Portland State University’s library to remain closed until fall due to damage from protest
Portland State University’s library to remain closed until fall due to damage from protest
Crazy a school shooting can happen and the entire place is ready for kids to come back a week later.
Sounds like they are just being assholes and closing the library in retaliation.
The protesters damaged systems that are vital to operation of the building, like ripping out the fire alarm system. Windows are smashed and there is graffiti everywhere.
All fixable in literally a week.
Islamic University of Gaza's Library to remain closed possibly forever due to damage from Israeli bombs. 🖕
I hate this oft repeated retort. No one here is minimizing the suffering of the people of Gaza. But trashing a library on the other side of the planet is not going to stop the IDF from raining down bombs.
The protests on American university campuses are bringing Gazans hope. They are tired of likes and shares on their videos of the atrocities they are experiencing; sternly worded letters to their elected leaders, most whom are complicit, does absolutely nothing. The fact that young people half a world away are making headlines by being willing to take a stand and force people in power to decide whether or not to denounce Israeli occupation gives Gazans something to hold on to in a land where hope...like food, water, and medicine...is in short supply.
If trashing a library is what it takes to give them that hope, then so be it. It's only property. If people are more upset about property damage than they are the continued genocide of indigenous people by occupiers funded by their own tax dollars, then they are morally bankrupt.