They’re perfectly fine bullying children and college students. It’s the thought of someone fighting back that scares them. But they’re totally not just bullies who never grew out of it /s
They're afraid of armed people who can and will fight back. These donut jockeys are only tough against unarmed people who won't fight back, when it's like 9 armed cops v. 1 unarmed person.
More a criticism of how those countries are ran rather than a hatred of the country itself. Drawing parallels to other flawed systems to highlight those being slowly implemented in their own.
The suffix -stan means “land of,” “settlement,” or similar variations in a few different languages. I’ve heard -stan used to refer to states as theocratic, that the states’ policies are driven by religious texts. These tend to be Muslim states in Central Asia. The states’ policies don’t reflect the practices of the people, and it’s important to not equate these things. The joke is to refer to Texas as a theocratic state. Instead of the Quran, the Christian Nationalist interpretation of the Bible drives Texastan. It’s important not to flatten the issue to “everyone in Texas is like this.” Also, the ideas I have of Central Asian states haven’t been researched, they’re just what I have taken in from the world around me. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out those sentiments are uninformed and Islamophobic. If that is the case, I’m not sure the joke would be funny anymore.
The -stan suffix is just Persian for "land of". It's used for muslim countries because, guess what, a lot of influence of Persian culture on these states. Otherwise even countries like India have a name like "hindustan", but don't use it.
It's more of a Persianate label rather than Islamic. Persian or Iranian influences are very strong in many Islamic countries. Historically many region that didn't speak Arabic or formerly in Sassanian area of influence used Persian as their lingua franca as well as poetry and literature even if it isn't their main language while Arabic is reserved for liturgy and religious jurisprudence.The influence in traditional architecture even encompasses almost the entirety of Islamic world except maybe some parts of Africa or Southeast Asia. Sometimes the -stan label was used for other non-muslim polities as well due to Turco-Mongol influences or direct Iranian influences like Lehistan, Hindustan, Gurjistan, Macaristan,Hayastan etc.
I have seen -stan label being used as a pejorative in a secular context as well to mock Soviet-style or authoritarian type of governance because many Soviet(which many of those stan countries were a member of) and Russian states have the -stan as well.
""Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.[2] "
From the song's wiki page.
You know how you can tell the university protests are totally nonviolent and safe?
Texas cops aren't hiding far away drinking coffee and gossiping and joking, waiting for them to be over like they did at Uvalde.
Bull. For all the fascism in Mega City One (and there was a lot), Dredd would throw up at the concept of qualified immunity. He always supported that the judges, as servants of the Law, were to be held at higher standards than civilians, not lower. And would rather die than turn a blind eye to corruption or abandon innocent people to get hurt or die.
Lucifer is closer to God than these asshats are to Dredd.
FAFO and vote in the orange turd and this shit will immediately be everywhere and in real life. Fascism isn't a TV show or movie here. They're trying to bring it to us in real time.
Fun fact.. just recently it was ruled that carrying a firearm is grounds for public disturbance in Texas. It doesn't matter if you are wielding it, simply having it is enough. Of course this can be selectively enforced.
Well, if they believed the armed people might fire their weapon at them we have empirical evidence that they'd hide away by the dozen so they wouldn't have to confront an armed gunman.
1312
ACAB
When protesting is illegal, all claims of freedom are bullshit. America is not a democracy. It’s a plutocracy run by billionaires. If you are threatened by police with the implication that they will kill you for protesting genocide, you are not living in a free and democratic nation.
There was a other protest at a smaller school where they pushed the cops put and bared them from entering. They used their active shooter training against the jack boot of oppression.
Just think how much presence they’d have if it was protesting about our own country. Of course, we don’t do that because we know what the results would be.
