Edit: Name of University fixed.
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I'm out of the loop on this one. What exactly is happening over there at University of Texas?
Pro Palestinian protests are getting quashed with a complete violation of freedom of assembly
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People protesting another war, and they feel more aggression is the right answer.
I appreciate the juxtaposition with the sign. Great image.
This looks like it's right next to the student activity center so I'm guessing the sign is real. But good meme fodder.
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Whenever I see things like this I think back to something Lewis Black once said back during the Occupy Wall Street protests. They had him on ABC or one of the major news stations and asked him what he thought about it. His answer was along the lines of, "When were the college kids ever wrong?"
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University protests was how Greece got rid of the military Junta in the 70s
They may seem futile but can be very powerful!
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Cops don't belong on universities
Eh. There are times when a person in a uniform with some degree of authority on campus would be legitimately helpful, but they're never around for those moments.
UT campus rape was an epidemic when I was in school, back in the mid-'00s, and the police were notorious for just looking the other way.
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Fun fact: 91 of these DPS riot cops stood outside the Uvalde Texas elementary school shooting.
DPS was one of various local and state law enforcement agencies that responded to the Robb Elementary shooting on May 24, 2022. Ninety-one DPS personnel were at the school when law enforcement waited over an hour before breaching the classroom where the gunman was.
Video: University of Texas protestors chant Who Failed Uvalde? DPS!
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ACAB. Remember that when things get worse.
Should we beat and arrest the students or maybe sever ties with a nation committing war crimes? Better get those students and arrest record, looks good on job interviews.
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ACAB
University of Texas at Austin. There were protests of the Vietnam war there and the university put giant planters into the west mall where the protests were to reduce their size. They’re still there today. They always felt a bit out of place then I learned the history
Get that photographer a pulitzer
Can someone OOTL this for me? What's going on in Texas?
More arrests of college students walking out of class and peacefully protesting the situation in Gaza. This time UT Austin.
What do they need the riot police for?
Spraying chemicals directly in the faces of nonviolent students and then beating the shit out of them with batons.
Violently suppressing peaceful protestors is my guess.
To make it look like the protestors are violent. They wouldn't call in those troops if it weren't for those savage antisemitic protestors, right?!?
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Great question.
It's hard to crack down on dissent without them.
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So what happened with state law protecting speech activity on this campus?.…
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Riot police is what you get when parents don't show their children love.
Oh come now... there's a very real chance their parents loved them, and they still became assholes.
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Brick time
Guy in the center there forgot his gloves.
Lurch in the back is wondering if they have waited long enough before they get to start killing people.
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Greg Abbot isn’t having none of that free speech bs
This pic is going in future history books.
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