How is protesting an American funded genocide, āthe wrong thing?ā
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Iām pro peace.
You can protest anything you want, peacefully. As a photographer, I just want to do my job, edit/file my pictures to my agency, send an invoice, and return to my wife and daughter.
I want boring, peaceful days.
Not violence.
These have not been peaceful protests.
They are wasting their parentsā money holding sit-ins protesting against their colleges, targeting professors, damaging buildings, and threatening other students and preventing them from going to classes. They think a moronic ādivestmentā campaign that hasnāt worked and will never work is going to somehow make a difference. Itās some of the most over-privileged nonsense Iāve ever seen.
If they really want to protest, they should drop out of school and march in front of the White House or something.
There should just be QR codes posted at every demonstration where they can quickly volunteer + sign up for any war effort that they feel strongly enough to give their lives to across the world.
You canāt hide your face and hold up a āGlory to the martyrsā sign directly supporting murder and expect there to be no consequences. Go send your tuition money directly to Hamas if you feel that strongly. In fact, just send it to Iran since thatās where all the campus protest funding is coming from in the first place. 
Basically, yes, this is the problem.
If your message has any weight or significance, you donāt need to scream, or be violent.
The loudest people are frequently the ones with the least to say.
Thereās a reason these protests happen at Columbia University and not CUNY up the street. The students at City College are just there to learn how to be productive members of society, not trust fund babies getting a $70K/year free ride.
As a lifelong New Yorker who went to public school most of his life, I have found an equilibrium living and interacting with people different than me.
Iāve learned thereās good and bad people from every walk of life, and itās safe to assume that if I donāt vibe with you, itās not because youāre black, gay, whateverā¦ itās because youāre an asshole.
Anybody who isnāt up for a conversation is mentally weak, and you shouldnāt take them or their cause seriously
Sure, but the 1st amendment exists for a reason
The First Amendment doesnāt include property damage, obstruction of buildings and public spaces, and threats of physical harm.
You sure?
There were race riots throughout the summer of 2020 that would dramatically counter your argument.
I believe in the 1st amendment.
I also believe in speaking with people I disagree with so that one or both of us can learn something.
Whatās happening now though, itās not civil discourseā¦ but rather, ābelieve as I believe or youāre a wrong, and a Naziā
No replacement for civil discourseā¦ and most are unable to do it without holding back emotions
The irony here is that the ones that are on the side of ābelieve as I believe or youāre wrong , and a naziā. Are the ones actually behaving like Nazis. š
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