TropicalDingdong,

Fascists.

FatTony,
@FatTony@lemmy.world avatar

I’m out of the loop on this one. What exactly is happening over there at University of Texas?

DoucheBagMcSwag,

Pro Palestinian protests are getting quashed with a complete violation of freedom of assembly

MonkderDritte, (edited )

Uncle sam says nothing? You still have amendments and so on, right?

jkrtn,

The Amendment still exists but someone gave Clarence Thomas an RV so it isn’t in force at the moment.

MonkderDritte, (edited )

RV?

Sorry for duplicates, server had a stroke.

Andrenikous,

Bribed with a vehicle meant for traveling.

klemptor,
@klemptor@startrek.website avatar

He would be quick to clarify that it’s a motorcoach, not an RV.

tocopherol,
@tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Those amendments are very selectively applied when it comes to any grassroots action that isn’t fully right-wing. There is essentially no protection to speak against the state if they want to target you.

Kalysta,

May the first amendment lawsuits be plentiful and crush the fascists.

Captain_Buddha,

People protesting another war, and they feel more aggression is the right answer.

Gork,

Guy in the center there forgot his gloves.

EdibleFriend,
@EdibleFriend@lemmy.world avatar

Lurch in the back is wondering if they have waited long enough before they get to start killing people.

RizzRustbolt,

Hey… don’t drag Lurch in to this. Lurch is nice.

Sarsaparilla,
Sarsaparilla avatar

I appreciate the juxtaposition with the sign. Great image.

agissilver,

This looks like it’s right next to the student activity center so I’m guessing the sign is real. But good meme fodder.

RizzRustbolt,

“Protesting to end a genocide? That’s a paddlin’.”

HootinNHollerin, (edited )

University of Texas at Austin. There were protests of the Vietnam war there and the university put giant planters into the west mall where the protests were to reduce their size. They’re still there today. They always felt a bit out of place then I learned the history

Hello_there,

Get that photographer a pulitzer

njm1314,

Texas University isn’t a place.

JasonDJ,

Sure it is. It’s where all the smartest Texans go to further their education.

Up north we just call it “middle school”, though.

Superfool,

Riot police is what you get when parents don’t show their children love.

melpomenesclevage,

So you’re saying there’s no collateral damage if they go away?

Captain_Buddha,

Oh come now… there’s a very real chance their parents loved them, and they still became assholes.

Zink,

Eh, a lot of people are fucking terrible at showing love, even to the ones they actually do love.

Either that or they just have their priorities mixed up. I wonder how many of them had attentive parents, but they thought doing a good job as a parent meant raising sons to be aggressive tough guys.

Masterblaster420,

it’s indoctrination, which is strong in rural texas. the problem cannot be solved without a complete overhaul of the social landscape of america. conservatives need reeducation camps.

paradiso,

Re-education camps? Hahahaha you’re actually insane.

Masterblaster420,

insanity is doing nothing while sociopaths destroy the last vestiges of humanity.

paradiso,

Don’t you think the concept of re-education camps is a bit sociopathic? Genuine question.

Masterblaster420,

yes i do but the ends justify the means

_lilith,
@_lilith@lemmy.world avatar

Should we beat and arrest the students or maybe sever ties with a nation committing war crimes? Better get those students and arrest record, looks good on job interviews.

tocopherol,
@tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Vast majority of protesters arrested don’t end up with any charges or a record, the police know this, but they still get their mugshot taken which gets posted online by right-wingers, doxxing them to potential political violence.

Masterblaster420,

which is why we should do the same thing to conservatives. don’t get bullied. bully back.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar

“Revenge cannot be used to return to norm, it normalizes violence.” - Ekaterina Shulman

Masterblaster420,

you can ride a high horse all the way into oblivion" - Masterblaster420

it’s about self defense and preserving humanity for future generations.

melpomenesclevage,

Honestly, I think cops just need to be reminded they bleed too, and there are no way they can win if we actually fight back.

Masterblaster420,

damn right

tocopherol,
@tocopherol@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Last I was on Twitter a couple years ago there were antifascist pages that did that, the ones I followed were banned while the fascist ‘antifa watch’ pages I’ve seen are promoted. But I agree, Twitter won’t work for it anymore but we should have some kind of fascist watchlist.

I’ve thought about the deck of cards of terror suspects the US had, with higher members of Al Qaeda or whatever, we should have that for the top fascist politicians and war mongers. It should be well known the names and faces of the people pushing us off the cliff.

RizzRustbolt,

Ooo… a Tarot deck of conservative facists.

melpomenesclevage,

I mean, fuck social media, just do it somewhere?

Masterblaster420,

it’s a war. you get it.

melpomenesclevage,

So the police are violent. Hope somebody starts taking pot shots when they line up all convenient like this.

C’mon, be the mirror universe cool Texas we know you can be.

neo,

I’m not saying it’s photoshoped, but the sign looks out of place and like an invitation to change its text.

