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[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 26 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

It's worth noting that these students are being arrested because an extremist Zionist group called Betar is feeding names to the Federal Government.

There is zero evidence for any crimes having been perpetrated by these students.

Betar are extremely secretive about who they are funded by, with some speculating that this is an Israeli front.

The US government is acting as a goon squad for Zionist provocateurs.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/25/what-is-betar-us-the-group-pushing-to-deport-pro-palestinian-students

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 59 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Just noticed that clicking on the comic in the link opens this YouTube video, its not a rickroll. This is our government disappearing people for having the audacity to use their 1st amendment rights.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JyypeEEOklM

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 32 points 16 hours ago

Wikipedia has a slightly better video:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detention_of_R%C3%BCmeysa_%C3%96zt%C3%BCrk

I have to admit, I was in tears watching this.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 62 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Damn that just me like a truck. XKCD is always funny in some kinda way. This just gave me a snap back to reality moment.

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 49 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It gives Randall-is-pissed vibes. Justifiably.

[–] onlyhalfminotaur@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

He's come in pretty hot on certain issues before like global warming but this is a new level for him.

[–] jacksilver@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

It's a new level for fascism in America.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

At first i thought it would be a joke about the difficulties of navigating just the higher education system. I am woke now

[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 32 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Well, it is about the difficulties of navigating the higher education system in the US as an international student, but unlike the ordinary XKCD comic, it’s not a joke.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If these are the new hoops theyre gonna have to jump through we are all gonna need an education. Do reeducation camps have post-doc openings?

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

The name is misleading. There is no education.