Remember, the police protect and serve the state. Not you.
@BlueRosez07
4 ай бұрын
I don't support this protest
@Linkman8912
4 ай бұрын
@@BlueRosez07what?
@Linkman8912
4 ай бұрын
That's a really good way to think about it, particularly with all the doxxing of college protestors and shit
@améliehester6996
4 ай бұрын
@@BlueRosez07 I do. I say the poIice Ioses funding if they refuse to allow them
@ernestdoyle6937
4 ай бұрын
@@améliehester6996 ACAB, but damn if it didn't feel good seeing their boots on the neck of the students towing the Islamist party line, literally chanting Death to Isr**l without knowing it.
@LordRenegrade
4 ай бұрын
The US is like a season of Scooby-Doo, except whenever they unmask the villain at the end, it's always Ronald Reagan.
@splendidcolors
4 ай бұрын
Why hasn't anyone written time travel fiction about attempts to knock out Reagan? It's always Hitler.
@D.S69
4 ай бұрын
yes
@LokiBeckonswow
4 ай бұрын
haha incredible comment, pls keep making it!!
@JayAr709
3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the votes, suckers.
@darenblythe5169
3 ай бұрын
Tax cuts the political equivalent of a Scooby Snack
@samcyphers2902
4 ай бұрын
No one has ever said "You damn punk kids, get off my lawn or I'll call the cops!" and been remembered as a hero by posterity.
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
Columbia's administration will likely be the first to be so remembered given how unjust the pro-"Palestinian" cause is.
@Howitendzz
4 ай бұрын
The protesters support genocide. That's why they have done some weird hostage moves while protesting. Iran is committing genocide on gaza. These kids won't mention that like the tyt network won't for a reason...
@BlueRosez07
4 ай бұрын
FREE FREE PALESTINE FROM IRAN!!
@tgriffin3059
4 ай бұрын
Nobody worth a fuck ever HAD to be told to get off someone else's lawn...
@ramofeldduckington6257
4 ай бұрын
@@tgriffin3059Israel should really get off of Palestine’s lawn then, so to speak
@CorwinFound
4 ай бұрын
I've discovered activism in my 40's. Yes, young people give me hope and inspiration. And it's my job to do the same for them. I hope that they look at me, a middle-aged, tubby, trans guy and think, "Well apparently not everybody's heart dies at 30." I don't have a lot of hope for my lifetime. Which makes it even more important to do the work for their lifetimes.
@thedeadgypsy
4 ай бұрын
Well said, and good on you
@literaterose6731
4 ай бұрын
Bravo! Hell, I’m in my 60s, and went to my share of protests in my youth (and beyond…though my health no longer allows it 🙁). My kids (in your age range) did, and do, the same; and now my grandson in college is taking his turn (also trans, as am I!). Aging doesn’t always mean creeping to the right! The kids are absolutely alright 💚❤️🖤🤍
@grmpEqweer
4 ай бұрын
Enby here. I protested in Queer Nation back in the 90's. Took a long break, but back in the struggle.
@user-wu6is8sz9k
4 ай бұрын
trans people do not exist Corwin. Please, get help. Men can't become women and vice versa. You are living a pseudoscientific fantasy and the people around you are doing you no good by telling you comforting lies.
@HHappiness_2.0
4 ай бұрын
I’m 57 and to my kid to protests to make sure I raised them right.
@HiYesThisIsJake
4 ай бұрын
Its always wild to me when i remember that my grandfather heavily critisized the "illegal war" in Vietnam when he was in college. Oh the hate mail and death threats he received from all over the US... He and my grandmother have all these stories of taking busses across the country to protest. To me, theyre the goofy folks that gave me way too much ice cream when i was little. Who knew they were badasses?
@John-bravooo
3 ай бұрын
This isnt the Vietnam war, this is 1930s germany. You are celebrating ISIS and calling for discrimination of a persecuted minority. You aren't a hero. You're a racist mob funded by Qatar and China
@robkoper841
4 ай бұрын
At the root of the anger at students who go to university "get woke" is the idea of what a university education is: Get a college degree, get a better job. A lot of people, even those who have attended 4-year colleges, think of the college experience as a glorified trade school. It's linked to a broad devaluation of "Ivory Tower" learning. As has been said many times before: "They want you *just educated enough* to run the machines, but not enough to realize you are part of the machine."
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
I'm sorry you choose to believe such patent claptrap about the nature of colleges and universities.
@raffa4456
4 ай бұрын
Depends what you study. Yes, economy and business related studies largely have a student body of complete suckers, but where do you think all the great minds, inventors, philosophers, doctors, all other kinds of researchers that made your life better and gave you the chance to type this crap on your phone have gone? Lol
@asthmagician8374
4 ай бұрын
@jeffreywilheim5970 @raffa4456 I think both you kings missed the point, rob's criticizing the claptrap, not parroting it
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
4 ай бұрын
Nice Carlin quote. ✌️
@beejohn1016
4 ай бұрын
26:15 - 26:40 ....I'm black I dated a white woman for 7 years...she got MORE results from protesting than I ever did in my entire life ....I've been "frisked " 5 times in my adult life ...one time I was actually coming from the POLICE ACADEMY. ..trying to be a police officer. ..😂...the irony ....anyway, thank you acknowledging the disadvantages we have as black people ❤
@sea_triscuit7980
4 ай бұрын
It's probably because you were walking around the Academy like you belonged there and they couldn't have that!
@grmpEqweer
4 ай бұрын
I'm aware I have white privilege. Since I didn't do squat to earn it, I feel I have an obligation to use it to help others, if I can.
@faustinreeder1075
3 ай бұрын
Your girlfriend is the reason I never cared about who killed Nicole Brown Simpson.
@GrayYeonWannabe
3 ай бұрын
thats gotta be disheartening to know that your voice doesnt reach as far. but i promise there are those of us out there listening & pushing for change. stay safe, if possible ♡
@GrayYeonWannabe
3 ай бұрын
@@faustinreeder1075what the fuck
@PalmelaHanderson
4 ай бұрын
It always angers me when I hear people say something like "I respect their right to protest, I just wish they wouldn't do it in a way that fucks up everyone's day." THAT'S THE POINT. If people only protested in the designated protest corner, no one would give a shit. You can argue whether blocking a road or something hurts a cause more than helps it, but inconveniencing people going about their lives is kind of the whole point.
@FairFeline
4 ай бұрын
Precisely.
@alansmithee419
4 ай бұрын
Protesting in a designated protest area literally wouldn't be a protest, since you are doing what you've been told you're supposed to do.
@aff77141
4 ай бұрын
They just want to be able to ignore it, not realizing that keeping people from doing so is the entire reason to protest in the first place
@andrewspears8891
4 ай бұрын
It is also hard to ignore hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage done to public property.
@marcello7781
4 ай бұрын
Just like those who look at "protests" in Singapore as a valid example (they look more like picnics than protests).
@PeanutBussyCup
4 ай бұрын
It always leads back to Ronald Fucking Reagan
@jennifertarin4707
4 ай бұрын
Every fucking time
@kirbythegameryt9364
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffreywilheim5970Crying socialism isn’t a rebuttal.
@one-onessadhalf3393
4 ай бұрын
@jeffreywilheim5970 Okay, Joseph McCarthy
@Diggler569
4 ай бұрын
Ronald Reagan was a literal delusional devil. I am pretty sure dude is laughing it up with Satan
@ericmacrae6871
4 ай бұрын
@@kirbythegameryt9364shut up fascist
@Spiral.Dynamics
4 ай бұрын
It is seen as a badge of honor to have protested in the 60s and it will soon and forever be the same for the 2020s.
@Shawn-gr5ww
4 ай бұрын
So these kids are doing this cause they want to have bragging rights for camping out on their campus when they’re older?
@darthheretic129
4 ай бұрын
@@Shawn-gr5wwWhy are you trolls so fucking lazy?
@Spiral.Dynamics
4 ай бұрын
@@Shawn-gr5ww No. Someone had to stand up and the students finally did.
@ernestdoyle6937
4 ай бұрын
@@Shawn-gr5ww When they are older, the won't own up to protesting for Islamism and Jew-mu**er.
@halcyon.x
4 ай бұрын
@@Shawn-gr5wwMaybe because they don’t want their tax dollars going towards genocide??
@kiwenmanisuno
4 ай бұрын
A true democracy will never let any protests slow down. A democracy in threat of authoratarianism will be abolished if any protests slow down
@RD-oj4jw
4 ай бұрын
If your democracy is constantly being "saved" and never was a "true democracy" then maybe it was broken from the start.
@watchuwant1560
4 ай бұрын
Unfortunantely the US is not a true democracy. Our FF didn’t trust us enough in the 1700s and now between swing states and electoral college it’s the only thing keeping republicans in power. Until we abolish electoral college (or do the interstate compact) we’re screwed.
@bonkersblock
4 ай бұрын
Stop parroting socialism!
