DeadWorld@lemm.eeM to BrainWorms@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agoBrown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesterswww.thehill.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down15cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkBrown University agrees to hold Israel divestment vote after pressure from student protesterswww.thehill.comDeadWorld@lemm.eeM to BrainWorms@lemm.eeEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·7 months agoProtestors: we demand you de-invest in Israel! University: how about we let our corporate board have a token vote on whether to de-invest in 6 months time when all of these protests have been forgotten about? Protestors: yayyyy we won!!!
minus-squareacockworkorangelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·7 months agoNo, it means they’ll have further reinvigorated and refreshed protests in 6 months.
minus-squareDragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·7 months agoAh, someone unfamiliar with history. Just a tip: if you’re ever fighting a popular rebellion and they say “go home and we’ll grant you amnesty,” they’re lying about that too.
Protestors: we demand you de-invest in Israel!
University: how about we let our corporate board have a token vote on whether to de-invest in 6 months time when all of these protests have been forgotten about?
Protestors: yayyyy we won!!!
No, it means they’ll have further reinvigorated and refreshed protests in 6 months.
Ah, someone unfamiliar with history.
Just a tip: if you’re ever fighting a popular rebellion and they say “go home and we’ll grant you amnesty,” they’re lying about that too.