Education : aboringdystopia

[-] jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world 130 points 7 months ago

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses." - Malcolm X

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." - John F. Kennedy

"I and some colleagues came to the conclusion that as violence in this country was inevitable, it would be wrong and unrealistic for African leaders to continue preaching peace and non-violence at a time when the government met our peaceful demands with force. It was only when all else had failed, when all channels of peaceful protest had been barred to us, that the decision was made to embark on violent forms of political struggle." - Nelson Mandela

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago

The JFK quote here is perfect. A single line that evaluates exactly what is happening. And if violent protests are to occur, everyone will shake their heads and go “this isn’t America!”

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 37 points 7 months ago

"This isn't the USA!"

They said about a country built on a violent revolution against the Empire that controlled it and a civil war that was never finished.

[-] TheFriar@lemm.ee 27 points 7 months ago

Don’t forget about the genocide on the actual North American people!

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[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 102 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The state of education in America 55 years ago.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 34 points 7 months ago

The best thing about America is that the music always stays relevant.

System Of A Down - B.Y.O.B.

Wonder if we're going to get any World War 3 bangers soon.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine

[-] synae@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 7 months ago

Here's a whole album full, from around the same time - KMFDM - WWIII

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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

People were applauding this at the time too.

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[-] kautau@lemmy.world 87 points 7 months ago

But props to the Columbia U staff for walking out. In other universities this was just par for the course, and the faculty stayed put as students were arrested

[-] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 14 points 7 months ago

Or was it just not reported?

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 23 points 7 months ago

I would imagine media would have loved to report on an additional element of the story, but

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/yale-students-demonstrators-detained-amid-pro-palestinian-protest/

https://abc7ny.com/amp/nyu-protests-150-pro-palestinian-demonstrators-arrested-at-gould-plaza/14719035/

[-] getoffthedrugsdude@lemmy.ml 52 points 7 months ago

Kent State Massacre of 1970

[-] riodoro1@lemmy.world 52 points 7 months ago

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[-] kautau@lemmy.world 56 points 7 months ago

Or if homeless people are committing a crime by being homeless

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

You're allowed to be homeless, you're just not allowed to sleep.

[-] kautau@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

Well if you were a real American homeless person you’d just pull yourself up by your bootstraps and learn to sleep sitting upright with your eyes open while saying “yes sir” to the officers who consistently harassed you

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[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago

Manufactured incident. If you read what those young adults on the ground are saying its clear this is the all being inflamed by the media and school officials. Not the students of which many are Jewish in support of Palestine.

[-] Chev@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago

This feels so our of context. Like, what is the link between the state of education and a picture of 20 police people standing on top of a stair?

[-] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They're at a university. Arresting students who are protesting against the genocide in Gaza. They want the university to halt collaborations with Israeli universities.

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[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 30 points 7 months ago

whats the context? im ootl on this one.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 76 points 7 months ago

There's massive student protests for Palestine going on at American universities right now. The universities are calling in the police to arrest their students. Some have locked down their universities and moved to online-only lessons to ignore the protests.

[-] Gigan@lemmy.world 31 points 7 months ago

Why do they care so much about the protests that they are having the students arrested? I don't get it. Just let them protest

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Protest is generly seen as criminal or crime adjascent behaviour in the US in my experience. The average person is unable to see the bigger picture that protest slot into and even in cases like this where nobody is inconvenienced somebody or some institution will cry about it.

[-] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yep. A lot of people are uninformed and see protest as a disruption. Most people, even educated have tunnel vision sometimes. The people that get the big picture are empathetic or considerate and usually the ones who protest.

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[-] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 39 points 7 months ago

Students once again standing up for a populace having war brought to them courtesy of the US of A.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The Land of the Free*

* Unless you disagree with the mainstream narrative, in which case you should not be free.

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[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 18 points 7 months ago

Admin at this school is suspending students based on their political beliefs. They use the bad faith arguments that opposing Israel is equivalent to antisemitism. The same tactics that the Chinese government has uses.

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[-] Roccobot@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Ah, yes, the famous American right to free speech

[-] yamanii@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago

No no, free speech is when you can say slurs on social media.

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[-] obinice@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Context? What's a bunch of cops standing next to each other got to do with education? Thanks!

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 24 points 7 months ago

Students in America are protesting the genocide in Israel and American military aid for Israel. The response of their schools and local authorities has been to arrest them.

[-] Wogi@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

You know the last time a bunch of poorly trained idiots were handed guns and told to stand around while students protest, they ended up shooting the students.

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[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago

Students are protesting the Palestinian genocide. Texas sent state police to the campuses, to attempt to break the protests.

[-] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

4 dead in Ohio starts playing....

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Yeah, conservatives originally demanded that Biden send the national guard to break the protests. They were obviously hoping for another Kent State scenario, which they could then leverage against him. When he refused, Texas sent the state police instead.

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[-] GladiusB@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

It sure as hell isn't an elementary school in Texas

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[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 6 points 7 months ago

It’s a bit of fake news, blown totally out of proportion because of “Israel First.”

But still, ACAB.

[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

The police crackdowns on pro Palestine demonstrations are pretty big right now I wouldn't say this is "out of proportion". Colombia shut down their entire school

This is the riot police showing up at the University of Texas today

And going into the school to cancel the protest

[-] crusa187@lemmy.ml 12 points 7 months ago

Yikes!

I mean the media characterization of “antisemitism” and the subsequent response is blown out of proportion.

To my knowledge the vast majority of protesters have welcomed Israelis into their ranks, and the few agent provocateurs from the first few days are gone now. Which makes sense, considering how much Bibi’s genocidal actions are undermining Israeli interests.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Learning is fundamental

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