the notable example of “kill the jews” was confirmed (on video and by journalists on site) to be from a pro-israel protestor.
the vast majority of these are peaceful until the police show up.
people will always find reasons for why they support free speech but *this* time is different. a lot of people tend to be anti-war and pro-civil rights except for the war and protests going on right now.
i’ve been at a protest for the last 3 days. the only time it gets confrontational is when the police show up to enforce a rule the university instituted overnight to give them an excuse to break up the protest. the rest of the time it’s a few hundred people sitting in the campus designated protest zone sharing food, singing, chanting, doing homework, and getting sun. israeli counter protesters show up and try to provoke us and we just by saying offensive things and we just laugh and ignore them.
yet, when you go online, this encampment is described by many sources as violent and confrontational with isolated clips of when the riot police show up and assault people. it’s insane.