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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Not A Serious Person on Today at 02:06:17 PM »
Could you provide some info on the "hundreds" of Jewish students that have been assaulted and "dozens" who have been batterered at these protests? Where? When? By whom?
(and remember ... "hundreds" and "dozens")
And no, you cannot prosecute every person at a protest if one person or some people at the protest committed a crime. By that incredibly dumb logic, every Charlottesville Nazi should have been charged with murder.

But to be clear, if there's evidence a protester assaulted anyone, that person should be arrested, charged and prosecuted. If there's evidence that crime was motivated by hate, that person should be charged with a hate crime.

The legal definition of assault?
Assault refers to the wrong act of causing someone to reasonably fear imminent harm.

Every chant, "from the river to the sea," and calls for intifada are an assault.  Same as calls for lynchings on campus are assaults.

The legal definition of battery
is the act of intentionally touching another person, or applying force to them, in a harmful or offensive way, without their consent.

Every student who has been physically blocked from entering a campus, that has a right to be on tath campus, has been battered.


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https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/05/02/remarks-by-president-biden-on-recent-events-on-college-campuses/

Dementia in Chief said this a few hours ago


So, let me be clear.  Peaceful protest in America — violent protest is not protected; peaceful protest is.  It’s against the law when violence occurs.
 
Destroying property is not a peaceful protest.  It’s against the law.
 
Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations — none of this is a peaceful protest.
 
Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest.  It’s against the law.

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The Superbar / Re: 2023-24 NBA Thread
« Last post by Uncle Rico on Today at 02:00:50 PM »
Yeah.  He is gifted offensively, but can be somewhat of a ball stopper (though he does make plays for others).  And as you said, he can't guard anyone.  He's a useful NBA player, but it's wild if he was really a non-negotiable for any true stars that were on the market.

It’s why the Hausers wouldn’t play with him
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The Superbar / Re: 2023-24 NBA Thread
« Last post by wadesworld on Today at 02:00:08 PM »
The homer take is that he was our player left to guard so he got no gifts.

No PG (and he didn't step up), didn't hit open shots, and he couldn't guard anyone 1-5 on the Cs in the series. Pretty disappointing.

Yeah.  He is gifted offensively, but can be somewhat of a ball stopper (though he does make plays for others).  And as you said, he can't guard anyone.  He's a useful NBA player, but it's wild if he was really a non-negotiable for any true stars that were on the market.
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Dickthedribbler on Today at 01:57:10 PM »
You are cheering on and wishing police beating people up this summer?

NO.

But I'm predicting with virtual certainty that there will be violence this year at the Convention in Chicago and I'm hoping television viewers take notice of who is instigating the violence and how it is or isn't being handled. That's all.

I guess I should keep in mind, though, there is no crime in Chicago.
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Hangin' at the Al / Re: Welcome Jack Anderson!
« Last post by Scoop Snoop on Today at 01:55:21 PM »
You know it’s a slow day when the preferred walk in gets this much run

No offense to Jack, but I was hoping that we would get a preferred walk on who was a 7', big ass 275 lb. guy who could shoot 3's at about 40 % and rebound better than Edey ever did.
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...more players in the NBA than transfers....
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Uncle Rico on Today at 01:46:01 PM »
Say what you will about the policy but at least we won the war in the end right

Nah, we wasted the lives of many young Americans in a war our leaders knew we couldn’t win
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Plaque Lives Matter! on Today at 01:39:29 PM »
Some people still think our policy with regards to Vietnam was correct.  Heck, some people think Henry Kissinger wasn’t a war criminal.  History and learning from it, isn’t a strong point for Americans

Say what you will about the policy but at least we won the war in the end right
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Plaque Lives Matter! on Today at 01:38:44 PM »
I mean that kinda circles back to the whole "young Jews should know their place and think like I think" mentality of some of our favorite healthcare workers here!



The UCLA protests escalated out of control when pro-Israel counter protesters stormed and attacked the encampment. There was little to no law enforcement intervention for quite some time. But the hand wringing (Warranted!) over bad actors yelling antisemitic and hateful rhetoric about Jews is very notably absent here when the shoe is on the other foot.

"Shortly before midnight, a group of about 200 pro-Israel counter-protesters arrived at UCLA’s campus and began attempting to tear down barriers surrounding the student encampment. Videos on social media show the group firing fireworks into the encampment, beating students, throwing objects, and shouting things like “second Nakba,” at the encampment — a reference to the 1948 ethnic cleansing and expulsion of Palestinians from the territory that now comprises Israel."

Say what you will about the legality and the enforcement of the breakup of the encampments, but there are a considerable number of people who are trying to instigate violence at them in the name of destroying them unchecked. We should be concerned about the instigation of violence and its selective enforcement by our increasingly militarized police.
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The Superbar / Re: IDF targets and kills food aid workers
« Last post by Uncle Rico on Today at 01:33:44 PM »
It's a weird self-own to say you changed you permanently changed your political outlook in the 8th grade because kids not much older than you were getting beaten up for protesting the Vietnam War.
"... and from that day forward, I was determined to be on the wrong side of history for the rest of my life."

Some people still think our policy with regards to Vietnam was correct.  Heck, some people think Henry Kissinger wasn’t a war criminal.  History and learning from it, isn’t a strong point for Americans
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