@IRGeamer
4 ай бұрын
“The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.” - Wole Soyinka “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.” - Voltaire
@Howitendzz
4 ай бұрын
Usa has had nazis protest and these kids are nazis as well. They just cant take over the school, threatrn homicide or pull the close to hostagr situation they have pulled a few times. Iran is committing genocide on gaza. These kids know this but convienantly follow a streak of avoidance of that fact. I don't support the protests but i will support their right to protest as long as they don't try to hold ppl hostage or give death threats like many of them have. I do not support nazis. FREE FREE PALESTINE FROM IRAN!!!
@fiercelytrans1599
4 ай бұрын
The Mike Johnson "enjoy your free speech..." Sounds like a threat every time and it's chilling
@Adardidnothingwrong
3 ай бұрын
Yeah I got chills when I heard that too
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
They should go try shouting down the government in Palestine.
@negrevallsette2980
3 ай бұрын
@ernestdoyle6937 oh man how much they want but they can"t palestenian don't have right of return
@oscardaone
4 ай бұрын
Once again, Reagan. As I’ve said before, we need to undo Ronald Reagan.
@peterthegreat996
4 ай бұрын
Reagan actually told Israel to stop invading Lebanon…and they did.
@CubanSpartan
4 ай бұрын
@@peterthegreat996imagine being to the right of ronny motherfuckin reagan on israel. Fuckin embarrassing.
@weaponsgradepotato
4 ай бұрын
@@peterthegreat996a broken clock is right twice a day
@JayBee-cr8jm
4 ай бұрын
Once Reagan leaves office, Obama will fix it. He's black!
@LokiBeckonswow
4 ай бұрын
yes! pls keep making these comments! everyone needs to talk about how reagan ruined everything!
@Lau3464l
4 ай бұрын
I really really really appreciate you emphasizing the difference between Jews and Zionists (though there’s obviously some overlap). As a Jew, it crushes me to see people perceive the colour blue and the jewish star symbol as aggressive Zionist signifiers, even though blue has been a cultural and religious colour for us for millennia, and the star has been a symbol we proudly used for centuries to connect us across the globe. My ancestors were very early anti-Zionists, called Bundists, who were 19th century jewish socialists in the Russian empire. It was a pretty big political faction, and they fought for equal rights and socialist values in direct opposition to the early Zionists encouraging people to move to Jerusalem under ottoman rule. It makes me sad that the term “anti-Zionist” now has a meaning outside of the jewish community that is being conflated with antisemitism (and sometimes actually demonstrating antisemitism…) All that being said, every Israeli I know opposes this war vehemently and have been protesting it inside and outside of Israel. Even the ones I know who don’t particularly care about Palestinian lives and rights, they see this war as a massive waste of time and money, and proof that the Israeli gov doesn’t actually care about rescuing hostages. “This is not a rescue mission, it’s a revenge mission” is a direct quote. #NotInMyName
@marcello7781
4 ай бұрын
Excellent comment. It reminded me of Sam Aaronow, a channel that made a good video about the Bundists.
@renanfelipedossantos5913
3 ай бұрын
The good old punitive expedition.
@scottplumer3668
3 ай бұрын
Very interesting! Is there talk of Israeli actions increasing sympathy for Hamas?
@chickensalad3535
3 ай бұрын
The majority of Jews are Zionist and half of the world’s Jewish population resides in Israel. Anti-Zionist Jews are the minority. Also, being anti-Zionist and anti-Israeli government are not the same things.
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
Oh, an AsAJew. Likely a bot. Over 80% of American Jews are Zionists and more than that abroad. The number is rising because of this shitshow. Anti-Zionism is anti-semitism. Be on the side of the Islamists if you want.
@Fenris30
4 ай бұрын
People forget that the American Revolution started with Protests or maybe they do and that's why they're shitting themselves.
@Syrzl9231
3 ай бұрын
Yea I'm really worried about Gen-Z college kids starting a revolution. The government could block internet access and the whole thing would fall apart.
@destroyerofturtles5024
3 ай бұрын
@@Syrzl9231bro typed this out onto the internet, and didn’t see the irony.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
People forget that the American Revolution began as a rejection of a 2% tax on a single product. Now the modern day "protestors" clamour for more taxes. TPTB are onboard with the protestors, as the result will be more power for them as a result.
@alanchristensen5735
4 ай бұрын
The kids are alright. If I have learned one thing in life it's that the youth are usually on the right side of history.
@Lau3464l
4 ай бұрын
I agree from a moral perspective. But I also always have to remember that every generation makes its own apology. No generation has ever been perfect or had perfect enduring moral standpoints. It’s easy to be on the right side of history when those who oppose your opinion die before you. Morals will always grow and change, it’s a never ending pendulum swing. All that being said, peaceful protest is an exceptional privilege, and I hope dearly that those who try to suppress it will not do anything to turn peaceful into harmful… 😢
@Spiral.Dynamics
4 ай бұрын
The college crowd is focused on their futures and they see much to protest.
@stevebrown8368
4 ай бұрын
I enjoy factor
@darita654
4 ай бұрын
The Islamic revolution was done by young people. And the revolution in Russia as well. So I would be careful if I were you and do your own research.
@Sorenzo
4 ай бұрын
@@darita654 The Islamic revolution was a pretty good thing overall. Unfortunately the leadership of Iran has consolidated power so the Islamic Republic is not much of a Republic compared to the original aims of the Revolution. As for the Russian Revolution, I honestly can't imagine anybody thinking the Tzar's defeat was a particularly bad thing. I mean, he'd gotten millions of Russian subjects killed and most of the country was in extreme poverty under the Imperial regime.
@AMcGrath82
4 ай бұрын
12:44 Martin Luther King Jr. absolutely did disruptive protests. They were nonviolent, but absolutely disruptive.
@bentramer682
3 ай бұрын
When the headlines say that students have taken buildings and disrupted status quo like that's a bad thing I sort of laugh because that's the goal.
@VektrumSimulacrum
3 ай бұрын
@@bentramer682 If they take over a building and prevent janitorial staff from leaving, that's called taking hostages and should not be surprised when they're dealt with accordingly. If they block major roadways and prevent emergency response from their jobs and people die, they should be charged for the deaths their actions caused. They want to "protest"...fine. They better not complain about getting a "harsh response" and try and wave around the victim card.
@bentramer682
3 ай бұрын
@@VektrumSimulacrum okay, but is that happening here? I agree blocking roads is a stupid form of protest but wouldn't the only deaths be caused by people in cars. It's not like they're walking into speeding traffic and a huge accident won't just happen because a jraffic jam. Would students really have a need to take a janitor hostage?
@hauz287
3 ай бұрын
@bentramer682 protests allow emergency vehicles to pass whenever the need arises. Even that's not that disruptive as people believe. There's steps in place for peaceful protest for this exact reason. This is a made up republican problem. Just like everything else they cry about.
@sashalynn6087
3 ай бұрын
@bentramer682 There is a Janitor claiming he was basically taken hostage in Hamilton Hall when students barricaded the building from police. This was at Columbia.
@caitlinweiss8801
4 ай бұрын
We will and should disrupt what is "normal" if what is "normal" is not good!
@hmnhntr
Ай бұрын
What's scary is there seem to be a lot of people whose definition of "good" *is* "normal". They would deny that if asked, but they will always oppose anything that challenges the status quo. Even the parts they object to play a role in the "normal" they want to protect
@timmylean
3 ай бұрын
My grandpa was a photographer for the SF Chronicle during the Berkeley Free Speech Movement. He got tear gassed trying to cover the event. Also, his future son-in-law was there as a member of the California National Guard. Oh, and my dad worked at a coat factory during the Watts Riots. The same uncle of mine was also there with the California National Guard. And yes, he is that uncle we all deal with at Thanksgiving.
@bronzealien467
4 ай бұрын
I am a student at the University of Amsterdam, and very similar things are happening here (on a smaller scale, of course). The university is sending in the Dutch riot police to remove student protests forcefully. Last week they used bulldozers to clear an encampment (which was set up on a lawn far away from the main buildings, people were peaceful and actually quite calm), and on Monday they were back on campus to break up another protest. They used batons and fists to beat the students and deployed armored vehicles and dogs to "control" the situation. The university refuses to talk to the protesters because they caused damage to property. The fact that their treatment of the students resulted in significant physical harm (concussions, unconscious students, wounds, etc.) is not mentioned at all. Not even in the media. Speaking of the media, I often notice that the comments under articles on this topic are becoming more and more xenophobic. People say things like "they should be expelled from campus first and then from the country".
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
Do you think that protesting for Islamists who want to murder Jews is a good use of your time? Before you say you are protesting for the children, what about the children from October 7th?
@AForestDwellingSpirit
3 ай бұрын
I saw this all happening on TikTok! The comments on all the news articles about any kind of protests are becoming so disgusting to read too and they’re spreading so much misinformation about what the protests are for. It’s really harsh to see this happening all over the world.
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
@@AForestDwellingSpirit The protests are in support of an Islamist government (Hamas) who exist to kill Jews. That's who these protests benefit.
@FairFeline
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for speaking up about this! Protesting is a key attribute of our country, and shows the wants and needs of the people. Edit, phrasing.
@west221b
4 ай бұрын
Agreed, since voting doesn't accomplish that.
@MrTommygunz0482
4 ай бұрын
Also, I personally think young people will save "us", I think its our responsibility to give them the tools to save themselves. I got a good 40 years left, I'm probably gonna die before the world is ready to burn. But my nephew won't, so I do count on him.