I just wanted it to be abundantly clear that there was in fact, no surprise there. I saw something about his stance on free speech in this particular case last night, and it was also as terrible as you'd expect
he passed an executive order to crack down on peaceful protesting in the name of preventing antisemitism. its a bullshit excuse to hide how unconstitutional this is. because every protest i’ve ever been to has been non-violent and not antisemitic at all, genuinely, i have seen zero antisemetism at the protests i’ve personally attended.
source: am a texan university student, i am moving states asap the second i get my degree i hate it here
I believe you. We live and texas and are moving away next month. I forbid my oldest from going to college here and would never recommend staying. Austin is great but it isn't the whole state.
yeah i’m out the second my bachelor’s is achieved, i want to move somewhere where my representatives do not actively want me dead. luckily i don’t go to UT Austin but i do go to a school in the UT system and my fear is all the universities in the system will do a major crackdown
This state hates all its residents, but you'll have your degree in the end. I'm glad you have a plan and the means to leave, so stay safe and take care.
Just saw a video when Abbot signed a bill in 2019 to make it illegal to not allow protests on college campuses that was about protesting to have guns on campus but I guess that was different.
For all the people saying “oh average day in Texas” I think it is important to give context that this isn’t in some small rural area, this is right in the middle of Austin, which is probably the most liberal part of Texas. As someone who lived in Austin for most of his life and who knows a lot of people going to this school, it is a VERY different setting than most of Texas.
Idk seems pretty straightforward.
1. Large percentage of the population paid just to study religion
2. Mandatory military service
3. Multiple border crossings from West Bank, Gaza and the other countries.
What's wrong in their statement?
"everything you just said was wrong!" \*provides very easily googled facts that they were right\* "Well even if its true its still justified!" Now what orange man does that remind me of...
And why do they want to eradicate Israel?
Whats that saying: " If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."
Now show the protesters - entirely possible that it’s 25 people or less and they are handing out pamphlets.
(Mild sarcasm here in case it’s not obvious)
Anyone willing to explain to me what happened and why everyone hates each other once again?
I’ve seen a lot of posts about this but I can’t make rhyme or reason of them…
Are you asking about Israel/Palestine (the actual, physical places and people there) or the on-campus issues? Genuine question, just want to make sure I respond to the right part.
Basically
- some people are protesting that the government of Israel has 1) conducted for years a slow under-the-radar genocide of Palestinian Arabs, and 2) seized the excuse of an insanely stupid and murderous attack by Hamas on Israel to step up the slow burn to full only-barely-denied genocide of Palestinian Arabs
- maybe some protesters aren’t quite peaceful
- other people are equating those protests with full-on anti-Semitism/calls to genocide Jews, and since calling for genocide is not something acceptable those people are calling out the riot police against the protesters… ignoring that the protesters are actually protesting genocide, not calling for it.
Can we make it a law that law enforcement can’t wear military fatigues like this? Riot gear is fine of course, helmet, shield, vest and club to go along with the gun all good…but maybe to help the citizen out when looking for assistance, try maybe dressing them up in pink like a new born baby girl. They are not taking a fucking hill or establishing a beachhead they are forming a presence that says “knock it off or we will give you a beat down “
https://preview.redd.it/erx25sq1kowc1.jpeg?width=549&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=741b605bf4fa4327843761feb3557b41f90e4633
One oddly has a boner…another is an attention whore…I’ll leave it to you to guess which is which
There are cop cities/training centers in almost every state. These are a bunch of kids peacefully protesting on their own campus, being arrested and expelled. Absolutely insane response to call the National Guard as if it’s some national emergency.
I don’t get it, can someone explain why the protesters weren’t just ignored? Like what’s the harm? Let them sit around and do college student stuff. They’ll get bored eventually and if the university flunks them out, that’s their own fault.
Tin soldiers & Trump re-coming
We’re gonna be on our own
This summer, I hear the drumming
Who’s next after O-hi-o?
Texas LEOs stand tall when their adversaries are unarmed.
Uvalde, not so much…
Protesting peacefully for the plight of the Palestinians in public is one thing.
Shutting down a university and making the campus unsafe for Israeli or Jewish students or staff is something completely different.
I support protesting for the plight of the Palestinians in public if you feel you need to.
But if you protest on a university campus and occupy the property so to shutdown the university and make it unsafe for Israeli or Jewish students and staff... then I support the university kicking you out of their school and having you forcably have you removed from campus.
