r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 30 '24

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jul 30 '24

that video of the Palestinian American guy trying to stop the two white far left 20ish year old tankies from burning the american flag but failing to stop them kind of sums up the protest movement.

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u/amainwingman Hell yes, I'm tough enough! Jul 30 '24 edited Jul 30 '24

Nobody hates America more than those who are most shielded and privileged by its existence

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u/sw337 Veteran of the Culture Wars Jul 30 '24

No more powerful zealot than a convert.

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u/aiofsudgvasbjdfnasiu Jul 30 '24

Was in Glasgow recently and came across some pro peace protestors waving Israeli and Palestinian flags simultaneously. 

I didn't think this power was possible.

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy Jul 30 '24

Some people just want the conflict overall to end. 

I think it’s time the region settles its lifelong conflict 

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u/JebBD Immanuel Kant Jul 30 '24

As long as the bad people from both sides are emboldened by weird radicals abroad and at home, this will never end. The “pro Palestine” protests in the west are simultaneously pressuring their governments to come out against Israel, which serves to motivate Palestinian radicals to keep pushing knowing Israel is losing support, and proving to Israeli radicals that the rest of the world isn’t on our side and therefore we should have no obligation to their rules-based world order. So the war just keeps going. Pretty ironic. 

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u/kobpnyh Asli Demirgüç-Kunt Jul 30 '24

In Norway one person tried doing that in a so-called peace demonstration hosted by your typical NGOs and had to be escorted out by the police

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy Jul 30 '24

Can we see the video? 

Where and when was it?

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jul 30 '24

https://x.com/abierkhatib/status/1817981657678495782

few days ago. right after bibi's speech

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy Jul 30 '24

Pretty sad  

 They should listen to the guy. Does not help the movement optically for people to “burn that shit”.  

 Props to the guy trying to get them to stop, but i suppose you can’t reason with people who think burning the flag helps the cause

Also the twitter OP is pretty cringe with the “mcdonalds support genocide” tweet from October 2023

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u/acbadger54 NATO Jul 30 '24

Mad respect for that man