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
We can start by giving them the basic facts about the history of Israel and Zionism instead of the fun house mirror version of pro-"Palestinian" PR.
@danm524
4 ай бұрын
Counterpoint : Young ppl are not saving us lol. Also stop depending on young ppl to save us lol
@TankZappa
4 ай бұрын
People aged 18-29 currently favor Trump over Biden by 6%. In 2020 they chose Biden over Trump by 21% according to exit polls. How do we save democracy by electing the guy who wants to end it?
@Renemor
4 ай бұрын
a non-religious AMEN - give them the tools. Teach them to honor critical thinking, reading philosophy and history, making them engaged. I'm a 45yo Mom with two activist-boys, and I sadly believe I got a front-row seat to the Fire - there's already so many signs through history, culminating in this very moment. So I've been preparing them since they were little, they are now 24 and 23yo. Knowledge and wisdom will strip the youth from any fear - they will know what moves to make. I still got Hope. That's all I'm left with. Hope is the last bastion against Fear and Dispair. So whilst showing, and inspiring, our Youth to clearly see the bigger picture of things - we also need to give them Hope. I'ts a balance that's sometimes hard to master, as one sometimes simply can't be able to protect them from all the scary Truth's out there.... And there's plenty of them....
@MrTommygunz0482
3 ай бұрын
@Renemor Exactly, sometimes our direct worlds need us more than the wider world does. And if you're lucky and you do your work well, you can send someone out into the world with the benefits of our experience, and the fury and vision to do something. Saying that the young will save the world, doesn't mean the old give up. It means that we understand the value of fresh eyes and perspective. We've watched older generations hold on for too long, for too long. If our generation doesn't pass the torch early, these young people will be too old to change anything by the time they get the power. I'm 42 and I would be considered young for a politician, and see that as a problem.
@worschtebrot
3 ай бұрын
Shoutout to Mark Mone and the administration at UW Milwaukee. They engaged with the protesters and came to an agreement. They actually stated in their communication to students that they did not want to involve police at all and were able to meet the protesters' demands.
@lucasrivero8432
4 ай бұрын
I am a graduating student of 2024. I hope we can all mobilize and match the fundamental dream of political liberation for the whole world, no exceptions, no conditions.
@kbuckendorf4287
3 ай бұрын
In case you hadn't noticed, the pendulum is swinging the other direction
@lucasrivero8432
3 ай бұрын
@@kbuckendorf4287 I am aware my friend. As sad as it is, only in catastrophe is there a possibility it seems for us :/.
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
I take it you haven't seen much of the world.
@felixmortem487
4 ай бұрын
"History never repeats itself but it rhymes."
@MCSorry
4 ай бұрын
"That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach." - Aldous Huxley
@robertstubblefield8190
4 ай бұрын
"It is The Doom of Men that We Forget" Merlin
@mjvajda
4 ай бұрын
As a historian, I agree with this more than the history repeats itself, but I still shake my head in disbelief when people want to ignore history or never see the value of it or warp/sugarcoat the history.
@ernestdoyle6937
3 ай бұрын
Wanting to label Jewish wealth, take it by any means necessary, even ones you have to invent in an attempt to leave them defenseless. BDS is just same old song in a different time. It does rhyme, indeed,
@MCSorry
3 ай бұрын
@@ernestdoyle6937 Ah yes the... *checks notes*... defenseless state of Israel. Backed by little powers, like the USA.
@Artlesbi
4 ай бұрын
And remember kids when the government protects the oligarchy over the the rest of us and our free speech and right to protest. it's time for massive change.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
Then look at history: Protest serves that oligarchy. The result is always more power for the few, no matter what the protest is about.
@Artlesbi
3 ай бұрын
@@elLooto you're so right better to shut up and do nothing. That was sarcasm. if you want to make this claim to me, a queer person, who knows that pride started as the stonewall riots then give me a specific example I just did or it's just your opinion.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
@@Artlesbi Im sorry. I did not know you were queer. That fact alone immediately invalidates everything I said. How effing dare I say things to you, my social superior. Why did you even go there? Is it because that label gives you some special status above us plebs? Is that the 'equality' you were demanding? I'll notice that you didnt bother to ask me my status, just assumed your own status was superior to mine.. Is it some narsisistic urge within you that your fefees are more valuable than mine.... OTOH..... the result of those protests was what exactly? More laws and more government, which means more taxation, and thus more power and wealth concentrated into the hands of the few. But at least your fefees got protected and people who you hate get to go to jail if they use the wrong words around you, all the while you served the people you claim to be protesting against. Im not saying "do nothing." Im saying "dont serve your enemies."
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
@@Artlesbi My apologies. I did not know you held a discourse trump card. I humbly submit to your more powerful label.
@ManoverSuperman
3 ай бұрын
@@ArtlesbiEntitled brat.
@TheRealAmericanIdiot
4 ай бұрын
Remember in 2020 when Zoomers used TikTok to troll Trump at his Covid infested rallies...
@bentramer682
3 ай бұрын
I didn't hear of that that would be interesting to see
@Jibril_Abdulkadir
3 ай бұрын
Now Biden wants to ban TikTok because they are witnessing a genocide
@FlawlessP401
3 ай бұрын
Remember when no one ever cared what gen z believes about anything ever? Still true
@bentramer682
3 ай бұрын
@@FlawlessP401 no. I think they're getting old enough to learn about the world and that will cause them to have opinions that are valid. And if they actually take actions involving things they don't like they're gonna turn out as good as the generation before them and probably better if all this culture war crap ends with them. They also seem to have very progressive views involving capitalism.
@Backinblackbunny009
4 ай бұрын
Looking at history I don't see how anyone can think we've ever had real democracy in America.
@Renemor
4 ай бұрын
I'm a 45yo norwegian disabled activist mom, and I've spent my entire life studying the greater pictures of things, giving my two son's, 24 and 23yo, the building blocks in understanding them too, thus creating the foundation for them to engage in meaningful protests, and I proudly chain myself to the trees with them, in order to show that we, as parents, have the power to help them - they can't win these wars on they'rw own, they need us badly! So rise up, Moms and Dads of all statures and classes, and stand with our Youth in the Fight for our common Future! I want to grow old and wise, having a good and meaningful life, and I want the same for my kids, and my lineage. I'm not ready to give up on a common Utopia - Hope is what drives us - Hope and Love. Combine that with knowledge, understanding and wisdom, and we have ourselves the biggest Nuke in the history of human intellectual growth... Remember; they are counting on us to be too scared to act - and that's precisely why we should!!
@filip7253
3 ай бұрын
Du er helt utrolig. Vi trenger flere foreldre som deg.
@MCSorry
4 ай бұрын
I would like to say this: thank you. Students at my university have joined the protest in support the pro-palestinian encampment at McGill University. I'm always afraid and cynical, thinking that what we are doing doesn't matter or won't change anything, so it's good to know our actions actually do have some leverage.
@morgankw89
4 ай бұрын
Student protests are very rarely on the wrong side of history, if ever. They are the spearhead of change.
@ernestdoyle6937
4 ай бұрын
I hope this change isn't for Islamist revolution everywhere. Because globalizing the intifada won't work out well for anyone who isn't Arab, or Muslim.
@loveableheathen7441
4 ай бұрын
Same goes for progressives in general
@piccalillipit9211
4 ай бұрын
YEP
@harrietdrums
4 ай бұрын
@@loveableheathen7441Agreed. I never understood why people use "progressive" as a pejorative term. If you're not progressing you're either stagnating or regressing!
@salkoharper2908
4 ай бұрын
'Queers for Hamas'....... Will be remembered by history as one of the most stupid lines ever written.
@melodyonrepeat2928
4 ай бұрын
You’re telling me that it’s Ronald Reagan’s fault I’m 30k in student debt. Damn it.
@jp13119
3 ай бұрын
Yeah, it used to be free. That's America for you!🇺🇸
@mattgoettl6796
3 ай бұрын
KZitem stopped suggesting Leeja to me :( She used to be a "watch as soon as I notice it" person, but a few months ago, YT just stopped showing me her content. I had to search her name to see this!
@jp13119
3 ай бұрын
No wonder she doesn't have millions of views and subscribers because her research is absolutely outstanding and her delivery impeccable. Maybe we need to do something about this. She's just incredible plus this Nation needs to hear her. 🇺🇸💙
@ErutaniaRose
4 ай бұрын
People who support previous social movements but cannot understand the current one is in the same vein really bother me. They often claim to be progressive while actively being on the wrong side of history and showing they would not have been on the right side in the past either. How you react to this fight now is showing your true colours. Hell, even one of the activists in the same, Angela Davis.
@Lau3464l
4 ай бұрын
That’s usually how it goes for a lot of people, I’ve noticed. They have their “cause of choice,” but it eventually leads to burn out or changing priorities as they age. This is exactly why it’s so important that young people keep fighting for what they believe in, because eventually they’ll get older, less able in one way or another, and the next generation will step in.
