like i kind of don't even care if columbia does or does not sell that chain (and they obviously do), "our evidence of Outside Agitators is this chain literally anyone can buy" is on its face fucking stupid beyond belief
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The "outside agitator" talk from politicians has been around at least since the 1960s when we were protesting against the Vietnam war and for civil rights.
"Our blacks were perfectly happy with the way things were until the outside agitators arrived and started stirring them up."
Adams was just on NPR recently and it was absolutely infuriating hearing him talk about outside agitators and how he initially suspected it through gut feeling (and obviously getting zero pushback or questioning as he filibustered his way through) and said it was back up by police intel report
I saw someone say "how did they even know how to set up a barricade without professional training" and like my dude this generation has had school shooter drills since kindergarten.
and they do, in fact, have a worldwide database in their pockets. it was mentioned by someone last night this weird calvinball thing where if protests seem in any way organized or trained they suddenly become illegitimate, which is also on its face completely absurd.
as these universities are quick to point out, they have a Long and Proud History of Student Protest etc etc. why must these things always be spontaneous and instinctual? should they not have actually learned anything from their forebears?
As a general rule, professors have been mostly supportive of the protests. The division is between students/profs (IE the actual university) and administrators/capital, which should surprise nobody.
When I saw the video of the kids walking out of Parkland after the shooting, I pointed out to people that the kids had to have been taught to do that. It wasn’t something that they figured out on the spot.
Also, stacking shit on top of other shit is not a hard concept to come up with. Those previously mentioned kindergartners learning about school shooters are also probably stacking blocks, Lincoln logs, magna tiles, and shit.
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"Our blacks were perfectly happy with the way things were until the outside agitators arrived and started stirring them up."
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248634146/nyc-mayor-defends-police-clearing-columbias-pro-palestinian-encampment-building
In case one wants to listen to this asshole talk.