• Rapidcreek@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    "Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans are seizing on the eruption of campus protests across the country to depict the United States as out of control under President Biden, seeking to use the mostly peaceful demonstrations as a political cudgel against the Democrats,” the Washington Post reports.

    “Beyond the disruption to campus life, top Republicans have highlighted the antisemitic chants that have occurred at some of the protests. The issue is complicated by a debate over what constitutes antisemitism — and when criticism of Israel crosses that line — while some student organizers have denounced the chants or said they are coming from outside activists.”

    New York Times: “With pro-Palestinian protests spreading across campuses nationwide, university leaders have had to confront a central question: When does a demonstration cross the line?”

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      7 months ago

      I used to think “that’s the way we’ve always done it” was the shittiest excuse centrists have for their uncharacteristically steadfast support of genocide.

      I was wrong. The shittiest excuse is “we care what the people who chant ‘Jews will not replace us’ have to say about antisemitism.”