Following over 100 student arrests at Columbia University’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment, University President Minouche Shafik took the time to remind students that, yes, they are allowed to protest, but only if that protest is quiet and, more importantly, ineffective.
“Students’ right to prot
Hilarious how some people seem to think that we should just accept the mass killing of Palestinians because of something completely unrelated like Hamas’ attitude towards gay people.
Clutching at straws to defend the IDF!
A story that stuck with me was a little girl whos parents had just been killed trying to evacute per Israel’s demands, she was trapped in a car by Israeli gunfire and called medics for help.
IDF double tapped the car and blew up the ambulance going to help her.
The bravery of the medics who set out to help her when they knew a literal tank was on site where they were headed is superhuman and heartbreaking.
There is no moral defense of Israel.
The phenomenom of ‘using queer rights to make your crimes against humanity look pretty’ is called pinkwashing if anyone needs a short word to describe it in future
https://decolonizepalestine.com/rainbow-washing/pinkwashing/