Israel (now broader Mid East discussion)
I already addressed that. Not sure what more I can add to what I said. If they're citizens charge them with assault or whatever. If they have a student visa, they can get deported. My point is intimidation and using the threat of violence regardless what side you're on is unacceptable, period.
And I'm dismissing that "if" just as quickly as you dismissed the idea that white hate groups could be deported. You were very quick to say, they can't be deported. You laughed at the idea that they could be deported...because they're US citizens.
I wish, lol, kinda hard to deport a US citizen.
You didn't include a "well if they're not citizens..." statement although the same could be true. They could very well not be US citizens, some of them at least. But you quickly dismissed the idea that any of them were without a second thought. And for good reason, they're likely not.
The undertone of your response (and frankly continued persistence to defend it) is imbued with a sentiment that only furthers the divide building in the USA. Among the rising tide of antisemitism, anti-Isreal, or Pro-Palestine ideas, there's also the notion that being Muslim or supporting Muslims is un-American. You may not realize it, but that qualifier, "if they're not citizens", when talking about college kids who are more than likely US citizens is sewing an idea that these aren't Americans with the same rights "we" Americans have. If we're discussing the norm, there's no need for qualifiers...unless you think there's a deviation from the norm.
Again, I'm not levying an opinion on what happened on this campus. But let's say the tables were turned. I think you say, "I hope these kids are charged, that's inexcusable" and NOT, "they should be deported". Why? Because you know as I know, these are likely all American college students who are either Jewish or support Isreal. I don't think you raise the idea of deportation.
My friend, I'm not trying to be argumentative. I'm just pointing out that the ideas we express and how we hold to them, consciously or not, can relay more than what was intended. We're living in crazy times and it doesn't take much to sew a seed of discontent.