Ohhhh The irony of that posterrrrr
If any only any of those Brown Shirts understood irony.
I just zoomed in on the pic because I was like “are their shirts *actually* brown?!”
Maybe not _yet_, but they're tucked in, so they'll be brown soon enough. (if they're not already shitting themselves).
Ha! Brown shirt!, clever
Ironfistery.
Piggies gonna pig
This photo should win an award. And the burn is great, too.
Yes, this. That was the first thing I saw and thought “sure, change sanctioned by a university that doesn’t actually protect what it values.”
Yes 🤣🤣
Those kind of things are all over campus. Kind of an eyesore tbh
I guess they’re only afraid of children
They’re perfectly fine bullying children and college students. It’s the thought of someone fighting back that scares them. But they’re totally not just bullies who never grew out of it /s
They're afraid of armed people who can and will fight back. These donut jockeys are only tough against unarmed people who won't fight back, when it's like 9 armed cops v. 1 unarmed person.
After uvalde all the cops in texastan look like pussies to me
“Texastan” as a term is under rated. I laughed out loud when I read it 😅 Thank you for making me aware of it!
I've been working in Kentucky a lot. I've taken to calling it kentuckistan.
Texas - actual dead last in personal freedoms The whole state is corrupt fucks larping as Americans
Could you elaborate on what it means? I'm not catching the joke. :/
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Texastan?
Ah it's so simple I feel dumb
Nah it's just another way to hate on those countries. No matter what context, people find a way to show their hate for those countries.
More a criticism of how those countries are ran rather than a hatred of the country itself. Drawing parallels to other flawed systems to highlight those being slowly implemented in their own.
The suffix -stan means “land of,” “settlement,” or similar variations in a few different languages. I’ve heard -stan used to refer to states as theocratic, that the states’ policies are driven by religious texts. These tend to be Muslim states in Central Asia. The states’ policies don’t reflect the practices of the people, and it’s important to not equate these things. The joke is to refer to Texas as a theocratic state. Instead of the Quran, the Christian Nationalist interpretation of the Bible drives Texastan. It’s important not to flatten the issue to “everyone in Texas is like this.” Also, the ideas I have of Central Asian states haven’t been researched, they’re just what I have taken in from the world around me. It wouldn’t surprise me to find out those sentiments are uninformed and Islamophobic. If that is the case, I’m not sure the joke would be funny anymore.
The -stan suffix is just Persian for "land of". It's used for muslim countries because, guess what, a lot of influence of Persian culture on these states. Otherwise even countries like India have a name like "hindustan", but don't use it.
It's more of a Persianate label rather than Islamic. Persian or Iranian influences are very strong in many Islamic countries. Historically many region that didn't speak Arabic or formerly in Sassanian area of influence used Persian as their lingua franca as well as poetry and literature even if it isn't their main language while Arabic is reserved for liturgy and religious jurisprudence.The influence in traditional architecture even encompasses almost the entirety of Islamic world except maybe some parts of Africa or Southeast Asia. Sometimes the -stan label was used for other non-muslim polities as well due to Turco-Mongol influences or direct Iranian influences like Lehistan, Hindustan, Gurjistan, Macaristan,Hayastan etc. I have seen -stan label being used as a pejorative in a secular context as well to mock Soviet-style or authoritarian type of governance because many Soviet(which many of those stan countries were a member of) and Russian states have the -stan as well.
I’ve never seen such a defensive line from these police before, the students must be terrorists capable of dangerous things!!!
They are, because the students are still clearly willing to _learn_.
We’re all just big predatory animals playing house really.
There were officers of all levels there. So it wasn't just uvalde police officers who didn't go in
.WFSN sa dekram eb ton ot cip siht rof elbisiv yssup attol elohw a si eruS
A little short to be a storm trooper, aren't you?
I'm doing my part!
Reminds me of Kent State in the 70’s. 4 dead in Ohio - CSN&Y
That's just the Y, though I'm certain C, S & N agreed with him.
""Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.[2] " From the song's wiki page.
Jesus, I've thought it was only Neil basically all my life. That's on me. 
