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   Bill Zaumen (bzdev@fosstodon.org)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Apr-2024 12:32:59 JST Bill Zaumen

   • Thomas 🔭🕹️

   @thomasfuchs About those students protesting in tents: when I was in college & graduate school (1960s to early 1970s) in anti-war student protests that "got out of hand", the students would occupy university buildings. If they had merely camped out on the lawn, an administration would have breathed a sigh of relieve. Why is the reaction so different now?

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     William Pietri (williampietri@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 05:34:40 JST William Pietri

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs In case anybody can't quite figure out why the students are not taking the path of "reason to persuade others", it is time to reread MLK: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

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     Jen Bean Casserole (itsjennotgoblin@goblin.camp)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 05:34:40 JST Jen Bean Casserole

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     • Thomas 🔭🕹️
     • William Pietri

     @williampietri @thomasfuchs I also love to suggest Charles Cobb's This Nonviolent Stuff'll Get You Killed.
     https://libcom.org/article/nonviolent-stuffll-get-you-killed-charles-cobb

     Free PDF, mobi, epub book

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     14mission (14mission@sfba.social)'s status on Wednesday, 01-May-2024 07:31:39 JST 14mission

     • Thomas 🔭🕹️

     @thomasfuchs Etymology is fun and interesting but doesn't really tell you what words mean.

     For example, this thing I'm wearing on the the upper half of my body, which has sleeves and a picture of Snoopy on it, is not a skirt.