Republican Introduces Absurd Bill to Send Arrested Student Protesters to Gaza
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Rep. Andy Ogles desperately wants to punish protesting students.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286303

GOP introduces bill that would send anyone convicted of unlawful activity on a campus since Oct. 7th, 2023 to Gaza.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15286301

“A group of Republican lawmakers introduced a bill on Wednesday which would send “any person convicted of unlawful activity” at a college or university, to do community service in Gaza for six months.”

“Strangely, the bill appears to refer to any “unlawful activity on the campus of an institution of higher education beginning on and after October 7, 2023” but does not specifically mention the ongoing student protests, rendering it stupidly broad.”

"Ogles spoke with Fox News about the bill, saying that, “If you support a terrorist organization, and you participate in unlawful activity on campuses, you should get a taste of your own medicine. I am going to bet that these pro-Hamas supporters wouldn’t last a day, but let’s give them the opportunity.”

    • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      pro Hamasites

      Student protesters are not pro-Hamas. Few Palestinians are even pro-Hamas. Most Palestinians are under 18 and couldn’t even have voted for Hamas 18 years ago. There have been no elections since then.

      Protesters are against killing thousands of innocent men, women, and children by bombing literally everything. That’s it. That’s the issue. If you think it’s OK to bomb children, say so, because that’s what protesters are against. So if you’re against the protesters, you’re for bombing innocents.

        • CrayonRosary@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          8 months ago

          We’ve all seen

          Don’t try to tell people what they’ve seen.

          clearly demonstrates that you don’t have a problem with what they’re saying.

          Now that is foolish rhetoric. Protesters can’t control who walks among them. There are counter protesters who walk among them, too. Does that mean the anti-genocide protesters don’t have a problem with the counter protesters? Nonsense.

          The vast majority of student protesters are anti-genocide of Palestinians. Full stop. If you say or imply otherwise, you are not arguing in good faith.

          Even civil rights protesters in the 1960’s had individuals among them who thought they should “kill all whites”. That doesn’t say a thing about the ones who were there simply for equal rights. It’s a fallacy to ascribe the beliefs of the extreme minority to the beliefs of the majority just because they walked or sat together.