@matthewsanchez7953
4 ай бұрын
Agreed. Conservatives obviously hate any movement for change (it's right there in the name) and, unfortunately for actual leftists, Liberals support social movements _except_ the one that's currently happening. I think that for them it's easier to look back with rose-colored glasses after the noise dies down than it is looking at the present chaos with all of it's "scary" and "disruptive" complexities.
@ErutaniaRose
4 ай бұрын
For real. I just hope there is still a planet and a humanity for the next generations to keep fighting for. @@Lau3464l
@ErutaniaRose
4 ай бұрын
Supporting the putting a stop to killing innocent civilians, men, women, children, people, is not antisemitism. Many people who support Israel are christian zionists, think about that. People who support what is happening, are not supporting a land of Jews to be free. They are supporting a crazy idea, and I swear this is their words, that all the Jews being in Israel will cause a second coming of Christ, as in Jesus, and that all Jews will convert to christianity or die. The biggest supporters of Israel, at least in the US, are far right nuts who want all Jews gone. And zionism is about creating an ethnostate--something no group should have. Every time it has been tried it creates genocides, including that of Germany in WWII. Not only this, but Israel has actively harmed Jewish survivors of WWII and Jewish Palestinians. This is not about helping Jews, this is about creating a colonial project and irradicating Palestinian people. And before you say anything on how it has to be this holy land, when Israel was being founded, they didn't even have a choice set in stone for where to put it!! It was debated. And I'm sorry, but if you love a land, you don't carpet bomb it and dance on the rubble for all to see on social media. You don't create famines, use Covid as a bioweapon, and run over pregnant women for fun as they wave white flags. The people supporting this are supporting a genocide, and calling for peace, calling for an end to suffering is not antisemitic. Especially for the peace of Palestinian Jews. @@jeffreywilheim5970
@Billpro25
4 ай бұрын
@@Lau3464l Provided their cause isn't to strip rights off other people for the sake of their own benefit. Not every reactionery movement is nececcery humanatarian or even just in its cause.
@Lauraly217
4 ай бұрын
Hind is pronounced with a soft i. A small error compared to CNN presenter Katie Hunt who described 6 year old Hind as a “woman who was killed in Gaza”. Hind’s whole family was murdered before her eyes after the IOF ambushed the car they were driving in. She was able to speak on the phone with ambulatory services but the two people sent to rescue her were murdered (along with Hind) by the IOF so no lives were saved. It’s a heartbreaking story.
@tyronebrown3837
4 ай бұрын
Iof ISRAEL offensive forces. Nothing defensive about them
@BM1982.V2
3 ай бұрын
@tyronebrown3837 sometimes you also have to intentionally misspell words to get past youtube censor bots. So using IOF serves 2 purposes here. I'm not sure what all the words that are censored are or if they need to be in certain combinations to censor but so many of my posts haven't got through and I'm saying nothing inflammatory about any religious group, only conveying facts about the country and what's happening and youtube censors it and takes down the comment
@inuwabajoga4376
4 ай бұрын
The Issues going on in the Israeli Palestinians state is been going on for over 75years Not October 7th.
@TheHuxleyAgnostic
4 ай бұрын
When it comes to Likud's Revisionist goals, over 100 years now. Read Ze'ev Jabotinsky's The Iron Wall, 1923. Those Revisionists then formed the Irgun and Lehi trrrist groups, whose leaders formed Likud.
@ErutaniaRose
4 ай бұрын
Exactly. People love saying Oct 7th was so sudden or unprovoked, and forget that people have been facing shit for decades and that has lead to more radical groups and methods (And that Israel literally began and funded Hamas to overthrow the Palestinian gov.), and that the leaders of the Israeli military had intel that this would happen and actively ignored it because they thought it "wasn't a big deal".
@YouAreStillNotablaze
4 ай бұрын
@@TheHuxleyAgnostic I was under-informed on this whole conflict. I started seeing videos in my feed showing the suffering of Palestinians, and then I was surprised to see so many dates are from well before Oct 2023.
@Lau3464l
4 ай бұрын
I’m very surprised to hear that anyone thought any of this started with October 7. That seems to be a really common talking point. Out of curiosity, are you a young American? I’m trying to understand what demographic was unaware and why.
@scarpfish
4 ай бұрын
One reason October 7th was likely chosen for the attack was because of an October 6th 50 years prior.
@ursawendal498
3 ай бұрын
as a Gen X, when I say that I would like to see some Gen Z in political office I look at them as having a less diseased outlook on what the US is. I think the hope lies, at least for me, in my generation being better parents. Even though we don't feel equipped to fight against the powers that created us, we tried really hard to shield them from the generational abuse that made us timid. Maybe that will translate into a turned corner to a better future. 🤞
@danherrick5785
4 ай бұрын
These students that were suspended and not allowed to graduate automatically will get a Masters of Humanity degree when history is written.
@JayBee-cr8jm
4 ай бұрын
You live on stolen land.
@piccalillipit9211
4 ай бұрын
YEP
@07Flash11MRC
4 ай бұрын
It's sickening that universities / colleges can simply get rid of students they don't like or deny them a dergee despite them passing the tests. Both of those institutions are supposed to be for freedom of speech.
@JayBee-cr8jm
3 ай бұрын
@@07Flash11MRC The same thing happened to my uncle Bob who was a member of the KKK.
@JayBee-cr8jm
3 ай бұрын
@@piccalillipit9211 Hamas throws gays off buildings. People who support Islam are the bad guys.
@ErutaniaRose
4 ай бұрын
I'm not at a school where protesting is happening, but man I wish I could be so I could help with this more directly. A lot of these students are using the tactics they were forced to learn for school shooters in order to protests. These students are on the right side and being joined by ANGELA FREAKING DAVIS herself!!! I fully support these protests, it's a first amendment right, and police have always been used against people trying to have or fight for human rights. These students are amazing, and I'm so glad they are fighting and giving people hope.
@Shawn-gr5ww
4 ай бұрын
Help more directly? These “protesters” haven’t done a damn thing to change the state of the conflict. All they’ve done is vandalize the public property they’re camping out on.
@toby1004
3 ай бұрын
you could always try to organize your own protest :)
@ErutaniaRose
3 ай бұрын
@@toby1004 True, I have to find more fellow activists like me tho first. Been trying to. Tho it can be hard to meet people when it’s a community college and just classes.
@Shawn-gr5ww
3 ай бұрын
Destroying property is not a first amendment right. That is what police go after and these students cry victim when that happens.
@ErutaniaRose
3 ай бұрын
@@Shawn-gr5ww Killing people isn’t a right either, and that’s what is being protested. Duh, breaking property isn’t a right, I never said it was. But it’s not “crying victim” to rebel against being beaten up, gassed with skunk gas, and forcefully moved or spied on which is far further a reaction than a broken window should ever cause. And it’s because they aren’t reacting to the window breaking, they are using it as an excuse to be brutal to people, students, protesting a literal genocide.
@Christian-ip3vz
4 ай бұрын
Hogs were created to be bodyguards of the bourgeoisie. This is what they excel at.
@all2031
4 ай бұрын
My generation stopped the Vietnam war, suppression of democracy at home and saved the country from wasting more American lives and resources on Vietnam war; stopped, to some degree, abuse of power at home. This generation is fighting for the same issues and will definitely win this war on democracy and abuse of power by corporate governments as well. Governments must be reminded frequently who they are serving and whose resources they are abusing.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
Get of your high horse. Your generation kept voting for larger and larger government at every opportunity. Youre the problem.
@all2031
3 ай бұрын
@elLooto you can't distinguish friends from foes. Digging yourself in a deeper hole. Too low to see how you are being used.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
@@all2031 I'm well aware who my enemies are. They all have something very specific in common.
@mj97543
3 ай бұрын
Terrible video. All the 1968 protests did in the long run was help elect Nixon, which helped thwart the left in the United States for two decades. Pretty much everytime in the late 20th Century a bunch of college kids protested, it led to GOP gains and stifled progress in the short term. And if the student protestors aren't too careful, it will happen again with their anger leading to Trump's election and the left being screwed for the next twenty years (especially since a Trump win will secure a conservative Supreme Court for 30 years). Sure, history will be kind to these protesters since historians and media people have left wing sympathies. But is it all worth it if this leads to initial regression? Remember: the 2020 protestors got praise, but also it just led to more police funding across the country and very few revolutionary change.
@rangergaming8316
3 ай бұрын
Exactly, this protest won't help save democracy. It'll help end it because all they're going to do is help Trump win this year.
@theCommentDevil
4 ай бұрын
Most of history is older people complaining about younger people
@Apeiron242
3 ай бұрын
Because younger people are often clueless. Case in point.
@theCommentDevil
3 ай бұрын
@@Apeiron242 Old people are often clueless. And I'm over 40. Try again
@ManoverSuperman
3 ай бұрын
@@theCommentDevilAnd the young are often clueless. And I’m much younger than you. Case in point.
@theCommentDevil
3 ай бұрын
@@ManoverSuperman yes it's not an age thing it's a human thing. Which is why it's annoying listening to older people complain about the youth. We're all idiots
@geoffrayylmao
3 ай бұрын
@Apeiron242 often, but not always. the young women in womens suffrage were not clueless, neither were the protestors during thr civil rights movement.
