{"id":2236476,"date":"2024-05-03T13:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pro-hamas-protesters-find-out-that-students-in-sec-country-fight-back\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T13:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T17:03:30","slug":"watch-pro-hamas-protesters-find-out-that-students-in-sec-country-fight-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-pro-hamas-protesters-find-out-that-students-in-sec-country-fight-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators Encounter Resilient Students in SEC Territory"},"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\">18<\/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-pro-hamas-protesters-find-out-that-students-in-sec-country-fight-back%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=2236476&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 University of Mississippi witnessed a clash\u200b between\u2063 pro-Palestinian\u200b demonstrators\u2062 and students countering their anti-Israel protest. Despite a mostly peaceful outcome,\u200b the event \u2062showcased the \u200bimportance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> in challenging differing \u2062viewpoints. \u2062Chancellor Glenn Boyce emphasized the university&#8217;s support\u200b for respectful\u2064 expression and\u200b peaceful assembly, highlighting the significance of \u200cupholding\u200d First Amendment rights.  <\/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\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/%20\"><span>George C. Upper III<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 3, 2024 at 8:19am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>It has been said by people wiser than I (I\u2019ll admit that the bar is low) that the best available option for addressing \u201cbad speech\u201d isn\u2019t to regulate it, but to allow for more free speech to challenge it.<\/p>\n<p>Students at the University of Mississippi provided a pretty decent \u2014 though not perfect \u2014 example of that Thursday when largely peaceful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-supporters-rally-in-minn-to-stop-the-steal\/\" title=\"Trump supporters rally in Minn. to \u2018Stop the Steal\u2019\">counter-protesters<\/a> shut down an anti-Israel protest on their campus.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters representing \u201cUMiss for Palestine\u201d had gathered to demand that Ole Miss \u201cdivest from companies tied to Israel,\u201d according to the left-leaning <a href=\"https:\/\/mississippitoday.org\/2024\/05\/02\/it-wasnt-equal-counter-protesters-overwhelm-pro-palestinian-students-at-the-university-of-mississippi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mississippi Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Problem one with that demonstration: The university has said that it has no direct investment in companies based in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iranian-professor-makes-frightening-prediction-anti-israel-protesters-college-campuses-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Problem two: Ole Miss students themselves.<\/p>\n<p>The demonstration lasted for less than an hour before police disbanded it.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mississippi Today, the counter-protesters, seen in video below chanting as police led the Hamas supporters away, threw a \u201cwater bottle and other items at the protest, prompting the protesters to respond in kind with water.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No injuries were reported, however, and no arrests made, according to numerous outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The university itself apparently viewed the event as \u201cmostly peaceful\u201d on both sides.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Should U.S. universities be doing more to shut down these anti-Israel protests?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs a public institution, the University of Mississippi is committed to supporting the rights of our students, faculty and employees to express their views in a respectful manner and to assemble peacefully as enshrined in the First Amendment,\u201d Chancellor Glenn Boyce said in statement to students and faculty Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile today\u2019s demonstration was passionate and several protesters and counter-protesters received warnings from law enforcement over their actions, there were no arrests, no injuries reported, and the demonstration ended peacefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thedmonline.com\/may-2nd-pro-palestine-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Daily Mississippian<\/a> numbers the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sharpton-admits-truth-msnbc-can-left-say-jan-6-wrong-not-anti-semitic-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Israel protesters<\/a> at about 30 and the counter-protesters in the hundreds \u2014 numbers that several video posts on X, including one from Mississippi Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/14-gop-governors-defy-biden-move-send-loud-clear-message-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tate Reeves<\/a>, seemed to support.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scenes from Ole Miss today: I think it\u2019s fair to say this did not go the way pro-Palestinian protesters hoped. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FratBros?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FratBros<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s4BLuGNTSR\">pic.twitter.com\/s4BLuGNTSR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Russ Latino (@RussLatino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RussLatino\/status\/1786100827272130611?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/foiOMQdh00\">pic.twitter.com\/foiOMQdh00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 @OLDROWVIRAL (@calicocutpant) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/calicocutpant\/status\/1786146103446102112?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Free Palestine activists just tried to pull off a protest on the Ole Miss campus. It didn\u2019t go according to plan. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lj3szEyzRe\">pic.twitter.com\/Lj3szEyzRe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EndWokeness\/status\/1786130045783703822?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The \u2018protests\u2019 at Ole Miss today. Watch with sound.<\/p>\n<p>Warms my heart.<\/p>\n<p>I love Mississippi!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/79QEJra2nM\">pic.twitter.com\/79QEJra2nM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Governor Tate Reeves (@tatereeves) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tatereeves\/status\/1786123095058633062?\">May 2, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reeves was on campus Thursday to give the welcome address at the Aerospace and Defence Alliance Symposium, The Daily Mississippian reported, though his office would not confirm that he was on campus at the time of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/governor-plans-send-message-anti-israel-protesters-will-put-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a>, citing security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am aware of today\u2019s scheduled protest on the campus of Ole Miss. Mississippi law enforcement is also aware,\u201d he said in a statement later. \u201cAnd they are prepared. Campus police, City, County, and State assets are being deployed and coordinated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will offer a unified response with one mission: Peaceful protests are allowed and protected \u2013 no matter how outrageous those protesters views may seem to some of us,\u201d he added. \u201cBut unlawful behavior will not be tolerated. It will be dealt with accordingly. Law and order will be maintained!\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. 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It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44802\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/georgeupper\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44802\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44802\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44802\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44802\" 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>George Upper is the former Editor-in-Chief of The Western Journal and was a weekly co-host of &#8220;WJ Live,&#8221; powered by The Western Journal. He is currently a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. A former U.S. Army special operator, teacher and consultant, he is a lifetime member of the NRA and an active volunteer leader in his church. Born in Foxborough, Massachusetts, he has lived most of his life in central North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  George Upper, is the former editor-in-chief of The Western Journal and is now a contributing editor in the areas of faith, politics and culture. He currently serves as the connections pastor at Awestruck Church in Greensboro, North Carolina. He is a former U.S. Army special operator, teacher, manager and consultant. Born in Massachusetts, he graduated from Foxborough High School before joining the Army and spending most of the next three years at Fort Bragg. He holds bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees in English as well as a Master&#8217;s in Business Administration, all from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He and his wife life only a short drive from his three children, their spouses and his grandchildren. He is a lifetime member of the NRA and in his spare time he shoots, reads a lot of Lawrence Block and John D. MacDonald, and watches Bruce Campbell movies. He is a fan of individual freedom, Tommy Bahama, fine-point G-2 pens and the Oxford comma. <\/p>\n<p>  Birthplace <\/p>\n<p>  Foxborough, Massachusetts <\/p>\n<p>  Nationality <\/p>\n<p>  American <\/p>\n<p>  Honors\/Awards <\/p>\n<p>  Beta Gamma Sigma <\/p>\n<p>  Education <\/p>\n<p>  B.A., English, UNCG; M.A., English, UNCG; MBA, UNCG <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  North Carolina <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Faith, Business, Leadership and Management, Military, Politics <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commentary by George C. 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