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Deinonych[they/them]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

Biden condemns university antiwar protests, says 'Order must prevail'

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Biden condemns university antiwar protests, says 'Order must prevail'

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Deinonych[they/them]@lemmy.ml to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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Biden condemns campus violence: 'Order must prevail'
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The president stressed that violent protests are not protected under the law as tensions escalate during pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses nationwide.

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

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    Let’s highlight the actual points in this article instead of taking Hexbear at their word:

    emphasizing that violent protest is not protected under the law.

    Biden emphasized that “peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues”

    “Whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans, it’s simply wrong… In America, we respect the right and protect the rights for them to express that, but it doesn’t mean anything goes. It needs to be done without violence, without distraction, without hating and within the law.”

    The president also said “no” to a separate shouted question asking whether he thinks the National Guard should intervene in the campus protests.

    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.

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      Berkeley has had an encampment on campus since April 22nd and hasn’t sent in the cops.

      As always, with protests like this, the violence always begins with cops.

      https://www.reuters.com/world/us/berkeley-takes-hands-off-approach-gaza-campus-protests-columbia-called-police-2024-05-02/

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        Violence begins with cops or fascist agitators*. So far the students have had the discipline to not retaliate, which is what the violent agitators want.

        *Some of those who work forces…

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      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.

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      Ok, but protests need to be done “without distraction”? That kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?

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        I’m against all protests that I can’t ignore completely

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        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.

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      Whithout citing any side in particular.

      Do you really think Biden is talking about anyone other than the pro-Palistinian protesters in this context?

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        So you’re just making assumptions about his stance, and disregarding what he says?

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          Disregard what Liar in Chief Biden says? All the time. White House walks back Biden’s claim he saw children beheaded by Hamas

          Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel

          Washington Post Fact-Checker Gives Up on Recording Biden’s Lies

          I judge him by his 50 year track record, not his words.

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      Peaceful protests have not won anything. The Civil Rights Movement was not peaceful, despite liberal mythology.

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