cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2442782
Biden gave a speech this morning condemning the university antiwar protesters. He calls them violent and says that they are protesting illegally.
full video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLjdZbwutY
Let’s highlight the actual points in this article instead of taking Hexbear at their word:
To summarize, he respects their right to protest and called for nonviolence without citing any side in particular. Notable that there have been violent counter-protestors.
Every single one of the US’s amendments came not through voting, or within the political system itself. Every single one was accompanied by violent and disruptive protest and the threat from the masses below.
Ok, but protests need to be done “without distraction”? That kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?
Since there’s more than one of you ignorant settler narcissists replying to the above comment to the tune of “as long as I’m not inconvenienced…”, I’m not taking the time to respond to all of you individually: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POINT OF A PROTEST IS, YOU COMFORTABLE SUBURBANITE COLONOIDS? THE POINT IS TO BE SEEN! THE POINT IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AN INJUSTICE!
Now it shouldn’t surprise me that the sons and daughters of Kent State’s protestors have this take, but it disgusts me; because y’all wanna talk all this bullshit about failures of civics classes when your blueanon genocidairés fail to get the votes you think they’re automatically entitled to, then you’ll say some bullshit like “I’m against any protest I can’t ignore”. I hope you keep that same energy when it’s your face the government is forcing its boot down on; 'cause I’ll be dead by then-- and if I wasn’t? I’d laugh at you. I’d make jokes at your expense. I’d spit on your cause as I walked by. Finally, after all that got boring, I’d ignore you. THE EXACT SAME WAY Y’ALL DO RIGHT NOW.
Death to the settlers. John Brown should’ve killed more slavers; maybe we’d have less settler treatbrains to deal with in the here-and-now.
I’m against all protests that I can’t ignore completely
I think he meant to stay on point. As in, don’t fall into antisemitism when you’re protesting Israel. Since that’s what he mentioned just before.
Do you really think Biden is talking about anyone other than the pro-Palistinian protesters in this context?
Notable that their haven’t violent protests anywhere zionists and cops weren’t involved
No one cares about the uninformed State-Department-regurgitation you call an ‘opinion’ except for other uninformed settler wastrels sipping the same governmental vomitus; you collaborating dog.
Peaceful protests have not won anything. The Civil Rights Movement was not peaceful, despite liberal mythology.