I'm curious exactly which protests accomplished so much. Our protests didn't end the Viet Nam War. It ended many years after the protests, when almost everyone was against it. WE may have helped lower the voting age to 18, but in retrospect, I'm not sure that was a good thing, considering that now we know that brain development isn't complete until around the mid 20s. We may have helped end the draft, which unfortunately has made our idiotic wars much longer, because most people aren't directly involved, so they don't seem to give a shit, at least not enough to protest!
But, at least the protests I attended were peaceful. We had a permit, had veterans of the war marching with us, along with police escorts. I know that some weren't peaceful and that was wrong. Occupy Wall St. didn't accomplish anything, did it? Black Lives Matter protests, which were mostly peaceful, despite what one of our posters might think, including the one in my small city, didn't change the way the police sometimes treat unarmed Black people. A small number of police have been charged for their crimes, but that's not enough of an accomplishment to brag about. The current protests aren't even protests any longer. They are taking over buildings. They are causing millions of dollars of damage to college campuses. These aren't peaceful protests. These aren't about free speech. They might have started out as peaceful, but they aren't at this point. They are full of hatred. They are inflicting fear on those who disagree.
Peaceful protests are one thing. That's not what's happening now. And, to be honest I think this is helping Trump, as the Repugs are already screaming that this is due to Biden's inability to control illegal acts. Do these ignorant people have any idea what life will be like under another Trump term? Biden has been trying to reason with Nettie since shortly after this over reaction to Hamas started. Yet, I've read in some of the more reliable sources of journalism, that more than 50% of the Palestinians still support Hamas. The US has been a strong ally of Israel for decades. Biden is between a rock and a hard place, but I don't think any one could do better then he is doing right now. There might be some peaceful protests going on, but far too many can't be called that any longer.
It's obvious that some of you aren't interested in listening or watching what's really going on. This madness won't accomplish anything but cause a lot of chaos and damage to buildings. It's not legal to take over buildings and do damage to them. How does that equate with a peaceful protest? I hope nobody gets killed or seriously injured from this shit. I will never forget the students that were killed at Kent State during the Nam protests. Is that where we are headed? Can you imagine what would happen if Trump was president right now! He'd be authorizing the shooting of these students. But, some of you are blaming Biden because he can't reason with a far right leader like Bibi. The Israelis need to do something about that. I'd be fully supportive of cutting off our aide, but I doubt that would help stop this mess. In fact, it might make things worse, as other terrorist groups would be able to get more involved.Why aren't these students in an uproar about some of the other horrible things going on in the world? And yes, Politesse, there is a lot more aide entering Gaza. The US has just authorized a lot of money for aide and while there still needs to be more, it's making it's way in a lot more than it was a few weeks ago. It's all over the news. The World Food Bank is even back in action. They are brave people, who I respect.
Since when are humans rational peaceful animals? We are fucked up apes, and both sides are evidence of this.