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sheshe2

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4. All hiding their faces.

Tue Apr 30, 2024, 02:38 AM

Apr 30

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April 30, 1968
Police arrest 86 students occupying Hamilton Hall—out of 700 arrests made as negotiations broke down. Faculty linked arms to protect students

April 30, 2024
As negotiations break down & faculty link arms again, students occupy Hamilton Hall

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Columbia protesters occupy building, smashing windows; worker: 'They held me hostage' [View all] sheshe2 Apr 30 OP

What a way to win hearts and minds. RandySF Apr 30 #1

Exactly! sheshe2 Apr 30 #2

Three crimes. RandySF Apr 30 #3

Kidnapping actually..... getagrip_already Apr 30 #27

All hiding their faces. sheshe2 Apr 30 #4

I keep getting reminded of Herblock editorial cartoons from the late 1970's... Archae Apr 30 #42

Authorities should have let these protesters sit inside the building without food and see how long they last. LisaL Apr 30 #5

That would play into their hands to let them claim brutality and injustice. wnylib Apr 30 #10

Such a nice, peaceful protest. wnylib Apr 30 #6

"They're just misunderstood and helping the oppressed" LeftInTX Apr 30 #7

Between them, and violent cops...ick, all around! electric_blue68 Apr 30 #9

This is the type of thing that happens ripcord Apr 30 #44

I don't know about the spoiled part. Some of them wnylib Apr 30 #46

true. both parts. -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 30 #63

Well, fuck them! electric_blue68 Apr 30 #8

All over Twitter brettdale Apr 30 #11

But they look so cool wearing those Hamas-style keffiyehs they bought on Amazon! SunSeeker Apr 30 #12

It's because they're revolutionaries!!1! Oneironaut Apr 30 #30

There's not much difference between them and the J6ers. yardwork Apr 30 #69

No indication that police are anywhere in sight. LeftInTX Apr 30 #13

They put out a Statement that they won't get involved until officially requested. jimfields33 Apr 30 #51

"Message From a Gazan to Campus Protesters: You're Hurting the Palestinian Cause" Cha Apr 30 #14

Thank you Cha bdamomma Apr 30 #19

Yea I think the Ugly Protests are Cha Apr 30 #74

YES. MorbidButterflyTat Apr 30 #77

Thanks for this Cha mcar Apr 30 #26

Except to Harm the Schools and other Students.. they should Cha Apr 30 #83

Since I didn't want to start a thread about another protest... LeftInTX Apr 30 #15

All of these students could elicit real change with a big financial message Dorian Gray Apr 30 #16

Once they are expelled, they won't be paying tuition any longer MichMan Apr 30 #17

Time for a roll call.... getagrip_already Apr 30 #29

Totally immature, childish, ridiculous display of entitlement. yardwork Apr 30 #18

A violent and dangerous mob. Ace Rothstein Apr 30 #20

These people must be arrested and charged, and if they are students expelled Demsrule86 Apr 30 #24

When one supports terrorists, it is a small step to become terrorists sarisataka Apr 30 #45

They need to have their masks pulled down if they insist on being physical! mymomwasright Apr 30 #85

Well, there were calls for "globalizing the Intifada" Happy Hoosier Apr 30 #21

Hostages? Arrest them and charge them with EllieBC Apr 30 #22

This is bullshit. They should be arrested for kidnapping. Enough. Demsrule86 Apr 30 #23

They aren't helping mcar Apr 30 #25

I want every one of these people investigated to figure out which ones are right wing agitators. Takket Apr 30 #28

I want everyone who broke the law arrested and prosecuted exboyfil Apr 30 #31

100% agree. Just saying I want the ringleaders and their motives exposed. Takket Apr 30 #35

I don't think that RW agitators are behind this. wnylib Apr 30 #47

Holding someone hostage is not what passionate, idealistic people should be doing. shrike3 Apr 30 #49

I totally agree with you. I'm just saying that the organizers are wnylib Apr 30 #53

Somebody better take this in hand, or they're going to hurt their cause. shrike3 Apr 30 #64

Well, my view from the start is that, if they want to help wnylib Apr 30 #66

Sigh. Seems that way. SMH. shrike3 Apr 30 #67

totally agree. but they are. and where we veer off course is in then postulating stopdiggin Apr 30 #60

If a student is dumb enough to fall for a right-wing agitator AkFemDem Apr 30 #52

+1. The search for the man behind the curtain is a fallacy stopdiggin Apr 30 #62

Send in the NYPD and take out the trash. Jedi Guy Apr 30 #32

Peaceful protest does not involve seizing and destruction of property. Lock them up. Takket Apr 30 #36

Nah. It's time to mobilize Joint Task Force Empire Shield - FAFO. sir pball Apr 30 #40

Interesting psychological approach. Remove the media attention wnylib Apr 30 #48

Keep them bottled up in the building, then, but enforce a total media blackout. Jedi Guy Apr 30 #61

If they became desperate enough for attention, wnylib Apr 30 #70

If they progressed to something that extreme, I feel like NYPD would have no choice but to act at that point. Jedi Guy Apr 30 #73

I agree on the consequences. And I know that the suggestions wnylib Apr 30 #75

"I suspect that the protesters hope for an ending that they can dramatize to fit their projected martyrdom image." Jedi Guy Apr 30 #80

You can't deny media coverage womanofthehills Apr 30 #82

But phone batteries run down. If the electricity were shut off wnylib Apr 30 #87

This sounds like extortion or an action movie with B actors MorbidButterflyTat Apr 30 #81

That is a GREAT idea! MorbidButterflyTat Apr 30 #78

Some of them are probably paid protesters. Fla Dem Apr 30 #33

Rumor has it that Lisa Fithian is on campus and was in Hamilton Hall last night and is on campus this AM. LeftInTX Apr 30 #38

Trump's friends in the Middle East JCMach1 Apr 30 #39

How quickly the narrative changes.... sarisataka Apr 30 #43

GQP gonna use this to equivocate on Jan 6. Both-siderisms. Not good at all. lindysalsagal Apr 30 #34

"RW Agitators!", "Paid Protestors!"... No True Scotsman? Lancero Apr 30 #37

Putin's Useful Idiots Beetwasher. Apr 30 #41

Seems like yesterday when I was reading sanctimonious comments about how wonderful these kids are BannonsLiver Apr 30 #50

Some posters are proud that they've taken over the school building. Ace Rothstein Apr 30 #54

Reliving their glory days, no doubt BannonsLiver Apr 30 #55

Smashing windows, harassing students, holding university employees against their will is so "flower power". LeftInTX Apr 30 #56

they're still around. the like minded just tend to congregate in seperate corners of the room. -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 30 #65

Why is that so funny? MorbidButterflyTat Apr 30 #79

Because it was a foolish point to make. BannonsLiver Apr 30 #86

I'm starting to wonder about the nexus of this whole "movement." It seems convenient Vinca Apr 30 #57

The Floyd protests too. These election year "movements" always seem to start out Wingus Dingus Apr 30 #58

Ya think? shrike3 Apr 30 #72

Yesterday was the last day of Spring Classes JustAnotherGen Apr 30 #59

OMG, the play acting is so pathetic. They're pretending Nixie Apr 30 #68

They are all tone deaf. sheshe2 Apr 30 #76

Cause completely undermined budkin Apr 30 #71

I believe (w/ no evidence for or against) that the majority of the protesters are sincere Torchlight Apr 30 #84

If they are so easily manipulated sheshe2 Apr 30 #88

Fortunaely the Police came Cha May 1 #89