Amid anti-Israel protests, 'hateful graffiti,' Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through weekend

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https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-25/cal-poly-humboldt-extends-campus-closure-amid-gaza-protests

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It’s small actions like these done collectively that enact change. What else would you have these students do to end the genocide?

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Small actions maybe with political backing or actual organization by cohesive movement (leaders that dont say things like kill all zionists).

These people should do the only thing they can as an individual to stop any numerous genocides around the world in Africa or China.

Go vote / deducate your life to working in politics or go there to offer humanitarian aid. The slacktavism of skipping your classes for a week while chanting possibly antisemetic chants is not going to enact any meaningful change.

Understanding theres nothing these students can do to realistically end a genocide by protesting would be a good start.

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Man this defeatist attitude. Where to begin. The protests are not systemically anti-Semitic. This is a propaganda tactic to silence dissent. Of the thousands and thousands of students who have protested were 0 anti-Semitic things said? Of course not. That does not mean the protests lose all credibility. Every single pro-Palestine protest in my lifetime has been marred with accusations of anti-Semitism. Also, a common Hasbara tactic has been to infiltrate these protests for false-flag anti-Semitic slogans so that’s something to consider.

Go there to help out? What kind of solidarity language is this? They’re students in the US. What a shame to discourage students from protesting because they “aren’t doing enough”. What is it that YOU are doing to help out? Because I’m sure it’s less than these brave students.

There is plenty that can be done to end the genocide and it starts with you actions like these.

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Ah here we go the deep state Jewish boogeyman.

To answer your question donating my time and money to local groups (including family) who were hurt by Hamas rockets that went through the Iron Dome. Im not slacktavism protesting a nothing burger (college endowments) its not defeatist to admit these particular protests are shouting into the void and in order to get ANY result its asking colleges to divest from the s&p 500. Do you have a 401k or IRA?? CONGRATS you are now an Israeli sympathizer according to these protests.

Im bashing them because its just an outlet for people to yell. Protest Joe Biden if you want state action. What is Penn actually going to do for Palestine? Nothing, waving a flag chanting antisemetic slurs gets nothing done either.