Jack Dorsey Backs Columbia Protestors, Slams Cops, Trump and Biden Over ‘Fascistic’ Crackdowns
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Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is publicly supporting the pro-Palestine protesters currently occupying Columbia University campus.
The billionaire technology entrepreneur also criticized former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden for the recent “fascistic” crackdowns on the demonstrators. On Tuesday night, hundreds of protesters were arrested as police cleared out demonstrations on the school’s lawn with riot uniforms and tactical gear.
Dorsey made his support public last night with a series of post on X, formerly Twitter. He agreed with a post from left-wing political commentator Kyle Kulinsky who said the Columbia protesters were comparable to demonstrators who opposed the Iraq and Vietnam wars.
“Iraq war protesters were smeared & hated in the moment. Same with Vietnam war protesters. Today anybody with a functioning brain realizes they were 100% correct & the conventional wisdom was dead wrong,” Kulinsky wrote. “The fact that people don’t see this is exactly what’s happening now is astonishing.”
— jack (@jack) May 1, 2024
The former Twitter CEO responded with a “yes” to the post on his X account, which has more than six million followers.
— jack (@jack) May 1, 2024
Dorsey eventually took aim at the NYPD for using “military equipment” to subdue the protesters, noting that the tactics have been in use throughout the country “for over a decade.”
this has been all over the country for over a decade https://t.co/qeUqjO53Ao
— jack (@jack) May 1, 2024
The tech mogul reposted a comment from Max Blumenthal who labeled a video of police removing demonstrators with the caption “Netanyahu’s America.”
Netanyahu’s America https://t.co/K2Yahj3CeW
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 1, 2024
Moreover, Dorsey agreed with a post from Caitlin Johnstone slamming both Trump and Biden by writing, “So glad Trump lost in 2020 otherwise we’d be seeing fascistic crackdowns on political dissent, police brutalizing protesters, tyrannical suppression of free speech, and the facilitation of racist and Islamophobic agendas.”
So glad Trump lost in 2020 otherwise we’d be seeing fascistic crackdowns on political dissent, police brutalizing protesters, tyrannical suppression of free speech, and the facilitation of racist and Islamophobic agendas. That psycho would probably be committing genocide by now.
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) May 1, 2024
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize winner and one of the most important Jewish intellectuals in the world, adds his voice to debunk the narrative that pro-Palestinian protests on campuses is antisemitic. He calls it “normal human empathy”:
“What a large number of young people are… https://t.co/cGTbCuLdqh
— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) April 28, 2024
Dorsey further emphasized his criticism of the Republican and Democrat presidential nominees by reposting a tweet from one user who wrote, “The difference between this fascist pig and the one currently in office is how many words they use to convey the same thing.”
The difference between this fascist pig and the one currently in office is how many words they use to convey the same thing. pic.twitter.com/Ibz4CxTRsK
— ☆ ʲ ᵘ ˡ ᵉ ˢ ☆ (@mrs_socialista) April 30, 2024
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