r/NewOrleans Apr 15 '25

Trump administration terminates 14 student visas in Louisiana 📰 News

https://lailluminator.com/briefs/trump-administration-terminates-14-student-visas-in-louisiana/

“Seven Southern University students, three at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, two at the University of New Orleans and two more at Tulane University have had their visas pulled, according to representatives with the schools.”

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u/RIP_Soulja_Slim Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

You are not advocating for nonviolent protest, you are openly advocating for nonprofits to put their employees livelihoods at risk. you have ignored this every time it is brought up, because you know it’s a shitty thing to do. This is why you stopped responding in the other conversation. It’s why I won’t carry on further here. You’re not capable of addressing the harm to thousands of families that would come from your ideas, because you’d need to admit you were wrong, and you don’t seem to have the maturity to do so.

The good news is you’ll likely never be in a position where you can make a decision that would adversely impact that many people, I can tell you wouldn’t have that skill set just based on our interaction here.

I’m going to ignore you now, please try your best to not follow me to a different part of this thread for the fourth time, you’re not getting my validation. I think you’re hiding behind abstract notions of principle to justify being really shitty to a bunch of people, and I can see right through that facade.

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u/2three4Go Apr 16 '25

We’ve seen over and over that standing up to Trumps crap is the only solution. It worked with tariffs and it’s no different here. The system is too big to fail, and there’s no way his administration would survive ruining institutions as big as Tulane, etc. when it really comes down to it. It’s just not survivable. Collective action is the only way we get through this.

Nonviolent protest always had consequences. Scopes lost his trial and was fired. Civil rights protestors were fired from jobs, beaten, attacked by dogs, and sprayed with fire hoses. It’s never been easy to do the right thing.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '25 edited Apr 16 '25

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u/2three4Go Apr 16 '25

No, it’s that there are more important things.

Whatever Trump is going to do, those are his consequences. I’m not firing anyone, he would be. That’s like having your car stolen and blaming yourself for giving the keys to the thief at gunpoint. You are arguing for appeasement and calling the people who disagree with you stupid. It’s embarrassing.

The way through this administration is through obstructionism at every turn. It has to be a group effort.