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Subject: Re: [OT] Professor inflitrates pro-Palestinian encampment; union leader calls for consequences
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On May 5, 2024 at 5:44:12 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com
wrote:

> On Sun, 05 May 2024 22:48:24 +0000
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
>>  On May 5, 2024 at 2:29:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
>>  <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
>>  
>>  > Students at the University of Toronto have a pro-Palestinian
>>  > encampment like some of the American colleges and universities.
>>  > Recently, a professor "infiltrated" the encampment - he basically
>>  > just visited and talked to protestors - and described the
>>  > experience in an article for the National Post:
>>  > 
>>  >
>>  
>>> https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/university-of-toronto-anti-israel-protest-encampment
>>  > 
>>  > The professor found that many of the protesters were not students,
>>  > staff or faculty of the university at all, yet they were limited
>>  > were actual fee-paying students could go. 
>>  > 
>>  > A former Antifa member who is now a "communications officer" in a
>>  > major union has called for "street-level" consequences for people
>>  > like the professor.   
>>  
>>  This union official-- Victoria Wojciechowska-- isn't even a Canadidian
>>  citizen. She's a Polish national.
>>  
> How did you determine that? That isn't in the article. While the name
> is almost certainly Polish she could be third or fourth generation
> Canadian for all I know.

I looked her up. Her Facebook says she's Polish and lives in Warsaw a lot o
the time.

>>  In any rational society, a foreign national making public threats of
>>  violence in the media against the citizenry would be instantly
>>  deported.
>>  
> I agree that the threat should definitely be subject to legal
> consequences for the person uttering them. I wouldn't be adverse to a
> deportation either if she really is a Polish citizen. 
> 
> I was rather appalled at the open threat of violence against the
> professor made in a public place - the newspaper - and certainly hope
> the police don't let that go by. I'd also like to see the professor get
> a protection order (Canadian equivalent of a restraining order) against
> the threatener, although I suppose the union has additional goons to
> break legs if it wants.