Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com>
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Re: Pro-Hamas Protesters Block Golden Gate
Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:58:51 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 69
Message-ID: <20240416195851.000061c0@example.com>
References: <YC-dnU_bwqceUoP7nZ2dnZfqnPudnZ2d@giganews.com>
	<45mt1jlaape87smut5bnqgmbbrc39ba3np@4ax.com>
	<uvmtit$15r1c$1@dont-email.me>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 01:58:53 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1012229c88c8969dd137e50b87eb03cc";
	logging-data="1281260"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18UVtqeoQubWr8P4V/IgdP9ojUcyKMZjSM="
Cancel-Lock: sha1:6AaxOOck1B6BaeiQp0yoBotBLGw=
X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32)
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240416-4, 4/16/2024), Outbound message
Bytes: 4368

On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 22:20:13 -0000 (UTC)
"Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
> >Tue, 16 Apr 2024 19:20:35 +0000, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:  
> 
> >>Traffic backed up for miles. Why don't the cops just drag them away
> >>and arrest them?  
> 
> >>https://x.com/trscoop/status/1779928676437565903  
> 
> >Oh, I was under the impression that it was a huge crowd of people.
> >Which would have explained why the cops didn't do anything since it's
> >difficult to place hundreds or thousands of people under arrest.
> >Didn't realize it was just a few people.  
> 
> >>Oh, yeah. It's San Francisco. Run by radical leftists. City
> >>officials are probably cheering the protesters on and will give
> >>them a medal later.  
> 
> >>'Memba when Chris Christie allowed a bridge to be blocked and we
> >>were told it was a national emergency and a crime against humanity?
> >>'Cause I do.  
> 
> >>Once again we see that if your politics pass the ideological rigor
> >>of the Left, you're allowed to do whatever you want.  
> 
> >Doesn't matter whether they support the protestors or not. They
> >shouldn't be allowed to block traffic like that. It has the potential
> >to put people's lives at risk. People who have nothing to do with
> >what is happening in Gaza.   
> 
> >Plus who the hell is going to pro-Hamas. Pro Palestine I understand
> >as those are just people wanting to go about their lives like anyone
> >else. Hamas , on the other hand, is very much a terrorist
> >organization and should not be supported by anyone.   
> 
> From what I've seen, the overwhelming majority of protestors have
> failed to criticize Hamas or demand that Hamas be held accountable
> for war crimes. That would be the war crime of taking steps to ensure
> that the deaths of civilians ON YOUR OWN SIDE have been maximized.
> 
> Knowingly or through willful ignorance, the protestors are acting on
> behalf of Hamas and not in the interest of the Palestinian people.
> 
> Who the hell is pro-Hamas? Nearly all of them.

There are a sprinkling of people at those demonstrations that simply
go because that's what their leftist friends deem The Grand Cause of the
moment; they go to get brownie points from those friends without having
any real idea of the history or the issues. Those are the clods that
have no earthly idea what "From the river to the sea" even means: they
can't identify either the river or the sea in question. 

But the leaders/organizers and most of the attendees know exactly what
is being demonstrated and are eager to try every possible method of
protest to see what the authorities will tolerate. It's pretty clear
that the authorities will tolerate a great deal since they let the
protestors do ALMOST anything they want. 

In Toronto, the police actually brought coffee and doughnuts to
pro-Hamas demonstrators that were illegally blocking a bridge in a
Jewish neighbourhood and intimidating the residents. The Toronto police
also did nothing when a pro-Hamas demonstrator threatened to kill a
counter-protestor right in front of them.

-- 
Rhino