@reedcoles1215
4 ай бұрын
As a young person there needs to be a bigger change for gaza there needs to be more and more voices until someone hears the sound for gaza
@jw4451
4 ай бұрын
Gazans have kept Hamas jihadists in power for 17+ years. That is their voice. And I’m not listening to terrorists.
@reedcoles1215
4 ай бұрын
@@jw4451 I forget with these things that these are complex events. What we need now is a peace treaty but that's gonna be a hard and long journey
@ringtail99
3 ай бұрын
@@reedcoles1215 but it's not Biden fault we need to stop blaming him
@reedcoles1215
3 ай бұрын
@@ringtail99 Not saying that its his this conflict has been going on for some time now and, seems it'll just keep going I dunno if a peace treaty is the right thing for this but something like it for it to end
@ringtail99
3 ай бұрын
@@reedcoles1215 my point is that he is stuck in a tough spot he has withheld bombs from Israel which means he is listening to the protests and they are getting to him so i think he is just stuck
@drsunshineaod2023
4 ай бұрын
This happened already. BLM three years ago, Keystone XL, Occupy in 2008 when I was in college, the Iraq War protests in 2003. All they got was a fig leaf to change; images like the sight of Nancy Pelosi kneeling, mere token gestures at best. Brutal police suppression, violence and the murder of young activists at worst. None of these have managed to halt democracy's steady slide into fascism. We millennials learned the hard way that the boot-heel of Empire falls first on its youngest, brightest, and most idealistic. This will be Gen Z's moment to learn that lesson again.
@Lunch_Meat
4 ай бұрын
I just made this same post on another video covering this topic. Like, I haven't TOTALLY lost hope, but I am also pretty cynical because of my own experience with these past movements. Hope for the best, plan for the worst is where I stand now 🤷♂️
@aff77141
4 ай бұрын
You must be fun at parties
@trevordillon1921
4 ай бұрын
History is longer than your life. Before you were born, and before your parents and theirs, the people have taken the streets. And though slowly, this battle we fight now has always been fought. For over 2 centuries now, and a few more when one accounts for the monarchy and nigh on a millennium when one counts the conflicts with the monarchy, the fight has been long. But the march of progress, while slow, and at times unsteady, had nonetheless persevered through it all. Where once men were made to be little more than livestock, they now stand as equals. Where once men were crushed under the relentless yoke of unrestrained greed, men now stand, however much the may struggle, a chance against such greed. And even at the worst of times, were whole nations fell to fascists and authoritarians, their reigns, too, were one day crushed, and in their places the seeds of freedom were sown. Their growth has not been easy, their soil is not rich, they rarely see sunlight. But through it all, the persevere. We were not the first, and it’ll be a cold day in hell before we allow ourselves to be the last. A nation is not a government. It is not a military. It is a people, and we, though different in our many ways, are united in but one: that we have shown time and time again we will not concede to authoritarians, to any authority unjustly proclaimed. We will fight, with words and ideas, with bricks and fire if we must, but we will not surrender quietly. They are a powerful few, yes. They believe they hold all the cards, and many are inclined to agree. But it is on our backs their society stands, and it is only our compliance that sustains them. The harder they push, the harder we strain, and come some day it will become too great a burden to bear and we won’t tolerate it anymore. You have given yourself to apathy, and in doing so given undue legitimacy to their reign. This is not their nation, it is our home. And you have been deluded if you believe we will not put everything on the line for it, should it become necessary. For now, we fight the battles we can and we must, we hold out hope what is broken may yet be fixed, that we might need not replace it entirely. But make no mistake, When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable. *Inevitable*
@Vahlee-A
4 ай бұрын
@@aff77141- retire this stupid-ass joke
@danm524
4 ай бұрын
Lol. LMAO even.
@kendron-zw6rh
4 ай бұрын
Trump seems to be enjoying his " freedom of speech "
@mikebronicki8264
4 ай бұрын
I love that Ronald Reagan has gained an unofficial middle name. Thanks Leeja!
@miricobladetail9670
4 ай бұрын
Mike Johnson saying "Enjoy your free speech." sounds like a threat.
@aabrightlove
4 ай бұрын
Leeja, you've outdone yourself on this one. Absolutely BASED; thank you for speaking out so accurately and eloquently
@ericjohnson6665
3 ай бұрын
As a former Vietnam War protester in college, I'm heartened that the dream of a better world lives on in the campuses! I was particularly touched by those moms linked arm in arm protecting the younger protestors. I abhor the current genocide, yet dislike both sides in the Middle East as being too violent. Their fight over Jerusalem in particular, is like that of two 5-yr-olds arguing over a toy. I wish they'd all grow up. If Jerusalem is holy, then so is the whole planet. Excellent summation of the history of student protests over the last 100 years or so. You ask "What am I doing" to further the cause of progress? I'm not sure this is a good forum for me, but here goes: I graduated from the pursuit of political progress, including (pro-feminist) men's liberation, to the pursuit of spiritual progress. There's a raging debate between theism and atheism, largely centered around the Bible, and sometimes the Quran or Book of Mormon. The dividing line is creation vs. evolution. Atheists in particular, accuse theists of believing in magic, or fantasy, or you pick the pejorative. There are many valid criticisms to be leveled against institutionalized religions, as well as praise for its contributions to civilizations. Atheists have numerous reasons for their lack of belief in a deity or deities, some honorable, others not so much. For myself, a key factor in the debate centers around how life began. Was it designed or not? "Watchmaker Argument" gets thrown around, as though to wave one's arms and pretend there's no "there" there because it could have been an accident! and proceed to imagine the most implausible of scenarios of how the first global common ancestor (FGCA) came to exist, that also borders on a belief in magic. But they left out one thing... how did it become animated? Even if a cell did form by accident, all you'd have would be a dead cell as life is not a property of matter. In order for "Pinocchio" to become a real boy, "mind" has to be added to that cell in order to animate it, bring it to life. That rules out that it happened by accident. I find myself in a no-man's land of belief in some celestial being, (not necessarily God), designing and assembling that FGCA, then it was given just enough 'mind' to function by the source of 'mind' (a deity of some sort). And it was "designed" to evolve, (eventually into humans). But getting either side to give a little, appears to be impossible. The Earth is clearly a lot older than 6 thousand years, just as it's clear, life is way too complex for it to be an accident. And, claiming any text to be infallible, also flies in the face of experience. So, neither side can claim to have a sound story to tell. But how to get to middle ground??? Couple that, with the knowledge that if many more people were tuning into their inner advisor in a big way, they would be spirit lead to transform society into a much better version of itself. But in order for that to happen, there would need to be a broad acceptance of some version of neutrality, thus I'm urging people to adopt a simpler focus, (free of the need for theology but amenable to it): *pursue truth, beauty and goodness, and be open to the idea of being a little more perfect.* Obviously, results would not be immediate, but long-term they would be way better than what we have now.
@Islamiccalling
3 ай бұрын
Apologies but there is no both sides in this conflict. One side is fighting illegal occupation/genocide/ethnic clensing/aphartide the other side you have a very powerful war criminal, racist, fascist state. U.S here is backing the criminal. Israel will always be the bigger criminal even if you do the both sides thing, to the point it's not comparable. Streets of Gaza are now running red with blood literally. This has to stop.
@jonathangasana
4 ай бұрын
Those kids are so brave and courageous. They’re showing way more heart and humanity than the scums in congress.
@benwasserman8223
4 ай бұрын
I mean you elected them and they've been pro-Israel because they grew up with a pre-Netanyahu Israel that saw itself as a geopolicial ally. It's not all AIPAC's doing.
@BlueRosez07
4 ай бұрын
The kids are helping Iran. Gaza will hate these kids cause Iran is committing genocide on gaza and these kods are only dredging up an old us vs them game islamists play.
@BlueRosez07
4 ай бұрын
I disagree
@hauz287
4 ай бұрын
^donot reply. This is what a hasbara bot looks like.
@sea_triscuit7980
4 ай бұрын
@@hauz287I was gonna say, they aren't even hiding it anymore
@beannathrach2417
4 ай бұрын
Students protesting at Columbia? Police rushing in to beat students into peacefulness? This has never happened before. Queues up _The Strawberry Statement_. I feel so old.
@AgitpropPsyop
4 ай бұрын
If you’re so old and cynical that you can somehow justify 10,000+ kids perishing from artillery, then please retire from the conversation gracefully and allow us to figure it out.
@Mankam168
4 ай бұрын
It is challenging. As a mid-millenial (born in '88), I am somewhat jaded and slightly disappointed in folks of my age group.
@lapsedpacifistrou5354
4 ай бұрын
One thing I always thought was infuriating is I remember protesting a lot in the early thousands but unlike protests in other times I feel like we were laughed at and/or ignored so it did nothing. But these kids definitely know how to make sure you can't fucking ignore me! Good for them
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
All those anti-globalisation protests! All those nights protesting about Nike, Gap et al using slave labour. Somewhere along the line the left became pro-golbalist and took money from those companies: looking at you Colin.... whining about slavery that ended 160 years earlier, while taking money to promote a company using slave labour only 20 years earlier. Gods, I laughed so hard.
