{"id":2232003,"date":"2024-04-28T12:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T16:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-calls-protesters-non-violent-leader-caught-saying-zionists-deserve-to-die\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T12:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T16:16:43","slug":"watch-aoc-calls-protesters-non-violent-leader-caught-saying-zionists-deserve-to-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-calls-protesters-non-violent-leader-caught-saying-zionists-deserve-to-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: AOC Defends Peaceful Protesters; Leader&#8217;s Controversial Remark on Zionists"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-aoc-calls-protesters-non-violent-leader-caught-saying-zionists-deserve-to-die%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232003&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary\u200b elaborates on instances of gaslighting and manipulation\u2063 by media \u200cand politicians, \u200bexemplified\u2063 by misleading coverage of protests and speeches\u200b by leaders like AOC. \u200bIt \u200breveals controversial remarks \u2063and actions fueling anti-Semitic sentiments on campuses, highlighting\u200d the harmful\u2063 consequences and the need\u200b to address such\u2063 toxic \u2064environments. The summary delves into gaslighting and manipulation in the media and politics, \u200dciting\u2062 misleading reports on \u200dprotests and speeches by\u200b figures such as AOC. It exposes divisive remarks fostering\u200b anti-Semitic attitudes\u2064 on college campuses, emphasizing \u2064their \u200cdetrimental\u200b impact\u200c and the urgency to tackle these hostile settings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/%20\"><span>Rachel M. Emmanuel<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 28, 2024 at 7:24am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The term \u201cgaslighting\u201d is used to describe psychological manipulation that makes the victim question reality.<\/p>\n<p>When\u00a0 a CNN chyron read \u201cFiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests After Police Shooting\u201d while a reporter stood outside a building engulfed in flames during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/cnn-mocked-labeling-kenosha-mostly-peaceful-footage-showed-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenosha, Wisconsin, riots<\/a> in 2020, that was gaslighting.<\/p>\n<p>And when Democratic Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-take-drastic-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> of New York referred to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-georgia-state-trooper-puts-nfl-pros-shame-ruthless-tackle-anti-israel-protester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Israel<\/a> protests erupting in college campuses all over the country as \u201cpeaceful,\u201d that was gaslighting, too.<\/p>\n<p>During an Earth Day event on Monday, Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1782481717132951931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told a crowd<\/a> in Triangle, Virginia: \u201cIt is especially important that we remember the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-celebrates-anti-israel-campus-protests-during-event-with-biden\/\" title=\"AOC Commends Anti-Israel Protests at Event with Biden\">young people shaping<\/a> this country today, of all days, as we once again witness the leadership of those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-to-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-to-take-drastic-action\/\" title=\"Check out: AOC's Message Sparks Immediate Response from College Protesters, Prompts Drastic Change at Columbia\">peaceful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/violent-persecution-of-christians-in-nicaragua-part-of-regional-transformations\/\" title=\"Violent Persecution of Christians in Nicaragua Part of Regional \u2018Transformations\u2019\">student-led protests<\/a><\/a> on campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley and many others.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AOC is literally promoting the antisemitism on college campuses!<\/p>\n<p>AOC: It is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today, of all days, as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful, student-led protests on campuses like\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UqnFQVfWRN\">pic.twitter.com\/UqnFQVfWRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Silent Majority (@siIentmajority) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/siIentmajority\/status\/1782490885004861715?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p>Pretending that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.algemeiner.com\/2024\/04\/22\/hamas-we-love-you-list-chants-statements-columbia-universitys-gaza-solidarity-encampment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chants like<\/a>, \u201cWe say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground!\u201d and \u201cHamas, we love you. We support your rockets, too!\u201d are simply \u201cpeaceful\u201d displays of youthful activism is like describing the 9\/11 terrorists as just \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/james-woods-blisters-ilhan-omar-despicable-people-something-statement-9-11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some people did something<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cWe say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground\u2026Hamas we love you, we support your rockets too\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do \u201cpeaceful protestors\u201d celebrate destroying entire cities and praise terrorists who fire rockets at civilians? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QgLtv4s879\">pic.twitter.com\/QgLtv4s879<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AvivaKlompas\/status\/1782236780533633062?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Amid anti-Israel protests, Jewish students at Columbia University don\u2019t feel safe.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s become so dangerous that students were forced out of the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be clear: these are not peaceful protests, these are antisemitic mobs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHwOOireTJ\">pic.twitter.com\/mHwOOireTJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson\/status\/1782846496431337647?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cCeasefire\u201d protesters at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 say Hamas makes them proud and should k!ll more people<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 call for ethnic cleansing of Jews from Israel while supporting Arab colonialism, chanting \u201cPalestine is Arab\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They claim this as a \u201cpeaceful protest.