r/politics • u/thenationmagazine The Nation Magazine • 25d ago

Soft Paywall Mahmoud Khalil Is the First Activist to Be Disappeared by Trump

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/trump-arrest-detention-mahmoud-khalil/?nc=1
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u/Politicsboringagain 25d ago edited 25d ago

Should have seen the first NYC sub post. You'd think by some of the comments that this man had personally killed a bunch of Jewish people with his bear bare hands. 

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u/shoobe01 25d ago

This stuff. And it was so fast, so ahead of any other info, that I went ahead and looked up what he'd actually been doing because I was wondering.

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u/cultish_alibi 25d ago

Worth remembering that reddit is currently (and will forever be) full of paid for accounts that are seeking to influence public opinion, from many different actors. Have you seen how many accounts can be controlled by one person with AI now?

One person can operate 50 accounts that will write supportive comments of any opinion.

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u/littlepup26 25d ago

What's crazy is a large number of the participants in that encampment were Jewish but arresting foreign students wearing kippahs isn't good optics apparently.

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u/tubawhatever 25d ago

It's like the first professor who lost her tenure for speaking out against Israel, Maura Finkelstein, is Jewish.

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u/RimboTheRebbiter 24d ago

I think you may be thinking of Norman Finkelstein

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u/tubawhatever 24d ago

Maura Finkelstein was the first tenured professor to lose her job for her views on the current Israeli actions in Gaza. Norman Finkelstein (no relation that I know of) was denied tenure in 2007 because of his criticism of Israel.

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u/RimboTheRebbiter 24d ago

lol they really have something against Finkelsteins...

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u/Interlined New York 25d ago

He's got bear hands?

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u/Sex_Offender_7047 25d ago

DO NOT let RFK hear that

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u/Interlined New York 25d ago

RFK Jr. is Carl.

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u/Sex_Offender_7047 25d ago

Lmao my god, what a throwback. I hit "37 times in the chest" and realized I remember this thing word for word

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u/bpmdrummerbpm 25d ago

Seems pretty racist somehow.

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u/elruary 23d ago

This is polarizing, the other side said stupid shit now your comment is as stupid.

He literaly called the fall for the west. Now does that deserve disappearance, hell no. Trump is a fascist dog that needs to be stopped.

But don't paint this guy to be complety innocent. That fuels moderates to disagree with you, and they'd be right.

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u/CherryLongjump1989 25d ago

Are you surprised that New Yorkers hate these terrorist-loving foreigners who disrupted the city, threatened other students, said a bunch of antisemitic shit, and on top of that brought down the wrath of Republicans all over the country?

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u/Politicsboringagain 25d ago

Thinking he is an asshole, and acting like he murdered a bunch of people and should be in jail or kicking him out of the country is ridiculous.

And the many of the same people who hate this guys, are perfectly fine with January 6ers being pardon. 

So miss with with that double standard BS.