Maryam Alwan figured the worst was over after New York City police in riot gear arrested her and other protesters on the Columbia University campus, loaded them onto buses and held them in custody for hours.
But the next evening, the college junior received an email from the university. Alwan and other students were being suspended after their arrests at the “ Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” a tactic colleges across the country have deployed to calm growing campus protests against the Israel-Hamas war.
The students' plight has become a central part of protests, with students and a growing number of faculty demanding their amnesty. At issue is whether universities and law enforcement will clear the charges and withhold other consequences, or whether the suspensions and legal records will follow students into their adult lives.
Welcome to the real world, kid, where committing a crime carries the risk of long-term consequences.
Besides that, I'll bet that some of the people who are saying "poor child" were cheering on as those who participated in the 1/6 Coup Attempt or the Tiki-Torch Racists' March were indicted and lost their jobs. So it may come down to whose ox is being arrested.
As always;
ReplyDeleteDo stupid things, Win stupid prizes.
Actions have consequences.
Send in the Waambulence!
Eck!
That, or who is actually breaking a law.Agree or disagree with them, if the protesting students aren't breaking any laws, then there is no cause for arrest.It looks more like the universities have a big financial stake in the status quo ( adjuncts, underpaid faculty and exorbitant tuition), and are taking action to protect their own interests.
ReplyDeleteThis says it all? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7RNOh9Muk4
ReplyDeletein the 60's you could be arrested for having a table with political material on it.
ReplyDeleteIn the fall of 1964, student activists, some of whom had traveled with the Freedom Riders and worked to register African American voters in Mississippi in the Freedom Summer project, set up information tables on campus...
There was also a mandatory "loyalty oath" required of faculty, which had led to dismissals and ongoing controversy over academic freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement
Seems like that there were a lot of things worth protesting over in the 60's
This is an error, and will spread the protests rather than reducing them. They don’t learn from history, eh?
ReplyDeleteThe failure works both ways. Who sis we end up getting as a president because of the Vietnam War protests?
ReplyDeleteI understand the argument, Comrade, but I’m addressing (simply) the dynamics of a protest movement. Martyrs make news and tend to result in further support, unless the cause is too revolting or extreme. Bibi, and some of the IDF, has made this a pretty easy one. No matter how bad the initial (and ongoing) events were/are, starving kids and mass graves don’t play well when they occur at multiples of the initial outrage.
ReplyDelete"The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers." - Princess Leia.
ReplyDeleteHow'd that work out for Alderaan?
ReplyDeleteHow did that Death Star thing work out for the Empire?
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/4087cd7c9b9738193678cef05f65d138f458dfb589542e013524a951dd56ba09.jpg
Good, if you rewrite the ending of the script of a fictional story
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