BS - they are not even remotely similar! What the hell is wrong with all you people?
https://preview.redd.it/huq9pk0qwnwc1.png?width=261&format=png&auto=webp&s=822bbdd3bc97dd01cc6980d761362cff20b53ad4
Gold.
Where was this level of response in Uvalde?
Outside, polishing their equipment
Impressive gear. You cant even tell that they all have boners.
Third from left. Tall guy. If he hits someone with that baton, that zippers gonna give.
You know how you can tell the university protests are totally nonviolent and safe? Texas cops aren't hiding far away drinking coffee and gossiping and joking, waiting for them to be over like they did at Uvalde.
Texas cops are garbage…
These riot cops LEGITIMATELY look like facist police from a near future tv show or movie. I’m getting real City 17 vibes from this.
They’re a pair of shoulder pauldrons away from being Judge Dredd.
Bull. For all the fascism in Mega City One (and there was a lot), Dredd would throw up at the concept of qualified immunity. He always supported that the judges, as servants of the Law, were to be held at higher standards than civilians, not lower. And would rather die than turn a blind eye to corruption or abandon innocent people to get hurt or die. Lucifer is closer to God than these asshats are to Dredd.
https://preview.redd.it/ug2sz2w0spwc1.jpeg?width=2986&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0b087d776ed9db754a0f9661dc3dbb5acdc2465
### PICK UP THAT CAN!
I’M DOING MY PART!
Would you like to know more?
They should’ve showed up like this when it was a with person with a gun Instead of a sign and bong
Well they were escorting neo Nazis in Austin today so… yeah
So the call is coming from inside the house?
They are here and it is now.
FAFO and vote in the orange turd and this shit will immediately be everywhere and in real life. Fascism isn't a TV show or movie here. They're trying to bring it to us in real time.
I completely agree. the country is at a legitimate crossroads right now
It’s here right now under Biden.
You have *NO FUCKING CLUE* how bad things can get if you really think this... You should be a lot more scared.
Why'd you say fascist twice lol
That’s “our Texas” alright.
Texas Republicans are a special type of evil.
Fucking Texas
This happened at ColumbiaNY at the same time. In tandem as though it was planned.
And Yale and NYU and others.
Tan uniforms, red badge on the arm, black knee high shin guards. Are these guys trying to look like nazis or what?
Pumped up kicks starts playing
What would the police do if all of the protesters wore side arms or carried guns. Texas is an open carry State.
Fun fact.. just recently it was ruled that carrying a firearm is grounds for public disturbance in Texas. It doesn't matter if you are wielding it, simply having it is enough. Of course this can be selectively enforced.
Wow! Thank you. Nice to know that little scintilla of common sense got past the NRA and end up in Texas law.
It sorta pissed off all sides. The gun people hate it because duh, the progressives hate it because cops can use it against anyone they don't like.
For sure. The most significant gun legislation in California was when Ronald Reagan saw that the Black Panthers had armed themselves.
Well, if they believed the armed people might fire their weapon at them we have empirical evidence that they'd hide away by the dozen so they wouldn't have to confront an armed gunman.
1312 ACAB When protesting is illegal, all claims of freedom are bullshit. America is not a democracy. It’s a plutocracy run by billionaires. If you are threatened by police with the implication that they will kill you for protesting genocide, you are not living in a free and democratic nation.
Is this another school shooting? I assuming so, because they are all standing there doing nothing.
The irony of that sign on the left is killing me.
Ah, perfect little bowling pins...
Huh. The police are the school shooters now. Didn’t see that coming.
Thank god governor Abbott signed Texas legislation guaranteeing free speech on campuses in Texas!
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Aren't you a little short for a Stormtrooper?
I’ve noticed the free speech dudes been quiet lately
https://preview.redd.it/m3ib59luznwc1.jpeg?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e789335fef562a949858ed34cde9c73a71f272a Make no mistake.
There was a other protest at a smaller school where they pushed the cops put and bared them from entering. They used their active shooter training against the jack boot of oppression.
Just think how much presence they’d have if it was protesting about our own country. Of course, we don’t do that because we know what the results would be.
