"Violence" is not an actor, violence does not "break out". It's a phrase used to hide the actors who instigated the violence, either due to a lack of knowledge or due to willful obfuscation. We have videos of what happened, so we know which it is.
firadin
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There's a reason the Black Panthers were armed when they distributed free food to poor black children.
[One way of reading the comment you replied to is that] the point is that the media is both-sides-ing this instead of truthfully reporting that the violence was directed against the protestors. This allows the protests to be portrayed as "radical" and feeds into the false "pro-terrorism" and "extremist" narrative being portrayed against Gazan and Palestinian sympathizers.
Well the police didn't step in to stop the violence against the protestors, and the news outlets are all reporting this as "both sides" - so it sounds like the attackers got what they wanted.
Columbia journalism students are reporting live: https://www.cc-seas.columbia.edu/wkcr/story/online-streaming-and-running#
Not US corporation good, just US corporation = US controlled. This isn't a morality play, it's a national security play.
Well China is refusing to divest, i.e. sell it to a US owner so clearly that's not an option for them. If it was about the money they would have.
You're assuming its a profit-focused endeavor rather than a propaganda arm of the Chinese government.
Apparently TikTok sent out push notifications telling users to call their representatives. Minors were being provided instructions with their representatives' phone numbers and contact info, but didn't even know who they were calling and were asking basic questions like "What is Congress?"
Kind of shows the amount of power TikTok has over American youth.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_fence
Libertarians think they're smarter than everyone else and never wonder why the fence is there in the first place.
The thing is: Biden is pro-Israel but also pro-Palestinians. He's providing aid to Gazans and pressuring Israel to minimize civilian casualties. It's not great, or even good, I agree - but it's a whole lot better than Trump who would be pro-Israel and anti-Palestinians. You'd see humanitarian aid end and the US support total war instead of the (slightly) restrained version we're seeing now.