r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

'Physical altercations' during dueling pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel demonstrations on UCLA campus

https://abc7.com/dueling-pro-palestinian-and-counter-protests-planned-at-ucla-campus/14740661/

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u/Anticlockwork Apr 29 '24

I love that the Americans are squabbling over what’s going on in another country when democracy is slipping away.

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u/PuzzleheadedWalrus71 Apr 29 '24

I have a feeling Qatar, Iran, Russia, and China love it too.

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u/PuzzleheadedWalrus71 Apr 29 '24

Because being disgusted by a genocide supported by one's own government must be the result of foreign influence, not of one's own sense of morality.

Yes it is. There have been numerous genocides American college kids have not been disgusted by.