#PalestineCollege protest

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Admittedly, I have not been on (campus) site.

However, just be watching the video and imagining I were (visibly) a Jew, I would not feel save walking through that dense crowd.

Many people are borrowing a lot of money to go to university. These mass-protest on (the private private grounds of the) campus make any kind of lecture, leave a lone learning, very hard, if not impossible.

While all citizens...

@GreenFire

@HistoPol
I've only been to maybe four dozen protests when arrests were made and in all of them there were people in the public that caused escalation so I think that the type of protests makes a huge difference.

Most of mine were for either climate, environment, or equal justice. If there were plans for some volunteers to be arrested than we took steps to ensure it was done safely.

@HistoPol
Fair enough, I assume that the police were necessary to end the trespassing which made those youth start yelling at them saying get off their campus.

I'll add this. Of all of the campuses I've ever been on, whether as professor or student, I considered myself a guest. So maybe that might explain our different perspective.

If you are a student or a professor, you are actually working at these premises. I'd not say that you are not a guest, this is your work place, However, if you do not behave within good faith of your (education or work) contract, the employer has the right to remove you with the help of the police.

Fair and square.

I see no reason why these protests couldn't take place on the public streets and squares sourrounding the campuses--without blocking access for others.

@oconnell

@GreenFire

"designate a location on campus for first amendment protected demonstrations "

sounds like a good compromise to me.

@oconnell