Palestine March on DNC
Palestine March on DNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_vBP-faQM
Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
Palestine March on DNC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4_vBP-faQM
“It is absolutely true that the right to self-defense is vital. And to argue that Perry—who, prior to killing Foster at a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest, wrote that he wanted to “shoot the [protesters] in the front and push the pedal to the metal”—acted in self-defense is to make a total mockery of that right and those who’ve had to exercise it.”
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“In July 2020, Perry ran a red light and drove into a crowd of protesters. That in and of itself, of course, is not enough to deduce that he was looking for a fight. His own statements prior to doing so, however, add a great deal of helpful context and show his frame of mind at the time. “I might have to kill a few people on my way to work they are rioting outside my apartment complex,” he wrote on social media on May 31, 2020. Also in May, he threatened to a friend that he “might go to Dallas to shoot looters.” And then in mid-June, he sent that message about going to a protest, “shoot[ing] the ones in the front,” and then careening his car through the hubbub.
This was part of a pattern. Austin police detective William Bursley testified, for instance, that Perry searched on Safari for “protesters in Seattle gets shot,” “riot shootouts,” and “protests in Dallas live.” It is not hard to connect the dots between his searches and messages.
So what about that stand-your-ground defense Abbott alleges the jury nullified? Core to Perry’s case and trial was whether he reasonably feared for his life that July evening. Foster indeed had a rifle on him—because open carry is legal in Texas. The Second Amendment does not solely exist for people with conservative views. The big question then: Was Foster pointing the gun at Perry when he approached his vehicle? For the answer, we can go to Perry himself, who told law enforcement that he was not. “I believe he was going to aim at me,” he said. “I didn’t want to give him a chance to aim at me.” But that is not a self-defense justification, as Perry cannot claim clairvoyance.
That the jury reached the conclusion they did is not a mystery, nor is it an outrage. What is outrageous, however, is that a governor who claims to care about law and order has made clear that his support for crime victims is at least in part conditional on having the “right” politics.”
https://reason.com/2024/05/17/daniel-perrys-pardon-makes-a-mockery-of-self-defense/
The Campus Protesters Explain Themselves
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apPFuGce2kM
“One challenge of free speech advocacy is holding the line even when the speech in question is vile. Then you must make distinctions between acceptable forms of expression and those that violate the rights of others. That’s why it’s important to have clear, firm principles applied equally to all points of view. In the absence of clarity, you find yourself making things up as you go along—like too many institutions of higher learning at a moment of campus unrest.”
https://reason.com/2024/05/01/for-peaceful-campus-protests-colleges-need-free-speech-principles/
Economist Joseph Stiglitz on Pro-Palestine campus protests, Trump and rethinking freedom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5GX8e3FbA
What the backlash to student protests over Gaza is really about
https://www.vox.com/2024/4/24/24138333/columbia-student-protests-gaza-nyu-divest-faculty
Campus Protests, Antisemitism, and Western Values (Episode #367)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o54H2KP_JJ4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmY8NsWxf38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV1_3EovQZs
Biz Bros Have An Idiot Contest During Their Town Hall For Schmucks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ZqvPBSor8