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Portland State University’s library to remain closed until fall due to damage from protest (www.koin.com)
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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If trashing a library is what it takes to give them that hope, then so be it.

Except he didn't say anything of the sort. He said protests gave him hope. At no point did protests need to damage the library. There have been ongoing protests that have been garnering attention. Hell, they could have had a building sit in, sure, why not. Classic protest tactic. They didn't need to damage the fire alarm system or spray paint every surface within reach to do it.

It’s only property.

So if protesters randomly burnt down your housing, would you say the same thing? The same logic should hold, no? It's just property.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Except he didn't say anything of the sort. He said protests gave him hope. At no point did protests need to damage the library.

Why are you still talking to me, man? This is wasted energy. If you are so indignant about the opinion of one person on the internet that you'd waste the valuable time you could be spending speaking up on behalf of genocide victims, then your priorities are seriously fucking out of whack. I don't care about your opinion.

There have been ongoing protests that have been garnering attention. Hell, they could have had a building sit in, sure, why not. Classic protest tactic. They didn't need to damage the fire alarm system or spray paint every surface within reach to do it.

If you are more upset about property damage than you are the continued genocide of indigenous people by occupiers funded by your own tax dollars, then you, specifically, are morally bankrupt.