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DougHolland

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Old, large, cranky. Gotta go to the bathroom.
Also, that picture isn’t me.
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Truth, but the NY Times is part of that system.

DougHolland,
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An opinion piece trying to twist the man’s words.

What’s the twist?

DougHolland,
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There has been a “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America,” but it’s not on campus. It’s from the same people who are ferociously racist and anti-LGBTQ, and now lying that anti-genocide means anti-semitism.

I don’t doubt that there’s a sprinkling of anti-semites among the protesters, same as there are anti-semites at baseball games and everywhere else in America. Anyone violent or threatening violence ought to be arrested and prosecuted — of course.

But in all this campus hubbub over the past month, the violent and frightening people are the ones ordering the end of protests. And now the President of the United States, standing behind the people ordering the end of protests.

How Counterprotesters at U.C.L.A. Provoked Violence, Unchecked for Hours - (NYT Gift Link) (www.nytimes.com)

A New York Times examination of more than 100 videos from clashes at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that violence ebbed and flowed for nearly five hours, mostly with little or no police intervention. The violence had been instigated by dozens of people who are seen in videos counterprotesting the encampment....

DougHolland,
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‘Counterprotestors’ seems absolutely and obviously the wrong word.

DougHolland,
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Exactly the truth. Let’s abandon empty labels like ‘pro’ and ‘anti’ Palestine and Israel, and tell the truth. One side is pro-genocide, one side is anti-genocide, and an embarrassingly huge number of people are undecided.

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