Quote from: spork on May 18, 2024, 11:27:12 AMQuote from: Langue_doc on May 18, 2024, 06:37:15 AM[. . .]
You should be protesting outside the offices of our law makers (the governor and the NYS Senator) as well as the Israeli embassies (country and UN) in the city.
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But that would require taxi/bus fare.
From the NYT article "It's Not Just Gaza" linked above: "she connects the suffering of Gazans to the plight of other oppressed people worldwide." This person seems to be very badly educated, and I'd like to see whether she can locate Gaza or any other part of the Middle East on a map. It's highly ignorant to believe that every situation in the world that one disagrees with has the same identical cause. The attitude reminds me of an Al Jazeera program host's interview with three Americans that I saw a few months ago. One of the guests said "Revolution is the highest form of culture." Dude, you are completely clueless about what both of those words really mean.
Quote from: ab_grp on May 19, 2024, 02:29:45 PMQuote from: secundem_artem on May 15, 2024, 02:39:21 PMSaw American Fiction last night. Deserved the Oscar buzz and awards. I'd be curious if Black forumites have a different take on it. Certainly, white people in the movie were portrayed mostly as none-too-bright virtue signaling fools.
We saw this last night. I don't have that frame of reference that you are asking about, but I agree it was worth the awards and other recognition. It kind of reminded me of The Holdovers in a general sense of feel. Not that the feeling was the same. Maybe it's a movie type? A movie about life. I knew what the main plot point was and completely forgot about it after getting wrapped up in a different part of the story (about his family). Wright and the other actors brought a lot to this one for me. My husband and I were both surprised afterward that so much of what we had heard was that the movie was good overall but that the ending wasn't? We both thought it fit pretty perfectly. I think there was a lot that was really smart about this movie. Some points were made a little more subtly, and some more overtly, but thumbs up from us.
Quote from: Wahoo Redux on May 19, 2024, 08:51:24 PMQuote from: secundem_artem on May 19, 2024, 06:40:07 PMIt's been politically very quiet at Artem U. Today was commencement. No organized protests or storming the stage, but a fair few unapproved Palestine themed stoles. Very few of which were on students who were observant Muslims and wearing hijab. But Megan, Morgan, Becki, and Caitlin made their point. The only outcome they achieved was making a number of our Jewish graduating students hurt and uncomfortable.
There will never be a protest which does not upset someone. That is why people protest. I wasn't there, of course, but I would never have students, Jewish or otherwise, feel hurt and uncomfortable at any point, certainly not commencement. Nevertheless, Israel has some actions and beliefs they need to be held accountable for. Palestine deserves some support even while Hamas needs to be quashed. It sounds to me that Megan, Morgan, Becki, and Caitlin were fairly responsible protestors while making their point.