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Aren’t you a little short to be a stormtrooper?
Guy in the center there forgot his gloves.
Lurch in the back is wondering if they have waited long enough before they get to start killing people.
Hey… don’t drag Lurch in to this. Lurch is nice.
Fascists.
I’m out of the loop on this one. What exactly is happening over there at University of Texas?
Pro Palestinian protests are getting quashed with a complete violation of freedom of assembly
Uncle sam says nothing? You still have ammendments and so on, right?
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.
The Amendment still exists but someone gave Clarence Thomas an RV so it isn’t in force at the moment.
RV?
Sorry for duplicates, server had a stroke.
Bribed with a vehicle meant for traveling.
He would be quick to clarify that it’s a motorcoach, not an RV.
May the first amendment lawsuits be plentiful and crush the fascists.
People protesting another war, and they feel more aggression is the right answer.
I appreciate the juxtaposition with the sign. Great image.
This looks like it’s right next to the student activity center so I’m guessing the sign is real. But good meme fodder.
“Protesting to end a genocide? That’s a paddlin’.”
University of Texas at Austin
Get that photographer a pulitzer
Texas University isn’t a place.
Sure it is. It’s where all the smartest Texans go to further their education.
Up north we just call it “middle school”, though.
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?”
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.
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!
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.
Ahh those were the good ol’ days of Lemmy…back in 'nam.
Riot police is what you get when parents don’t show their children love.
Oh come now… there’s a very real chance their parents loved them, and they still became assholes.
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.
Re-education camps? Hahahaha you’re actually insane.
insanity is doing nothing while sociopaths destroy the last vestiges of humanity.
Don’t you think the concept of re-education camps is a bit sociopathic? Genuine question.
A
ACAB. Remember that when things get worse.
Can’t win in the United States…people are complaining that the cops aren’t doing shit about all these protests, and then when they do, people STILL complain. Whatever…
yeah bud, because it’s different people complaining. it’s a country with a lot of people who all have a lot of differing opinions. most places work like that actually.
Only dumbass shitbag fascists are complaining that “the cops aren’t doing shit about all these protests”.
So, there’s that …
Of the people I personally know, it’s pretty much universally agreed there was no need to do anything about anything.
Can someone OOTL this for me? What’s going on in Texas?
More arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.
What do they need the riot police for?
Because the American Power Elites believe Might Makes Right and the riot police are their most willful and most violent goons.
It’s hard to crack down on dissent without them.
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?!?
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.
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.
Spraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.
And then trying to wipe it off the internet.
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.
They tried to scrub that. Silly humans
Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.
Great question.
Change the world kids! No, not like that!
So, are you okay with these “kids” (adults really, but whatever) disrupting campuses all over the country for Palestine? I mean, WTF? Lol…
The only thing they did wrong is not disrupting streets also.
Yes.
Next question?
Yes.
Yep. Are you okay with cops pulling another Kent State?
Greg Abbot isn’t having none of that free speech bs