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In reply to the discussion: NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students [View all]RandomNumbers
(17,702 posts)34. It kind of bugs me that they don't care about trashing anyone else's graduation.
Other students who might have struggled and worked very hard to achieve this. Who don't have rich parents. Who really NEED that credential and have a right to be proud of achieving it.
Yeah supposedly the cause is so much more righteous than just getting a college degree. But I don't think the protestors should get the right to decide that for others.
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NYC says half of those arrested at 2 pro-Palestinian campus protests were not students [View all]
BumRushDaShow
May 5
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Alleged Violent Leader of Columbia University Riots Revealed as Wealthy Scion and Professional Agitator
littlemissmartypants
May 5
#4
An "anti Capitalist" anarchist fucking living in a $3.4M brownstone and shit?!? Gimme a fuggin BREAK.
SoFlaBro
May 5
#5
Trespassing, Me? Not at all - I was just stopping by to audit a Graduate Law Class as part of my continuing education.
24601
May 5
#6
They're not peacefully protesting, whoever they may be. They're destroying property and fighting with the police...
paleotn
May 5
#29
Half of this "outside agitators" discourse is as dumb as the MAGAs blaming antifa for Jan 6
Prairie Gates
May 5
#15
I am curious of how many of the students are seniors, willing to trash their own graduation
question everything
May 5
#16
It kind of bugs me that they don't care about trashing anyone else's graduation.
RandomNumbers
May 5
#34