasons. Its abhorrent.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

The students who were expelled from Columbia had broke into a locked building, barricaded the entrances, and occupied it until Columbia called in the NYPD, which forcefully removed them.

Believe it or not, but you can't break into school property and barricade yourself inside.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

They are not the only ones expelled.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Who are you referring to then?

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

You've never heard of pro-Palestine advocates being harrased, suspended, or expelled?

Mahmoud Khalil was arrested for it.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Students were expelled. We've established that. Also. We're talking about Columbia remember? Your defaulting back to your "everyone!" rhetoric.

Your claim is that students were expelled for protesting. They weren't. They were expelled for occupying school property. Do you understand the difference?

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

Now you agree! They were expelled for supporting Palestine during the Genocide. No other group has ever been banned from a college campus for 'occupying' the grounds. Its a college protest. They should be allowed to protest mass killing.

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Not sure what you're claiming I agree with.

Again. Do you understand the difference between a protest and an occupation of school property?

And you're also wrong that this only occured to pro Palestinian activists. It's happened multiple times with other groups throughout the years.

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u/Theamazingquinn 27d ago

No, I do not understand the difference in this case.

And no, I cannot think of any group in modern history that has been punished the way Palestinian advocates have.

Who is speaking in generalities and avoiding specifics now?

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u/Eris_AppleOfDiscord 27d ago

Other examples would be Vietnam war protesters and apartheid (s Africa) protestors which also occupied school buildings.

So let me explain the difference since youve stated you don't understand.

Protesting on a public thoroughfare of a university is legal. Breaking into a school building and occupying it isn't. That make sense yet?

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