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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Speech is more dangerous than a gun to an authoritarian

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bringing an assault rifle to campus is only a suspension?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

The legal charges that would also be brought by the cops/legal system would be the real punishment likely (depending on the state and whatnot). The school doesn't really need to do anything, and I am guessing it is more a fallback or show of denouncing someone. Though I agree that it is odd that they don't outright expel given the nature of the other examples given. Maybe it has to do with being a public school or something? Or maybe suspension until after the legal results? Idk.

I think they are slightly playing up the "assault rifles" bit though, as I imagine that the same suspension would be applied to any long rifle or shotgun (maybe even pistols tbh). I agree with the overall point of drawing attention to how incorrect the punishments are being applied to the pro-Palestine protestors. As shit is very very different from someone or a group of people showing up armed to a school campus. As I imagine the people more likely to jump to doing that would most certainly be the pro-Israel no matter what crowd. Though it might be getting to the point of pro-Palestine/anti-genocide folks having protection. At minimum access off campus. As the right most certainly does, and would likely be following people home.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

gotta bring the strap next time so the pigs know you're kin! Good network op

S'all the same in the end anyway 🤙🌊

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And they wonder why everyone is masked up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I guess the next step is to bring a rifle and masks.