Columbia Leaders Grilled at Antisemitism Hearing

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(05-06-2024, 04:29 PM)Mickeypoo Wrote: And here we are a week later with ultra weak leaders scared, for whatever reason, to put the smack down.

As soon as any of the protests started interfering with the students or campus it should have been shut down immediately.  The weakness is just astounding.  These are not leaders of college campuses; they must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night because they are just a bunch of scared little babies.

This bs is what happens when you have weakness and feelz rolled up into a nice safe space Lefty Progressive ball of chit.  Should have been shut down day 1.  

A lot of people share your feelings on this I'm sure. They see "weakness" whenever unpopular protests are not immediately shut down by force.

There is a double problem here though.

1) The protestors have a 1st Amendment right to free speech. Hard to shut them down without shutting that down.

2) On college campuses, academic freedom also comes into play. College leaders who don't respect that won't be around long.

There is precedent for use of extreme force. E.g., May, 4, 1970, Ohio Gov. Rhodes, a strong leader, called in the nation guard to quell demonstrations at
Kent State. And the soldiers who illegally fired into the students killing 4 (2 merely on their way to class) and wounding 9 others were acquitted. So it can definitely be done.