@jasonbrown9942
4 ай бұрын
Every time you say Ronny Bois name with such disgust and discontent, an angel gains it's wings 🪽 😇
@felipebotello5554
4 ай бұрын
Because it always goes back to FUCKING REAGAN!!!!!
@edwardnowakowski5990
4 ай бұрын
I’ve always considered myself a free speech absolutist, and I believe there’s nothing more patriotic than a student protest
@literaldoorknob
4 ай бұрын
Remember; If protesting is a problem, maybe ask yourself why they're protesting in the first place.
@alansmithee419
4 ай бұрын
They don't care. The question they ask instead is "how can I misrepresent their reasons for protesting to my cult?"
@danm524
4 ай бұрын
Lol, this is an awful question. You can easily ask "Why are Nazis protesting?" At a random nazi rally, doesn't mean that they have anything of value to listen to.
@clevernickname8095
3 ай бұрын
there is an encampment on my university campus right now that has thankfully remained very peaceful with the exception occasional loud and annoying counterprotestors. I went to a speech being given by a university professor who is an expert on Middle Eastern history about the Nakba outside the encampment and some Zionist dude bro interrupted his speech trying to get him to debate him. The professor basically said "I'd be happy to discuss this with you after I'm done speaking" and he refused to listen and just kept yelling stuff including the ever so elegant "this is your one chance to debate me man!" and the completely ironic and mind-boggling line "you don't know your history!" People just can't comprehend that all we want is to stop funding a genocide and the counterarguments and ideology of the other side is just baffling.
@williamschlotterer9802
4 ай бұрын
You didn't hit the nail on the head. You built the entire house, across the board! Thank you!
@Lauraly217
4 ай бұрын
Glad you’re speaking up- we need all eyes on Gaza. No one is safe and no where is safe.
@salkoharper2908
3 ай бұрын
Why Gaza? There are multiple wars going on in the world right now. In Ukraine, in Sudan, In Myanmar, in Armenia. Mexico and much of central America is controlled by cartels. Half the world is living under brutal dictators. Why should I care about a small enclave of Arabs, who would throw me off a roof if given half a chance. The Arabs would not fight for young Western people if the tables were turned.
@TheAdamGiles
4 ай бұрын
Fucking, is Ronald's official middle name now.
@pmpowalisz
3 ай бұрын
People have a right to PEACEFUL protest, but when innocent Jewish people (or anyone for that matter), are verbally and physically harmed during these protests than they should be shut down in till the protesters can control themselves better!
@bubbyguppy
3 ай бұрын
Yeah innocent Jewish people are being harmed here. The ones that are part of these protests specifically. And they are being harmed by the cops So what's your point
@pmpowalisz
3 ай бұрын
@@bubbyguppy so you are just ignoring the incidents where pro Israel citizens were assaulted by pro Palestinian protesters than? Just because you disagree with a person’s views doesn’t mean the person is not innocent. Also if the police say protesters have to move somewhere else than the protesters have to legally and peacefully submit, and sue whoever directed those cops later on (if there is free speech grounds to do so).
@bubbyguppy
3 ай бұрын
Show me where that happened. I'm not gonna say there aren't bad actors in the movement but I want you to show me that this is something that is at large enough scale to say it's a main part of it. Not a handful of attacks, not just some anecdotal bull, but real documented events. Show me. Prove it. And no. People don't have to listen to the cops, cops are the arm of the status quo and legality does not equate to morality I'm not about to stand for some bootlicking sentiment of "listen to the police pwease" If you can't back your claims up and all you have left is that people should listen to pigs then youve got nothing
@Flemrora
3 ай бұрын
After months of deep disappointment in people I had respected, it is heartening to see this. Our world is a mess, but its not hopeless, and solidarity is fundamental to any improvements we can achieve.
@angelogarcia2189
4 ай бұрын
I don't see how helping Trump will save democracy or Palestine.
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
You can't save a country that doesn't exist int he first place. There is not now, nor has there even been, a country called "Palestine."
@TankZappa
4 ай бұрын
Yeah this video is all wishful thinking. People aged 18-29 favor Trump over Biden by 6% bc of Gaza. Biden had a 21% advantage with young people in 2020 according to exit polls. Biden has lost the youth vote and we are set to lose democracy.
@Tamar-sz8ox
3 ай бұрын
I personally am not marching to help out Hamas, Islamic jihadists & Hezbollah . 💀❌💀❌
@gabiausten8774
4 ай бұрын
She got big balls, thank you for speaking truth to power!
@daniellee2343
3 ай бұрын
Nixon was elected twice
@rangergaming8316
3 ай бұрын
Because of the student protests, it's funny how they look at the student protests and say how they saved democracy when it resulted in the election of one of the most corrupt presidents ever.
@TheLastStardaughter
4 ай бұрын
Burned out neurodiverse trans woman who was denied the chance to even begin learning how to function by ableist society until 3 years ago and it's still a hopeless-seeming struggle. I WISH I had the resources or spoons to do more. But the very society youth are fighting already crushed me for not being able to live in it. At 39 I can't even stop the government from randomly pulling my food stamps. No, changing the world isn't the youth's responsibility, but I can offer them no alternative. Sorry kids, just try not to end up like me!
@AMFDinATXTX
3 ай бұрын
Just ordered your "Reagan" tshirt for my 12 year old who's obsessed with politics/history/activism. Your channel is absolutely one of our faves. We moved from Minneapolis to Austin TX two years ago and we miss the (relative) political sanity but we don't miss the snow. Thanks for all your amazing content, Leeja!
@rossanderson7875
4 ай бұрын
Leeja, thank you for the hard work !! TRUTH TO POWER 🇵🇸
@Eddie-explains
4 ай бұрын
Thankyou for using your platform to spread light to a vitally important issue. As a student who is staying at an encampment we are struggggling (in Australia) its getting to winter so its freezing at night and it feels like the world is trying to paint us as terrible people. Honestly, this is a breath of fresh air and I am so dissapointed many of my fave youtubers haven't said a word about this genocide.
@ricksamericana749
4 ай бұрын
The idea that Israel was a strategic advantage for the West was not held until after the 1967 War. In 1948 Harry Truman's Secretary Of State, George Marshal fought strongly against recognizing Israeli nationhood. He feared it would alienate the oil rich nations in the Middle East. The West only needed "a cozy ally" after the nation of Israel was a fait accompli,
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
The idea that Israel is a "strategic advantage" for the US or the West is and always was complete bullshit. The US suffered the oil crises of the 1970s precisely because we stood up for beleaguered, democratic Israel against theocratic regimes in the Middle East that happen to sit on massive pools of oil.
@arshiaarjomandi6279
2 ай бұрын
Didn't Britain and France use it to invade Egypt during the Suez crisis?
@DrSanity7777777
3 ай бұрын
"That the brightest and the best in our great educational institutions could not recognize that their peace protests prolonged the war is one of the tragic ironies of the Vietnam era. More than once North Vietnamese negotiators taunted our delegates at the Paris peace talks and Henry Kissinger at our secret negotiations by quoting the statements of the antiwar leaders on our campuses and in the Congress. The demonstrators wanted to end the war in Vietnam. So did I. But they did not see anything wrong with abandoning the South Vietnamese people in order to end the war immediately. I did. I saw no moral purpose served in letting the totalitarians in Hanoi set up shop in Saigon. It was my duty as President to do what I thought was right for the country. Our policy had to be made in the voting booth, not in the streets." - Richard Nixon, No More Vietnams
@bubbyguppy
3 ай бұрын
Seriously? You're quoting Nixon? Of all people? One of the scummiest presidents we have ever had to date?
@CarlosIowa
4 ай бұрын
Congratulations. You changed my mind on today's campus protesters. I was a photojournalist during campus Anti Apartheid protest, and Shah Out of US. And you're right.
@roderichgarmeister6359
4 ай бұрын
One might consider that the death toll in Gaza was revised as of late and has now a civilian/fighter ratio of roughly 1/1. Which is still tragic and cruel, but far from being genocidal. And a small wonder when considering that those freedom fighters continue to wage war from amidst their own population. One might further add that about 20 % of Israel's population are Arab and partly Muslims, which contradicts some accusations and suggests that a peaceful coexistence in that formerly almost uninhabited land, which was mostly legally purchased from Muslim owners by Jewish immigrants or their sponsors, might have been possible. So one might conclude that rough basics are not always sufficient to explain complex and complicated constellations. I am sorry, but this time your video seems to be less well researched than usual. As for peaceful protest, I am all for it, though.
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
In urban combat, civilian/combatant death toll ratios are as high as 9 to 1. It is far lower than that in Gaza. What is going on in Gaza in not "genocide" or "war crimes" but simply war. War is ugly. War is brutal. But that does not mean that war is not sometimes justified.
@roderichgarmeister6359
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffreywilheim59709/1 sounds awful, but I think it's realistic. Being a former Navy dude and only being taught some basics about infantry things, I know nothing about urban combat. But we were also taught basics of international law in NCO school. Therefore I would like to state that HA...S fighters (sorry, I do not want to write their hateful and ugly acronym) aro no legal combatants. Even if you recognize Palestine as a state, they are no regular army. And even if you recognize them as irregular troops, they often wear civilian clothes, hide beneath hospitals etc. They are organized criminals, committing crimes. War crimes as well as different kinds of murder (for proposedly being gay and without a trial for example. There are reports and pictures). They still should be treated lawfully, though. But surely not with reverence. Protesters around the world should consider that. Especially queer persons should do that. B.t.w. the first transgender woman to win the European Song Contest (where G. Thunberg had joined protests last week) was from.... Israel. Where you can be as queer as you personality wants you to be and being sent to represent the country in international song contests. Sorry for the two long posts.
