Biden condemns university antiwar protests, says 'Order must prevail'
Biden condemns university antiwar protests, says 'Order must prevail'
The president stressed that violent protests are not protected under the law as tensions escalate during pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses nationwide.
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/2442782
Biden gave a speech this morning condemning the university antiwar protesters. He calls them violent and says that they are protesting illegally.
full video here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXLjdZbwutY
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Let’s highlight the actual points in this article instead of taking Hexbear at their word:
emphasizing that violent protest is not protected under the law.
Biden emphasized that “peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues”
“Whether it’s antisemitism, Islamophobia or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans, it’s simply wrong... In America, we respect the right and protect the rights for them to express that, but it doesn’t mean anything goes. It needs to be done without violence, without distraction, without hating and within the law.”
The president also said “no” to a separate shouted question asking whether he thinks the National Guard should intervene in the campus protests.
To summarize, he respects their right to protest and called for nonviolence without citing any side in particular. Notable that there have been violent counter-protestors.
Berkeley has had an encampment on campus since April 22nd and hasn't sent in the cops.
As always, with protests like this, the violence always begins with cops.
Violence begins with cops or fascist agitators*. So far the students have had the discipline to not retaliate, which is what the violent agitators want.
*Some of those who work forces…
Thanks, I got a Bingo. Was waiting for a lefty to quote RAtM.
Maybe if you crackers would quit validating their lyrics, we wouldn't still be quoting them. Crazy how that works, ain't it?
Every single one of the US's amendments came not through voting, or within the political system itself. Every single one was accompanied by violent and disruptive protest and the threat from the masses below.
except for the 27th, giving the legislature final say on anything regarding their pay
Translation: We only allow "protests" that are ineffective and don't cause any trouble for the ruling class
Also, Lemmy.world user detected, opinion rejected.
Ok, but protests need to be done “without distraction”? That kind of defeats the purpose, doesn’t it?
Since there's more than one of you ignorant settler narcissists replying to the above comment to the tune of "as long as I'm not inconvenienced...", I'm not taking the time to respond to all of you individually: WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POINT OF A PROTEST IS, YOU COMFORTABLE SUBURBANITE COLONOIDS? THE POINT IS TO BE SEEN! THE POINT IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO AN INJUSTICE!
Now it shouldn't surprise me that the sons and daughters of Kent State's protestors have this take, but it disgusts me; because y'all wanna talk all this bullshit about failures of civics classes when your blueanon genocidairés fail to get the votes you think they're automatically entitled to, then you'll say some bullshit like "I'm against any protest I can't ignore". I hope you keep that same energy when it's your face the government is forcing its boot down on; 'cause I'll be dead by then-- and if I wasn't? I'd laugh at you. I'd make jokes at your expense. I'd spit on your cause as I walked by. Finally, after all that got boring, I'd ignore you. THE EXACT SAME WAY Y'ALL DO RIGHT NOW.
Death to the settlers. John Brown should've killed more slavers; maybe we'd have less settler treatbrains to deal with in the here-and-now.
I'm against all protests that I can't ignore completely
As long as I'm not inconvenienced, you can keep doing your protests
I think he meant to stay on point. As in, don't fall into antisemitism when you're protesting Israel. Since that's what he mentioned just before.
Conveniently they are about to declare those the same thing
Name anything significant that changed with "peaceful protest" shit nothing changes when right-wing nut jobs stormed Congress.
Whithout citing any side in particular.
Do you really think Biden is talking about anyone other than the pro-Palistinian protesters in this context?
So you're just making assumptions about his stance, and disregarding what he says?
Disregard what Liar in Chief Biden says? All the time. White House walks back Biden’s claim he saw children beheaded by Hamas
Biden, Storyteller in Chief, Spins Yarns That Often Unravel
Washington Post Fact-Checker Gives Up on Recording Biden’s Lies
I judge him by his 50 year track record, not his words.
It is wild how all through the Trump presidency, "fact-checkers" gleefully and loudly documented thousands upon thousands of lies from white to blood-red on the part of Trump and his administration-- but all of a sudden when it comes time to fact-check Biden, hella folk start quitting, and you never really hear about it til someone like you pulls up with the links
Notable that their haven't violent protests anywhere zionists and cops weren't involved
No one cares about the uninformed State-Department-regurgitation you call an 'opinion' except for other uninformed settler wastrels sipping the same governmental vomitus; you collaborating dog.
Peaceful protests have not won anything. The Civil Rights Movement was not peaceful, despite liberal mythology.