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Camps Intifada: Students for Theocratic Authoritarianism

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 5/5/2024 6:20:41 AM

I’m old. So old that I still believe that classic Western liberalism is the best system for assuring prosperity and peace, and authoritarianism, particularly of a theocratic nature, is a disastrous governance style. Watching the encampments and riots on college campuses, I see that too many young people have missed this lesson and instead support violent, barbaric, theocratic authoritarianism. I think these participants are not representative of a majority of students or voters and that the weak responses of some universities bode ill for their futures. Moreover.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: EJKrausJr 5/5/2024 7:31:24 AM (No. 1712257)
Clarice, this is the beginning of BHO's Cultural Revolution, the remaking of America in his own image. An American Caliphate with Barack as the head mullah.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dodge Boy 5/5/2024 8:28:18 AM (No. 1712289)
FTA - "Nevertheless, too many of the affected colleges and universities have failed in their mission to protect a safe learning environment for their students. The reasons are many, including reliance on foreign donations, particularly from Hamas-supporting Qatar, faculty rolls stuffed with anti-American and anti-Israeli ideologues, the DEI staff and humanities departments’ opposition to Jews and Israel, the large number of full-freight paying foreign students who do not share Western values, and the always present faculty and administrative psychological inability to handle conflict." Not to mention how easy it has become to brainwash our young people via social media and foreign influencers who are here to destroy America. Societal warfare right before our very eyes while biden the cheater sits and watches from his Rehoboth Beach hideout.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Venturer 5/5/2024 8:36:45 AM (No. 1712298)
What the heck is classic western Liberalism? Is that what put Joe Bama Biden in the White House. If it is Clarice can shove it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Hazymac 5/5/2024 8:38:50 AM (No. 1712302)
The idea of tagging certain groups as terrorists or terror supporting, and having them chucked out of the USA is extremely appealing. Outlaw their evil actions, shut them down, and, if possible, have them deported. These Hamas lovers belong in Gaza. FTA: What happens if SJP is determined to be a terrorist arm of Hamas? “The ramifications would be extraordinarily wide-ranging,” he says. “First and foremost, it would shut them down once and for all. They would not be allowed to operate in the United States, including campuses. They could not fundraise. It would be illegal to be affiliated with them. There are many other consequences, but there [sic] are a few of the main ones.” Shut them down. That's the idea.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Strike3 5/5/2024 8:46:20 AM (No. 1712307)
Shut down every muslim organization in the country, just to be sure. None of them do anything in support of America but, rest assured, they are all planning our overthrow in one way or another. Biden and Obama are traitors.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Gordon Mills 5/5/2024 9:06:25 AM (No. 1712316)
Enjoying the transformation yet? “We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
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Reply 7 - Posted by: JackBurton 5/5/2024 10:08:53 AM (No. 1712358)
FTA: the Administration’s failure to act on the side of Western civilization is seriously damaging President Biden’s reelection prospects, indeed, the prospects for the Democratic party itself. So? I think this is a far better thing than having them convincingly lie to us up til election day and get re-elected. They're showing their true colors.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: red1066 5/5/2024 10:23:56 AM (No. 1712364)
What's lost in all the media coverage of this, is the fact that the 50% of the people arrested on campus aren't students. In addition, the number of students involved in this is a very small minority. The number of people actually camped out in those tents probably doesn't even represent 1% of the student population. The other 99% of the student population goes to class or wants to go to class. An example of that was a couple of protesters at Columbia who upon being arrested pleaded to be let go because they had finals to study for. To most students, it's a show. An attraction to watch. A social event. A chance to say, " I was there".
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Reply 9 - Posted by: RussZilla 5/5/2024 10:31:15 AM (No. 1712366)
I applaud the universities where students took the initiative to challenge the pro-Hamas message. Among them UNC, Alabama, Mississippi, University of Chicago, and NJ’s Rutgers. I’m proud that there are students that will stand up to tyrannical activists and their message. Christian colleges even had celebrations of praise and prayer. This is encouraging. I hope this is just the beginning, and it could be the end of kids falling for stupid speech. Can we count on the schools to crack down on this lunacy? Free speech has certain costs, and the universities and colleges will have to account for their policies, good and bad, and the rewards and punishments those acts deserve.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 5/5/2024 12:23:40 PM (No. 1712422)
Supporting the murderous, vicious 7th century barbarians. Truly stupid and horrific. The perfect definition of :"useful idiots", they mostly have no idea what they are ranting about.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: udanja99 5/5/2024 12:27:51 PM (No. 1712423)
#3, an example of a classic western liberal would be JFK. He was pro-life, anti-communist and a veteran. Of course, he had his faults as we all do, but he wasn’t the type of “liberal” that his descendants are today.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: earlybird 5/5/2024 3:20:06 PM (No. 1712484)
Thanks to #11. In knew when I read this excellent essay that at lease one #3 would show up.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: earlybird 5/5/2024 3:26:47 PM (No. 1712490)
https://www.libertarianism.org/publications/essays/rise-fall-renaissance-classical-liberalism
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