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Oh, this will be interesting.
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Lots of skeery footage coming out of UT Austin.
Greg Abbott @GregAbbott_TX wrote: Arrests being made right now & will continue until the crowd disperses.
These protesters belong in jail.
Antisemitism will not be tolerated in Texas. Period.
Students joining in hate-filled, antisemitic protests at any public college or university in Texas should be expelled.Greg Price @greg_price11 wrote: Pro Hamas idiots at UT Austin discover what happens why you try to pull a Columbia in Texas
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Pro Hamas or anti-war?
Also:
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Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?Timeless Watches
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are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?
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Monica Madden @themonicamadden wrote: At this moment in time, many of the student protestors appear more angered by police presence on @UTAustin campus than the conflict in Israel-Gaza itself. Big shift in the chanting has primarily been to “off our campus” rather than previous pro-Palestine chanting. Keep overhearing students saying they feel 1A peaceful assembly rights are being violated.
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Anti-war.pipistrelle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:00 pm Pro Hamas or anti-war?
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Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?Timeless Watches
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are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?
tfg said there were people in NJ celebrating, that was false.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fac ... 1-attacks/
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Times have changed.
Simon Ateba @simonateba wrote: FLASHBACK: Governor Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) of Texas in 2019 saying that no one should ban free speech on college campuses. WATCH
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Ryan Chandler @RyanChandlerTV wrote: This just played over the intercom across the entire UT Austin campus:
“I command you in the name of the People of the State of Texas to disperse”
Roads leading here are closed, buildings locked down
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Collin Rugg @CollinRugg wrote: JUST IN: Law enforcement has arrested a Fox 7 reporter for "hitting" an officer at the University of Texas after he appeared to rush a DPS trooper.
Video footage shows the man moving towards the group before getting thrown to the ground.
After the incident, the man, who identified himself as 'Carlos' claimed the officers were pushing him and he didn't do anything wrong.
Bizarre.
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Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.
We've been here before, haven't we?
We've been here before, haven't we?
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It's possible.sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:10 pm Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.
We've been here before, haven't we?
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Yes, and I was just a little kid then.sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:10 pm Regardless of which "side" anyone is on, the optics of this are horrible. Jackbooted (almost literally) armed thugs lined up against a bunch of college kids.
We've been here before, haven't we?
I just wanted to point out Abbott's lying if he's saying "pro Hamas" when they're anti war. Manipulating public opinion.
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FWIW, in an interview I caught, the student claimed to be pro-Palestine and pro-Israel, but anti-Hamas and anti-Netanyahu. FWIW.
Just in case they've got to plug a kid, I guess. Or a hundred.
Just in case they've got to plug a kid, I guess. Or a hundred.
Mike Prysner @MikePrysner wrote: State Troopers each appear to be carrying 100+ of rounds of AR-15 ammunition at the UT Austin protest
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Brett Cross is a parent that lost a child in Uvalde.
Brett Cross @BCross052422 wrote: Shit, if only they’d have moved like that when my son was being murdered.
But what do I expect….1 AR-15 keeps 376 officers at bay.Ryan Chandler @RyanChandlerTV wrote: DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.
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What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November?
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Dave from down under wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:48 pm What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November next month?
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sugar magnolia wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 8:04 pmDave from down under wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:48 pm What are the odds that Abbot will try for an emergency declaration before November next month week?
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This seems to be going the way of the Black Lives Matter protests, with people "outside" of the original protests turning it to something dark, in this case, antisemitism. Most of the students that I have heard are against the atrocities that are happening in Gaza, not against Jewish people, but of course, I can't speak for any of them. I don't think this was intended to be antisemitic. And most of the earlier reporting was that the antisemitic chanting and activities were taking place off campus, not the students on campus. I don't know what to think at this point because I have long been wary of how the news reports Israel-Palestinian issues.pipistrelle wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 5:00 pm Pro Hamas or anti-war?
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Wasn’t this one of tfg’s lies that was disproven?Timeless Watches
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are these american students protesting for the same palestinians that were chanting and parading with cheer and joy when 9/11 happened? or it’s a different type of palestine?
I have always held that you can dislike what the Israeli government is doing without being against Hewish people for their religion. I don't like Netanyahu's policies one bit, he's a war monger and has constantly poked at Palestinians, hoping Hamas would harm a handful of Israeli military so he can slaughter thousands of Palestinian civilians. That playbook has worked for him for years.
There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically? Police brutality.
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https://x.com/MeredithonFOX7/status/1783324854357205046raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:10 pm https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1 ... 9829211635Collin Rugg @CollinRugg wrote: JUST IN: Law enforcement has arrested a Fox 7 reporter for "hitting" an officer at the University of Texas after he appeared to rush a DPS trooper.
Video footage shows the man moving towards the group before getting thrown to the ground.
After the incident, the man, who identified himself as 'Carlos' claimed the officers were pushing him and he didn't do anything wrong.
Bizarre.
Meredith Aldis @MeredithonFOX7 wrote: JUST IN: Our photographer has been charged with criminal trespassing. @fox7austinFOX 7 Austin @fox7austin wrote: #NEW: A FOX 7 Austin photographer was arrested during the protests at UT Austin. After the protest line was moved back, the photographer fell, and was then detained and taken to jail. https://fox7austin.com/video/1446129
Jessica Rivera @JessicaonFOX7 wrote: Update our photographer was released just now from Travis County Jail.
He was booked last night at 8:29pm.
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No jackbooted thugs so far today at UTAustin, but local news reports about 5x the number of people protesting.
Ryan Chandler @RyanChandlerTV wrote: The American Association of University Professors announces a statement of no confidence in UT President Jay Hartzell.
“Faculty demand that criminal charges against students and others be dropped”
“End Hamas Now” in the background from a group of Jewish counterprotesters
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And because some NEWSMAX piece of shit had to talk crap...raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2024 7:31 pm Brett Cross is a parent that lost a child in Uvalde.
https://twitter.com/BCross052422/status ... 9606334636Brett Cross @BCross052422 wrote: Shit, if only they’d have moved like that when my son was being murdered.
But what do I expect….1 AR-15 keeps 376 officers at bay.Ryan Chandler @RyanChandlerTV wrote: DPS appears to be prepping to disperse with a heavy, heavy showing of DPS troopers prepped in riot gear.► Show Spoiler
Brett Cross @BCross052422 wrote: There were 376 officers from several different agencies.
DPS had 91 officers on the scene.
Don’t ever think you know more about my son’s murder than me.Ryan McBeth @RyanMcbeth wrote: @communitynotes This is Deceptive. The responders to Robb Elementary School were from the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Department.
Based on the patches in the video these officers ere Texas Highway...
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Even morons should know that TX Highway Patrol is a division of TXDPS. It even says so on their patches.
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Gina Ortiz Jones @GinaOrtizJones wrote: Gov. Abbott turned down $450 million in federal funding for a summer lunch program that would have benefitted ~3.8 million Texas kids.
I can guarantee that whatever Abbott is trying to ban has nothing to do with actually helping kids.
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I was gonna say Abbott only cares about the unborn, but probably not even then.raison de arizona wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:07 amGina Ortiz Jones @GinaOrtizJones wrote: Gov. Abbott turned down $450 million in federal funding for a summer lunch program that would have benefitted ~3.8 million Texas kids.
I can guarantee that whatever Abbott is trying to ban has nothing to do with actually helping kids.
Like as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
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So do our minutes hasten to their end . . .
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Abbott cares about Abbott.