@roderichgarmeister6359
4 ай бұрын
@@jeffreywilheim5970As a former Navy dude and having been taught only some basics in infantry things, I know nothing about urban warfare. 9/1 sounds gruesome yet realistic. We were also taught some basics in international law in NCO school, therefore I'd like to state that those HA...S fighters (sorry, I do not want to write their hateful and ugly acronym) are no legal combatants. Even if you recognize Palestine as a state, they are no regular army. And even when you count them as irregular troops, they often wear civilian clothes, hide beneath hospitals etc. They are organized criminals, committing war crimes, amongst other things (murdering people for proposedly being gay e. g. - there are reports and fotos). They still should be treated lawfully but surely not with reverence. Protesters should consider that. B. t. w. the first transgender woman to win the Eurovision Song Contest (where Greta Thunberg had joined the protests in Sweden last week) was from... Israel. The only country in the region that guarantees gender rights. Something else for protesters to think about.
@notahumanbeing6892
3 ай бұрын
1. where are you getting those numbers from bc thats just not true of the death toll in palestine, 2. you really need to stop listening to zionist talking points lmao it is absolutely not a war when nearly everybody on one side is starving sick dehydrated and injured and the other side is crushing them with tanks and carpet bombing the entire area they’re trapped in living in tent cities in the rubble of what was buildings before israel bombed genuinely everything. Look at the people on the ground, look how they are forced to live, and can you genuinely believe it’s an even war? please be for real
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
"freedom fighters continue to wage war from amidst their own population" Less charitable people would call those civilians "human shields"
@gaelenlawson2307
4 ай бұрын
I have a few deeply Jewish friends where I live. I dont understand but I have empathy. According to them, the Jewish population in Israel does not approve of what their own government is doing. BB needs to go according to them. He's not representing the people of his nation.
@zachnesmith
4 ай бұрын
Bibi represents Bibi. He funded Hamas and would let a million Jews or Muslims get killed if it would buy him five more minutes in power.
@jw4451
4 ай бұрын
Yet Gazans fully support what Hamas has done and is doing. They were cheering in the streets on October 7th.
@Yilkanzhi_Nooristani
3 ай бұрын
@@jw4451Good?
@thatoneblackdude3333
3 ай бұрын
@@Yilkanzhi_Nooristanitypical isreal supporter brainwashed by propaganda thinking the entire population of Gaza cheered on Oct 7 and support Hamas when they didn't even win there election by popular vote and most of the population are under 18 , they also leave out how most of isreal supporters the genocide and think isreal isn't being evil enough, going as far as to block humanitarian aid to starving People and harassing anyone who dares think there wrong.
@SocialistBoomer
4 ай бұрын
It’s possible to be pro-Palestine and anti-Hamas at the same time. It isn’t that difficult.
@notahumanbeing6892
3 ай бұрын
Why would you be anti-resistance group trying to defend from colonizers?
@SocialistBoomer
3 ай бұрын
@@notahumanbeing6892 that’s not what I said.
@elLooto
3 ай бұрын
No. thats actually normal. Hamas are Syrians. One might even call them colonoizers in their own right.
@architeuthis3476
3 ай бұрын
Correction: *Those who favor the genocide of Palestinians are NOT "pro-Israel", they are **_pro-Netanyahu regime._* The majority of Israelis hate Netanyahu exactly the same way that the majority of Americans hate trump. Look and see what the Netanyahu regime is doing domestically to Israelis who protest and/or speak out against it. The Netanyahu regime attempted to disband the Israeli Supreme Court in order to consolidate power. The Netanyahu regime is even trying to redefine what it means to be Jewish in order to take voting rights from demographics he's unpopular with. One of the reasons Bibi is doing this now is because he will go to prison for crimes against Israel the moment he leaves office (and now will probably go to prison for crimes against humanity as well). To paraphrase John Oliver: "The Netanyahu regime is not Israel and Hamas is not Palestinians." *Being pro-Israel means being **_anti-Netanyahu regime._*
@darenblythe5169
3 ай бұрын
Having a family is another way the system incentivizes you to keep quiet and not make waves--you have much more to lose if you lose your job: No food on the table and no healthcare or college for your kids. Fortunately, these youngsters don't have families yet and have more freedom to challenge injustice. I wish them the best.
@orangeofmars2835
3 ай бұрын
My understanding is arrests are of non-peaceful protesters as well as non-student protesters. Peaceful protests are important but violent ones are counter productive at best.
@notahumanbeing6892
3 ай бұрын
What the government is doing is far far more violent than anything students could be capable of.
@XH13
4 ай бұрын
Instead of comparing the current Israeli politics to the past German one, compare it to the politics of the USA (and its predecessor colonies) regarding the Native people on its own territory.
@jeffreywilheim5970
4 ай бұрын
So you're going to scrap an inappropriate comparison for an even more wildly inappropriate one? If Israel has been engaging in "ethnic cleansing" of the Arabs, they've been doing a piss poor job of it. In 1948, there were about 160,000 Arab citizens of the newly formed state of Israel; today there are over two million. The populations of the "Occupied Territories" of the West Bank and Gaza Stirp have seen similar growth in their Arab population. On the other hand, virtually every Muslim country that had a large Jewish population before 1948 today has zero, or close to zero, Jews. So why is Israel the country constantly accused of "ethnic cleansing?"
@Ohalexsimmons
3 ай бұрын
the historic and archeological evidence of Jewish presence in Judea (later palestine) is actually stronger than the religious argument. The founders of Israel were not particularly religious jews. And zionism means a belief that Jews should have a right to live in their ancestral homeland, state or no state. it was the intervention of 4 arab nations after the UN partition in 48 that resulted in the expansion of the fledgling Jewish state and palestinian displacement.
@shannonm1608
4 ай бұрын
Honestly, best concise description of why the conflation between Judaism and Zionism is highly problematic. ❤ Thank you!
@mrkinla
4 ай бұрын
Hmmm.. I had no idea that there are laws written here in the U,S that penalizes some public universities from doing business with companies that are boycotting the State of Israel. Insidious is the perfect word.
@pussy_destroyer2294
3 ай бұрын
That's because that movement is used by terrorist organisation to wage economic war on a population that mostly has nothing to do with direct oppression of Palestinians
@clavesseptem7223
4 ай бұрын
Has Project Watermelon come across Operation Olive Branch? I think the two might double efforts joined hand in hand. My dad was a 'Nam vet. He was also a hippie musician and I have a feeling he'd be joining the protesting students. Which leads me to another question. What can we, who might be too far away, do to help? (I'm not on the US mainland, and there are no local protests in my area). #freepalestine
@JB-ot7sd
4 ай бұрын
I definitely became liberal once i went to college. I was raised very republican and had a really weird and transistionary freshman year. I dont really know what changed. I know i had a hardcore republican teacher who was an asshat. But that was the only politics i heard fron aby faculty my entire experience. Learning about business management i learned globalization, and ethics. Somewhere along this time shit just made more sense. I was also an anarchist for a period too. But learned all chaos leads to conformity and that anarchy would just lead yo conformity and just be a reset button. Why not just fight for the world you want to see and be part of?
@salkoharper2908
3 ай бұрын
Sounds like you don't actually have any 'Real' beliefs and just go with whatever everyone around you is doing. The literal definition of following the herd.
@ysf-psfx
3 ай бұрын
You don't know the difference between leftist and liberal. Are you sure you actually care about politics or is it optics for you?
@JB-ot7sd
3 ай бұрын
@@salkoharper2908 youre projecting too hard. I get new information and I adjust.
@JB-ot7sd
3 ай бұрын
@@ysf-psfx im in Texas. My idea of liberal is probably different than someone from Portland or New York. I say liberal only because I don't feel politicians are left enough and have to cater to corporate entities. Like we are back in the age of monopolies it's just monopolies 2.0. we need a Theodore Roosevelt or Jesus with a whip.
@salkoharper2908
3 ай бұрын
@@JB-ot7sd Well the 'New information' i'm actually trying to show you is that while it is natural for teenagers to try new ideologies as they are still searching for what they truly believe. Flip flopping from 1 belief to the next, just because you are in an environment surrounded by other people with those beliefs is the literal definition of following the herd. Trust me, I've done what you did, I just ended up a brainwashed college wet wipe.
@paulpease8254
3 ай бұрын
FYI, Israel gives their citizens free healthcare. Well, free for them, not free for US taxpayers, apparently the U.S. has provided hundreds of billions to the cause. Not so much for our own people.
@joehatch1602
3 ай бұрын
No one put these students in charge. They need to shut up and actually learn something useful. They are never changing my mind about anything they are only making enemies.