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j0o2er4cvb\">pic.twitter.com\/j0o2er4cvb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marina Medvin \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarinaMedvin\/status\/1781655465618768141?\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Khymani James, a junior and leader of the Columbia University Apartheid Divest group, who thinks \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James made the inflammatory comments during a January meeting with university officials that he live-streamed on social media, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/zionists-dont-deserve-to-live-meet-the-leader-of-columbia-universitys-anti-israel-encampment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Wire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James has been one of the primary organizers behind the \u201cGaza Solidarity Encampment\u201d that has taken over part of Columbia\u2019s campus in New York City in recent weeks to protest Israeli policies. The encampment has drawn criticism, with many Jewish students saying they feel intimated and unsafe on campus.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, James, who goes by \u201che\/she\/they\u201d pronouns, defended an Instagram post where he warned Zionists not to try to \u201cmeet up and fight\u201d because he \u201cfights to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Meet Khymani James, a student leader of Columbia University\u2019s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment who openly states that \u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He made the comments during a meeting with the school that he live-streamed.<\/p>\n<p>We put together the highlights: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JFlxnRkNC2\">pic.twitter.com\/JFlxnRkNC2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1783638100700172365?\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>When a university \u00a0representative questioned if his comments were \u201cproblematic,\u201d James responded with a stern, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Horrifyingly, James went on to say he feels \u201cvery comfortable, very comfortable, calling for those people to die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James equated Zionists, the movement supporting a Jewish homeland in Israel, with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-who-imagines-white-supremacists-everywhere-refers-to-rapper-ll-cool-j-as-boy-to-congressional-black-caucus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">white supremacists<\/a>\u201d and said that just as \u201cHaitian slaves\u201d had to kill their \u201cmasters\u201d to gain independence, violence against Zionists could\u00a0be justified\u00a0as self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf an individual who identifies as a Zionist threatens my physical safety in person, i.e., puts their hands on me, I am going to defend myself, and in that case scenario, it may come to a point where I don\u2019t know when to stop,\u201d James stated calmly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZionists, along with all white supremacists, need to not exist,\u201d James said in a long, drawn-out rant after the interview had concluded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, be glad, be grateful that I\u2019m not just going out and murdering Zionists,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Would this \u201cleader\u201d survive more than a week living in Gaza?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cZionists don\u2019t deserve to live comfortably,\u201d he reiterated. \u201c\u2026 Zionists don\u2019t deserve to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The left used to be considered the \u201ctolerant\u201d side. Five years after a group of KKK members chanted, \u201cJews will not replace us,\u201d during the riots in Charlottesville, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/08\/12\/1116942725\/the-charlottesville-rally-5-years-later-its-what-youre-still-trying-to-forget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">establishment media mouthpieces<\/a> were still writing about the horror of it.<\/p>\n<p>But now, chanting about burning Tel Aviv to the ground is considered \u201cpeaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ocasio-Cortez and her ilk may do their best to gaslight her audience, but fortunately, we do not live in the 1930s.<\/p>\n<p>The internet may have many faults, but displaying evil and hatred for what they are, not how the CNN chyrons or AOC\u2019s rhetoric spin them, is definitely one of its benefits.<\/p>\n<p>By branding these unambiguously anti-Semitic rallies as mere \u201cpeaceful protests,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez and her allies are invalidating and minimizing the dangers of this hostile environment. It sends the message that Jewish students\u2019 concerns about their security do not matter and that they should accept the torrent of threats as par for the course and keep their fingers crossed that the deranged rhetoric doesn\u2019t go a step further.<\/p>\n<p>By downplaying the bald threats against \u201cZionists\u201d as just the rantings of overzealous but \u201cpeaceful\u201d students, AOC is giving tacit approval to the climate of hatred and insecurity that people like James are fomenting.<\/p>\n<p>American universities have become a tinder box where one match can set off a conflagration.<\/p>\n<p>And if that happens, it will be\u00a0on\u00a0the hands of gaslighters like Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45763\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/remmanuel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45763\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45763\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45763\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45763\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rachel Emmanuel has served as the director of content on a Republican congressional campaign and writes content for a popular conservative book franchise.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Rachel M. Emmanuel has served as the Director of Content on a Republican Congressional campaign and writes for a popular Conservative book franchise. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel M. Emmanuel&#8217;s commentary on April 28, 2024, delves into the concept of &#8220;gaslighting,&#8221; a form of psychological manipulation that distorts reality. 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