HootinNHollerin, (edited )

I went to school there. They had signs that read similar things back then. The university’s slogan is ‘what starts here changes the world’

radicalautonomy,
baggins,

That is exactly the kind of bs a university would put on a sign

Squorlple,
@Squorlple@lemmy.world avatar

Here is another camera angle. Source

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d1caa7c3-8063-402d-8248-ce5f401d8491.jpeg

Here is a LinkedIn post from at least 1 month prior with a photo of a similar sign. Source

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e1ae731d-a073-44f2-a9f2-e4897bf2afa2.jpeg

Here is a LinkedIn post from at least 3 weeks prior that has been edited but contains the same phrase. Source. Because the post has been edited, it does not act as standalone evidence but it is supporting evidence.

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/bee91ddc-21b5-4321-8967-5428991baa74.jpeg

The phrase seems to be an existing slogan for the campus, and there seems to be signage with that phrase and color of background of text. The photo in the original post seems to be plausible.

thanks_shakey_snake,

Can someone OOTL this for me? What’s going on in Texas?

theparadox,

More arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.

okamiueru,

What do they need the riot police for?

graymess,

Great question.

uis,
@uis@lemmy.world avatar
Aceticon,

Because the American Power Elites believe Might Makes Right and the riot police are their most willful and most violent goons.

Natanael,

They don’t, they just want to scare the kids into but expressing ideas they don’t like. Which is very illegal but they don’t care

Passerby6497,

Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.

frunch,

To make it look like the protestors are violent. They wouldn’t call in those troops if it weren’t for those savage antisemitic protestors, right?!?

RizzRustbolt,

Or if a bunch of school students are about to be killed and they need a group of nutsacks to stand around and do nothing.

These are the same dorks from Uvalde.

scoobford,

Depending on your biases, either to try and maintain order to prevent it from becoming a riot, or to intimidate and assault protestors.

Given the history of police and protesting college kids, it’s probably supposed to be mostly an intimidation thing.

jkrtn,

Spraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.

DerArzt,

And then trying to wipe it off the internet.

PrincessLeiasCat,

Wait - that meme cop at UC Davis or wherever some years ago with the pepper spray? They tried to scrub that?

Or a different one? Because that meme was everywhere - good luck with that one.

troglodytis,

They tried to scrub that. Silly humans

masquenox,

It’s hard to crack down on dissent without them.

melpomenesclevage, (edited )

Terrorism. Literally all riot police ever do.

cosmicrookie,
@cosmicrookie@lemmy.world avatar

University protests was how Greece got rid of the military Junta in the 70s

They may seem futile but can be very powerful!

RizzRustbolt,

The fall of the Fifth Republic started on campuses as well.

FMT99,

Change the world kids! No, not like that!

ZK686,

So, are you okay with these “kids” (adults really, but whatever) disrupting campuses all over the country for Palestine? I mean, WTF? Lol…

Glytch,

Yep. Are you okay with cops pulling another Kent State?

Kalysta,

Yes.

Next question?

frostysauce,

Yes.

Zehzin,
@Zehzin@lemmy.world avatar

The only thing they did wrong is not disrupting streets also.

mojorizer,

Land of the free.

Nobody,

Whoever told you that is your enemy

ZMonster,
@ZMonster@lemmy.world avatar

Now, something must be done

uis,

It is not France

ZK686,

Well, I mean…we’re not PALESTINE…but hey, we’re trying to be more like them! Emma right? Emma right? Lol…

Ultragigagigantic,
@Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world avatar
ZK686,

Oh brother…let us know when you’re leaving…

gamermanh,
@gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Cowards flee.

People with backbones stay and make things less shit.

Of course you’d immediately go to the former, conservatives always do.

Retrograde,
@Retrograde@lemmy.world avatar

That song slaps

FenrirIII,
@FenrirIII@lemmy.world avatar

ACAB. Remember that when things get worse.

melpomenesclevage,

Prisoners are for exchange. If exchange is refused, they have outlived their usefulness-blue lives do not matter.

hactar42,

Whenever I see things like this I think back to something Lewis Black once said back during the Occupy Wall Street protests. They had him on ABC or one of the major news stations and asked him what he thought about it. His answer was along the lines of, “When were the college kids ever wrong?”

ZK686,

Um, now? I mean, these “protestors” aren’t even remotely interested in what’s REALLY going on with the Israel/Palestine situation…they just want to protest from the comforts of their home here in the United States.

mlg,
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Lol you want them to make an insurgency group and get labeled enemies of the state?

This exact same stuff happened during Vietnam, including stupid comments like yours.

JasonDJ,

Ahh those were the good ol’ days of Lemmy…back in 'nam.

Kalysta,

The united states is the reason israel even can afford a military. Protesting putting their war on our credit card should be done at home.

Though they could also all pile into DC and shut the city down. Would you rather that happen? You know what, that’d likely work better!

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