@solesius
3 ай бұрын
Where are the student’s protests against the Russian war in Ukraine? Many more people died there then in Gaza. Ukraine didn’t do anything to warrant an attack by Russia. Hamas did in October…and are as much to blame for a failure in a cease fire. Hamas is very happy with these world wide protests and wants the ‘war’ to drag on as long as possible. At the cost of the Gaza population. Don’t kid yourself Hamas doesn’t care about the people in Gaza, they were ‘hoping’ for this response by Israel to have the world turn on them. Israel was stupid and careless enough to fall for it. As much as I want to believe these protests are all about idealism…I can’t help but think there are a lot of ‘followers’ just joining the hype. Having some fun camping with some friends. If asked to explain their thoughts on the complex situation in the middle east…many fail to even understand the basics. Not saying I don’t think Israel is wrong they are and should stop their needles violence immediately. But can’t understand the randomness against which they are protesting. And how easy they are supporting hamas…who don’t give a fuck about the people in Gaza.
@maxismills
3 ай бұрын
However: Ukraine is in the west and the protestors hate the west.
@BenjaminWalburn
3 ай бұрын
Are you somehow unaware of the relationship between the US and Israel? Because it doesn't look anything like the relationship between the US and Russia. We're not the primary support of the Russian invasion, but we are the primary support of the Palestinian genocide. Death counts aren't relevant in anything you've said here. Palestine didn't do anything to warrant land theft by Israel, or the genocide. Hamas didn't do anything in October that justifies genocide. What happened in October, while being your first look at the events going on in that region, is not the first look for people like me. Your history starts months ago, mine starts decades ago. Hamas is not responsible for a "failure" in cease fire. Israel are the ones firing, they can choose to cease at any point, but they choose not to because they just want to genocide Palestinians. You don't know a thing about what Hamas is happy with. Hamas doesn't want the war to drag on at all. The Gazan people are dying because of Israel, not Hamas. Hamas ARE THE PEOPLE IN GAZA. Of course they care about themselves and their families. That's why they join Hamas. Every Israeli bomb and bullet is a Hamas recruitment tool. The protests are about material conditions, not idealism. You can't help but feel whatever you want to make the other side look bad, bonus points when it's just you projecting. You don't know a thing about anyone here, so you claiming that people wouldn't know a thing about the situation is just wishful thinking and projection. You are literally here failing to understand the basics. You are clearly politically disengaged, like to make up things about thousands of people based on your own ignorance of issues, and are clearly not fit to call people's protesting "randomness". Most the protesters aren't supporting Hamas, which is a mistake since supporting Hamas is the most ethical position to take here. Hamas are Palestinians, they obviously care about themselves. Again, that's why they joined Hamas. Can you stop dehumanizing brown people for just a few minutes?
@BenjaminWalburn
3 ай бұрын
@@maxismills Ukraine is not the west and the west isn't a thing that can be hated. It's just a nebulous concept for the far-right to be offended on behalf of.
@Ihatemyusernamemore
3 ай бұрын
@@BenjaminWalburn you're justifying 07/10, that's pretty disgusting, I bet you wouldn't say all that to a Jewish person's face
@maxismills
3 ай бұрын
@@BenjaminWalburn “the west is not a thing that can be hated.” So the common slogan “death to the west” doesn’t exist?
@CaitieKatDragon
4 ай бұрын
Hell yes! Thank you for talking about the differences in zionism, the state of isreal, and antisemitism overall! Too many people are not educated in this.
@TheWeirdTeenager2010
4 ай бұрын
I go to UT Austin and people were shocked that state troopers were there on day 1. People were quite literally arrested for holding sign and banners, and even a journalist was tackled and arrested. It was AWFUL.
@maxmillianwiegel1643
3 ай бұрын
I was in Ann Arbor for some of the protests, and I did witness several acts which could be considered antisemitic-including tearing down images of kidnapped Israelis. While I’m not sure about everything being done the protesters could be considered antisemitic, there’s been moments that have made me believe that it’s incorrect to say that there’s no elements of antisemitism present in how those students have acted in campus today.
@jasondutcher9179
4 ай бұрын
It genuinely does the topic injustice to attempt to sum up the struggles of these people into the past 75 years. When this has been an issue for over 2000 years. Isreal was rhe ancestral home of the people of judah and was conquered by a great deal of countries over the centuries the most important of which were the romans and the muslim caliphates. This caused the jewish people over time to become dsiplaced and spread out all over europe. So much so that the european countries they were displaced to began to see them as a plague infecting thier contry. And in some places this resentment and hatred had grown so much that by the early 1900s people were talking about ridding the world of the jewish problem. Its wrong to say the israelis occupied the land known as isreal after world war two. If anything at this time they were still refugees and the occupation you. Glanced over was an independence movement rhat was supported by the allies because securing a "jewish nation" had been a goal for western leaders for a long time. It was a goal because christian nations rightfully felt responsible dor the displacement of the jewish people. Even napolean had plans set aside parts of these lands to give back to the jewish people who had lost them. The hiccup here was that rhe Christians had lost this land long before this and was now occupied by the nations formally known as the ottoman empire. Palestine was one of the only places in the world that was willing to take in jewis refugees durring ww2. This was the only place for them to go and its kind of disappointing to hear you call them ocupiers or treat them.colonizers. they were refugees and after over 2000 years they finally had a home again. Now this oversimplified history lesson doesn't excuse the genocide currently underway. Nothing does. Not even the threats of genocide coming from hamas and iran. But i do think that the conversation should start with why both sides feel entitled to this land and saying this all started after ww2. Because it didnt. The formation of isreal was the first time in 2000 years we had seen a home for the displaced jewish people. They werent colonizers. They werent invaders. They were people who had fled from racism bigotry and genocide. A people who wanted a place to belong. Personally i feel like this makes a far more compelling story as well. Sure "counrty backed by world police persecutes and disenfranhises palestinian people" hits the buzzwords but for me the "they grew as a nation until they became the persecutors they were fleeing from leas than a century ago" not only speaks more to whats axtially happening here but also gives real perspective. And for anyone curious wikipedia is my source. I referenced it alot to make sure i was remembering things right and to get timelines straight. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Israel
@jasondutcher9179
4 ай бұрын
I'm also realizing that I'm missing the point of the video getting hung up on the first 7 minutes. So I do apologize
@Apostate_Alexei
4 ай бұрын
Morality ≠ legality
@Mankam168
4 ай бұрын
I have talked about this with my brothers. What they serioulsy ask, and I would like to see if anybody here as a resonable coherent answer: "What does it mean for Palestine to be free?"
@jw4451
4 ай бұрын
Gazans have supported and kept Hamas jihadists in power for 17+ years. Whose only goal is to kill Jews. They cheered in the streets when Hamas massacred Israel on October 7th. They don’t want peace or anything resembling what we would call “freedom”.
@Choppermv17
4 ай бұрын
@@jw4451 lol IDF propaganda bot Netenyahou personally advocated for the funding of Hamas and did it for several years in the 2000s That's literally supporting Hamas Most ppl in Gaza are kids and have never voted for anything and there's been no elections for decades
@nighteule
4 ай бұрын
It means Palestinians and Israelis coexisting in a single, secular state, with equal rights and application of the law. In other words, free. Palestinians would be allowed to return to the homes they were displaced from, a sort of "truth and reconciliation committee" would be established to make things right for those oppressed, destroyed homes would be rebuilt, etc. Whether the succeeding country is still called Israel or something else, doesn't matter. But it would not be the same state as it is today.
@jw4451
4 ай бұрын
@@Choppermv17 So anyone who disagrees with you is a bot lol? The videos of Gazans happily cheering in the streets on October 7th don’t lie. Open your eyes and quit defending Hamas jihadists and their supporters. Gazans and Hamas are one and the same.
@greenthumb8266
4 ай бұрын
Thank you for all your work!!
@michaelodonnell824
3 ай бұрын
I find myself ambiguous about the current College Protestors. On the one hand, I abhor the Genocide Israel is carrying out in Gaza (and also, though little reported, in the West Bank) and the open complicity in that Genocide on the part of BOTH parties in Congress. At the same time, I am reminded, too much, of 1968 - College and Student Protests and a Right Wing, overtly Racist, Republican romping to the Presidency. So, the question for me is - Could the Student/College protests swing the November election to self-declared, wannabe Authoritarians? And is there a question about the "Greater Good"?
@helpanimals-
3 ай бұрын
This will help you educate yourself. kzitem.info/news/bejne/0aCFq36rpqFydZw dumb students are Hamas supporter and Islamists. The speaker is a son of a Hamas leader who is speaking out against them. Please look up this guy. Left doesn't necessarily mean 'moral and good' . there are assholes with an agenda too
@PizzaMineKing
4 ай бұрын
Big historical change always seems to follow when a new way of getting information is invented. First it was the printing press, next it was industrial scale printers for newspapers, the radio, TV, then computers, the internet and now social media. And it always starts with the generation that grows up with it.
@nickpang4630
4 ай бұрын
Protest strongly and peacefully everyone!
@BasuraVidz
4 ай бұрын
Keyword: peacefully. Y'all be forgetting that sometimes 🤷🏿♂️
@user-dj6hu9gq4t
4 ай бұрын
Provocateur. They always send them in. To ensure their narrative.
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