Posted on 09/18/2024 11:45:39 AM PDT by DFG
Anti-Israel activists at the University of Pennsylvania vandalized the Benjamin Franklin statue on campus to protest against the school’s connections to the Jewish state.
The group Up Against the Occupation, or (u)PAO, posted pictures to Instagram on Thursday showing a statue of the American Founder doused in red paint. The group called the statue “a symbol of imperial violence and colonialism.”
The organization wrote that an “autonomous group” had “poured red paint over the statue” as a “visual reminder of the over 186,000 martyrs and the university’s complicity in genocide.” The group wrote: “Penn, your hands are red,” and condemned the school as being “complicit in the Palestinian genocide.”
The post additionally criticized the university administration for suppressing the “student intifada.”
“The University has tried to supress [sic] the student intifada, supressing [sic] Palestinian voices, all in the name of ‘campus safety,’” the group posted. “There are NO Universities left in Gaza. There are NO first days. The education system of Gaza has been systematically destroyed, and the genocide has only expanded.”
“Intifada” is a term for campaigns of violence against Israeli civilians. Anti-Israel activists routinely use the term as a rallying cry.
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Time for some expulsions, jail time and restitution. Of course that won’t happen, but it should.
He saw an opportunity around every corner that benefited all. His family may disagree with me, but that's only because they came in second. His ideas in public projects and policy always came first. A guy who loved facts, efficiencies, work product, and humility, more than pompous politics.
Ahhhh...yes. The university campus with the great “Water Buffalo” controversy.
So Ben Franklin who was famous for advocating independence for the American colonies from oppression is a symbol of colonialism and oppression?
If someone sprayed red paint on a statue of George Floyd, it would be called a hate crime and finding the culprit would be the police department’s number one priority. Local officials would call a press conference to show solidarity with the black community.
<< the “student intifada.” >>
Give them all some Mossad-issued pagers.
1. Islam has always advanced via the sword.
2. And Western colonial rule beats Islamic rule every time.
No doubt that Franklin was imperially violent
Ben to the pen
These evil people are dangerously and disruptive. They should’ve been barred from campus long ago already. Where’s the college administration?
Cowering in their safe spaces for fear of being called discriminatory if they say anything.
You rember that from 1990? That was the srart of PC IMO.
Every time I see this, the idea of mass deportations sounds more and more reasonable.
Wonderful post about dear old Ben, one of the most diplomatic, merrry-hearted and UN-imperialistic geniuses ever.
Jail time?
Is it your view that being “anti-Israel” (or anti any other foreign country) is or should be a crime?
These jokers must be dumber than even Biden and Harris to be calling out one of America’s founders and anti colonialists. Next they will go after Washington and Lincoln, and maybe FDR for good measure.
yes that
or out screaming anti-American slogans in the Fakestinian demonstration mob?
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