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In reply to the discussion: Demonstrations In New York Make Several Things Clear [View all]
EX500rider
(11,545 posts)160. Yes same as I rarely agree with her, must have pissed off her other buds in the Squad..at least Ilhan Omar/Rashida Tlaib
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Not really when in fact you look behind who is financing a lot of these chaos agents
Bev54
Jun 2024
#48
"Democracy" has a new meaning. So many words have new and wrong definitions now it's hard to keep up.
betsuni
Jun 2024
#211
Netanyahoo paid HAMAS. Was he doing it with funds from Russia or was that separate?
lark
Jun 2024
#14
So you think it would have been a better PR move to prevent foreign aid to the Gazans?
EX500rider
Jun 2024
#178
Considering the adoption by some of an ideology that calls for mass murder of Jews
NutmegYankee
Jun 2024
#66
I'm referring to the OP and the mindset of The Magistrate for his snarky response.
NutmegYankee
Jun 2024
#78
"ProPal" tend to struggle mightily with math, history, and definitions of words.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2024
#191
Not here in NYC. The "rally" was organized by Neerdeen Kiswani's hate group Within Our Lifetime.
lapucelle
Jun 2024
#144
Oh, yah... "took over "The Trains" "... Several subway cars 🙄 Pffffffft *
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#198
It's not exactly unimportant either. The term in certain (many) context is used to belittle women's ideas, and opinions.
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#195
Slandering (no evidence to support a single claim made) those protesting the mass killing of Palestinians
RAB910
Jun 2024
#6
Just as you clearly have the right to slander people by falsely accusing them of supporting torture, rape and murder
RAB910
Jun 2024
#24
They did not say that -- they said some other fucked up stuff, but that was not a chant
obamanut2012
Jun 2024
#36
"They" were so ashamed of the professionally made banner they brought to the protest?
sarisataka
Jun 2024
#116
NOT referencing what's going on re: I/P - but gas lighting is a real tatic.
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#199
Yes same as I rarely agree with her, must have pissed off her other buds in the Squad..at least Ilhan Omar/Rashida Tlaib
EX500rider
Jun 2024
#160
"I see it as more akin to holding a Pearl Harbor commemoration in the still burning ruins of Hiroshima."
thucythucy
Jun 2024
#180
The analogy makes no sense. It's a flawed attempt to justify a disgusting pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic demonstration. N/T
lapucelle
Jun 2024
#223
By your logic, I would be excused if I were to deny the protesting thugs access to their places of assembly
Beastly Boy
Jun 2024
#147
Especially since most hostages haven't been returned, and the physical, and emotional...
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#201
The report cites war crimes by BOTH Israel's fighters, West Bank settlers, and certain Palestinian groups, including...
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#200
They have the right to do all that....AND we have the right to call it disgusting, and hideous.
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#202
Yes, but for *anyone* to claim that it was "two people who were ashamed and put the banner away"
lapucelle
Jun 2024
#215
Hamas considers anyone who is not Hamas to be an infidel and to be put to the sword
GoneOffShore
Jun 2024
#60
How do the displays of Hezbollah flag and blocking the enrance to the Nova massacre exhibit signify
Beastly Boy
Jun 2024
#123
He/she may come back after a review, there wasn't Posting Privileges Revoked issued,
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 2024
#127
Oh, i remember Skoke, and Westboro Baptist Church... 1A, and we can say disgustng
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#203
And On That Sterling Comedic Note, I Must Depart To Attend Household Chores
The Magistrate
Jun 2024
#41
this would have played better if you hadn't made a broadside smear of 'Demonstrators in New York'
bigtree
Jun 2024
#47
Do you have any links to support your claim that the NYC protests have been "mostly peaceful"
lapucelle
Jun 2024
#141
Woah... That's screwy! And something I didn't know (his "thesis" and books)
electric_blue68
Jun 2024
#204
I just want to take another opportunity to say, since I don't normally jump into these threads
bigtree
Jun 2024
#63
Sure Buddy - and the Americans who opposed the war in Vietnam were supporting the Viet Cong, etc.
OutNow
Jun 2024
#109
Well, Jane Fonda did go to Hanoi and let herself be photographed on a Viet Cong AA gun.
PeaceWave
Jun 2024
#189
Yep, and while I disagreed with her, I did respect her right to protest as much as I found it
MarineCombatEngineer
Jun 2024
#193
Apparently, saying protests are becoming more pro-Hamas than about Gaza's people
betsuni
Jun 2024
#131