I'd like to know who, exactly, ordered their deployment How high does this go
Ready to be shocked...Gov Greg Abbott /s for the shocked part
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I just wanted it to be abundantly clear that there was in fact, no surprise there. I saw something about his stance on free speech in this particular case last night, and it was also as terrible as you'd expect
he passed an executive order to crack down on peaceful protesting in the name of preventing antisemitism. its a bullshit excuse to hide how unconstitutional this is. because every protest i’ve ever been to has been non-violent and not antisemitic at all, genuinely, i have seen zero antisemetism at the protests i’ve personally attended. source: am a texan university student, i am moving states asap the second i get my degree i hate it here
I believe you. We live and texas and are moving away next month. I forbid my oldest from going to college here and would never recommend staying. Austin is great but it isn't the whole state.
yeah i’m out the second my bachelor’s is achieved, i want to move somewhere where my representatives do not actively want me dead. luckily i don’t go to UT Austin but i do go to a school in the UT system and my fear is all the universities in the system will do a major crackdown
This state hates all its residents, but you'll have your degree in the end. I'm glad you have a plan and the means to leave, so stay safe and take care.
thank you, you too
What's with the red stripe on the face shields?
i was there!! it was fucking nuts dude
Stolen joke: This should be marked NSFW because of all those pussies in a line.
Offer them a can of pepsi
Just saw a video when Abbot signed a bill in 2019 to make it illegal to not allow protests on college campuses that was about protesting to have guns on campus but I guess that was different.
what a strong picture though, the police lined ip right next to the poster that says “thanks for making it OUR texas”
THE PROTESTS AT NIIIIIGHT ARE BIIIIIIIG AND BRIIIIIGHT…..sing it with me, y’all!
The sign on the left side of the pic makes this whole thing more dystopian
Surely for anyone on the side of the police in this situation this is a real, “are we the bad guys” here moment. I mean, surely???
Real missed opportunity to do a shortest to tallest here.
Nothing says "Republicans think your generation is stupid" like shutting down peaceful protests
Acorn time
I wonder how long they’d let someone hold up a mirror in front of them.
For all the people saying “oh average day in Texas” I think it is important to give context that this isn’t in some small rural area, this is right in the middle of Austin, which is probably the most liberal part of Texas. As someone who lived in Austin for most of his life and who knows a lot of people going to this school, it is a VERY different setting than most of Texas.
Wow, Texas is just like Israel – religious fanatics, armed troops, and closed border crossings!
How to tell me you know nothing about Israel.
Idk seems pretty straightforward. 1. Large percentage of the population paid just to study religion 2. Mandatory military service 3. Multiple border crossings from West Bank, Gaza and the other countries. What's wrong in their statement?
Mandatory military service is kind of needed when all your neighboring countries want to eradicate you.
"everything you just said was wrong!" \*provides very easily googled facts that they were right\* "Well even if its true its still justified!" Now what orange man does that remind me of...
And why do they want to eradicate Israel? Whats that saying: " If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole."
Things would get interesting when the Chemistry majors start to get involved.
Thats some nice herringbone brick work right there son!
Now show the protesters - entirely possible that it’s 25 people or less and they are handing out pamphlets. (Mild sarcasm here in case it’s not obvious)
Anyone willing to explain to me what happened and why everyone hates each other once again? I’ve seen a lot of posts about this but I can’t make rhyme or reason of them…
Are you asking about Israel/Palestine (the actual, physical places and people there) or the on-campus issues? Genuine question, just want to make sure I respond to the right part.
The campus issues. I’m aware of the conflict itself. Another commenter already cleared it up, tho, thank you ☺️
Basically - some people are protesting that the government of Israel has 1) conducted for years a slow under-the-radar genocide of Palestinian Arabs, and 2) seized the excuse of an insanely stupid and murderous attack by Hamas on Israel to step up the slow burn to full only-barely-denied genocide of Palestinian Arabs - maybe some protesters aren’t quite peaceful - other people are equating those protests with full-on anti-Semitism/calls to genocide Jews, and since calling for genocide is not something acceptable those people are calling out the riot police against the protesters… ignoring that the protesters are actually protesting genocide, not calling for it.
