rbreich ,
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Notice that the conversation about campus protests is no longer centered on why the protests were happening in the first place?

Whenever university presidents have brought in the police, and students have been arrested and suspended, all learning and discussion has stopped.

BrunoMcGee ,
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@rbreich I wonder what university heads are even thinking, when they decide the largely peaceful (ok, sometimes disruptive) protests/encampments need to be removed. Is it the difficult and uncomfortable bundle of subject matter (with reputational risks for even discussing) plus outside pressures from boards? Years ago UC Davis president Katehi tanked her career for dispatching police to rough up students.

Methylcobalamin ,
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@rbreich

>Notice that the conversation about campus protests is no longer centered on why the protests were happening in the first place?

Notice that the conversation is no longer about why Israel retaliated against Hamas in the first place.

Being attacked, people shot, people taken hostage, hostages raped, hostages killed.

SNerd ,
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@rbreich
What shocks me is that most of their demand are very reasonable

GGMcBG ,
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@rbreich

If I hear one more had-only-one-job-ever ivory tower journalist grumping about the grass being ruined at these campuses for commencement ceremonies, I’m gonna shit a house.

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