Reminder: Historically US students have protested for & against many things: Civil Rights, South African apartheid, the Viet Nam war. Protest is almost always against current gvmt policy. And once you outlaw one protest, ANYONE speaking out about ANYTHING can be disappeared. And that is UNAmerican. - ThreadSky

rmayemsinger.bsky.social • 3 days ago

Reminder: Historically US students have protested for & against many things: Civil Rights, South African apartheid, the Viet Nam war. Protest is almost always against current gvmt policy. And once you outlaw one protest, ANYONE speaking out about ANYTHING can be disappeared. And that is UNAmerican.

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outside-agitator.bsky.social•3 days ago

They’ll have to lock me up to stop me.

banalhemorrhage.bsky.social•1 day ago

Historically, good things have come from student protests in the whole world! Venezuela got rid of an earlier dictatorship through students.

profmark6945.bsky.social•3 days ago

GOP and MAGA know that a Democratic administration won't be rounding them up.

wneuhauser.bsky.social•3 days ago

Exactly the road we are on. Further enabled by bad AI coding that ids the wrong people for the wrong reasons.

coreyoneill.bsky.social•3 days ago

antonvangramberen.bsky.social•1 day ago

That sums it up nicely. As a European I’m appalled. American values are disappearing at warp speed. Seems like democracy is retreating to Europe. And even here the Musks of this world are promoting fascism.

jvsylvester.bsky.social•2 days ago

I agree with all that, but I'm also reminded that, on May 4, 1970, the Ohio National Guard directly challenged that tradition.

david-stone.bsky.social•3 days ago

Your post made me curious about the recent "Hands Off" demonstrations, and whether a central figure or group put it together (that could be targeted). I had no real idea how they came about. I asked Perplexity AI:

david-stone.bsky.social•3 days ago

dodgezen.bsky.social•3 days ago

ernestounionista.bsky.social•3 days ago

America has ALWAYS been unAmerican. What we've been taught are a bunch of lies. There is no "city on the hill." Just a man (or men) behind the curtain.

rabichakra.bsky.social•2 days ago

When politicians sell off their spine, this is what the end result is. It’s everywhere, every dictatorial country has undergone this process.

rwbruce.bsky.social•3 days ago

😠 😡

willis-2.bsky.social•3 days ago

It USED to be unAmerican… now, Trump and his Gestapo can and will do anything they want…who’s going to stop ‘em?

funpo.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s up to us

samspade1941.bsky.social•3 days ago

Unfortunately, MAGA is redefining what it means to be an American.

egality.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s a good thing Democrats spent 16 months calling anti-genocide student protestors “antisemitic terrorists and criminals,” I’m sure that didn’t impact what Trump is doing and getting away with.

erecstebbins.com•2 days ago

I’m sad to say that I think that America is gone.

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