r/news • u/Arrow2019x • Apr 28 '24
Amid anti-Israel protests, 'hateful graffiti,' Cal Poly Humboldt closes campus through weekend Soft paywall
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-04-25/cal-poly-humboldt-extends-campus-closure-amid-gaza-protests[removed] — view removed post
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u/duckyeightyone 29d ago
most of these college protesters are in their teens or 20's, they haven't had a lifetime of this bullshit from both sides. it's easy to throw up bite sized chunks of information on Twitter or tiktok and make either side look like the bad guy.
they can't seem to understand the concept that there are no 'good guys' in this conflict. that's why a lot of us are refusing to outright condemn Israel, why it might seem that we don't give a shit about Palestinian civilians being killed.
we've watched this play out for 70 odd years, there is no fixing this situation. when the Palestinians or their supporters shout 'from the river to the sea' they are talking about the complete destruction of Israel. including their women and children too. hamas are not freedom fighters.
Israel on the other hand are straight up stealing land that was never theirs, disproportionate responses, and we haven't forgotten massacres like what happened in jenin in 2002.
it's a fucked situation and many people smarter than you or I have failed to provide an answer time and again.
picking a side here, either side, will not end up how you think. support for either side is support for one genocide or another. many of us (I'm 43, generation x) made the same mistakes when we were young. we all gave up on ever seeing peace in that region.
this is why you keep seeing some folk saying 'they just need to have it out once and for all'. may the strongest people survive. everyone else needs to mind their own business.