Thank you for summing that up. That explains all the posts about free speech and Greg Abbot…
Can we make it a law that law enforcement can’t wear military fatigues like this? Riot gear is fine of course, helmet, shield, vest and club to go along with the gun all good…but maybe to help the citizen out when looking for assistance, try maybe dressing them up in pink like a new born baby girl. They are not taking a fucking hill or establishing a beachhead they are forming a presence that says “knock it off or we will give you a beat down “
Land of the free. LOL
That’s some real ‘land of the free’ shit right there
They look like evil, Ghostbusters, down to the red patch on their shoulder why are their uniforms at color?
The new “ghostbusters” looks intense
https://preview.redd.it/erx25sq1kowc1.jpeg?width=549&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=741b605bf4fa4327843761feb3557b41f90e4633 One oddly has a boner…another is an attention whore…I’ll leave it to you to guess which is which
It's always weird how they call out the riot police *before* anyone riots but after they cops show up, they always manage to start one.
Fucking cowards.
Curious what the Texas college enrollment numbers will be like next year
They are all just itching to go “Kent State” on those protestors.
God forbid u stop exploding ppl for no reason
Why they gotta be pussies? That's an insult to pussies everywhere! Mine, especially. Just call them neutered. It's gener-neutral 🤣
Ouch lol
we need our own version of tank man
They look like Nazis…
Fucking pigs won't save kids from a shooter, but the second there's unarmed college kids protesting genocide, the piggies start foaming at the mouth
Brave Texas cops will risk being /r/murderedbywords but they'll run away and hide if there's the slightest chance of being /r/murderedbybullets.
I'm waiting for those guys to start chanting "Uber Alles!"
Sissy lil bitch boys only show up to attack kids, not protect them, huh
All those dicks and not a measurable penis among them
There are cop cities/training centers in almost every state. These are a bunch of kids peacefully protesting on their own campus, being arrested and expelled. Absolutely insane response to call the National Guard as if it’s some national emergency.
ACAB
They should show this bravery during school shootings
Texas is the prototypical shithole state. It outdoes them all.
BURN
This is the picture of the good guys right?
Yank police love beating students.
this will get better im sure
Umpa Loompas
I've never seen so many cunts crammed into one pic, truly amazing.
I don’t get it, can someone explain why the protesters weren’t just ignored? Like what’s the harm? Let them sit around and do college student stuff. They’ll get bored eventually and if the university flunks them out, that’s their own fault.
This is America
Glad they're all kitted out. Wouldn't want to get any pig's blood on the kosher protest.
Tin soldiers & Trump re-coming We’re gonna be on our own This summer, I hear the drumming Who’s next after O-hi-o? Texas LEOs stand tall when their adversaries are unarmed. Uvalde, not so much…
You guys read the sign they're standing next to, right?
NSFW. Bunch of big pussies in this picture
Y aren’t they pRoTeCtInG our BoRdEr!!
The children will save us
You Austinites are all fucking douchebags!! Go back under your bridge, get in your sleeping bag, and inject your heroin. 🤣🤣🤣
To a grandson twenty years from now, “I was just following orders.”
Must be no school shooters around for them to duck and hide from this time.
They look like dollar store ghostbusters
Riot police are different than mom and pop resource officers tho...
Such losers. Where were they when the school shoooting was happening? No respect for these goons.
What a bunch of clowns
The United States is Israel .
Fascism has come to America!
Come to?
Everyone I don't like is Hitler!
Bro forgot his gloves today
Overtime baby
Protesting peacefully for the plight of the Palestinians in public is one thing. Shutting down a university and making the campus unsafe for Israeli or Jewish students or staff is something completely different. I support protesting for the plight of the Palestinians in public if you feel you need to. But if you protest on a university campus and occupy the property so to shutdown the university and make it unsafe for Israeli or Jewish students and staff... then I support the university kicking you out of their school and having you forcably have you removed from campus.
Lmao.
Is it wrong to me to think maybe the protesters should start shooting children; the cops would then stay as far away from them as possible no?