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Neil Lewis, Jr.@neillewisjr.bsky.social |
As many people pointed out along the way, most of these would've likely ended as peacefully as ours if admin left them alone rather than called the cops. It's the end of the semester; students would inevitably graduate or go home for summer. Not sure why so many admin didn't think about that timing.
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Taka Hanazawa
@takahanazawa.bsky.social
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Cuz they wanted to teach students a lesson
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Public Universal Girlfriend 🏳️⚧️
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The simple explanation is that they felt pressure to impress the pro genocide donors braying for blood in the business pages. And, being the rare sort of person who is unapologetically pro genocide, they were most impressed by violence. Pecunia non olet.
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dear Abbie
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on my campus, we were two severe storms away from it resolving peacefully and without cops. Honestly, these kids are ❄️ and know jack-shit (as well)
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Kim Weeden
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The social scientist in me wonders if we'd see a difference in uni response between the semester and the quarter system schools (adjusting for other differences associated with term length).
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Mer Francis, PhD, MSW
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The biggest issue in Virginia was that Gov. Youngkin overrode the state schools, forced the admins to shut encampments down, and, when they didn't (as in the case of UVA), sent in the state cops to do it. Of course, many of the admins were fully on board with bringing the cops in anyway
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Alex Bowles
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I suspect the donors who wanted some "antisemitic" heads very publicly bashed knew that too, which is why they insisted on immediate violence. And the cowards running the places caved.
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Alex Bowles
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Probably because the donors pressuring administrators didn't want the protests to simply go away of their own accord. They wanted the most visible and violent beatdown legally available.
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New Amauta
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Similar thing with Indigenous people and the Dakota Access Pipeline in 2016. At Standing Rock, the demand was to peacefully end the pipeline since it endangers Native water sources. But it turned upside-down when the pipeline hired private security forces
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Jon Berg
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Because conservative donors threw a hissy fit and threatened to pull donations. And many of these schools are hedge funds masquerading as universities, so they didn't want to disrupt their flow of money. Apparently, they don't care to cultivate future donors by being civil to current students.
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Rich Puchalsky ⚑
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If you want the cops to come in and bust heads, you oppose the protest. If you want admin to leave them alone and students will go home for summer, you also oppose the protest. If you want admin to negotiate for possible future items so students stop, you oppose the protest and/or are a sucker.
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@abuamirah1020.bsky.social
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I1) I think the mothaphuckas, who kalled in the kops to deal with their protests, only did it because they were afraid of being dragged in front of Regress and being glossed as anti-semitik. UC Riverside, which is in the heart of Trump kountry in Kalifornia, solved their protest issue peacefully
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Eric
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Honestly, I think they got the responses they wanted. Footage from the chaos the administrators caused will be used in Trump campaign ads. This felt to me like someone read about the effect the Vietnam protests had on Nixon's election and wanted to give Trump a similar situation.
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HuddledMass
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Physically attacking students is incredibly stupid and completely uncalled-for. Does administration call the riot police when a frat party gets out of hand? Maybe they should, but they don’t.
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Dave Coventry
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That would have been sensible. Unfortunately, Netanyahu cracked the whip and the authorities sprang into action. The fiction of universal support of Israel is vital if Israel is to maintain control of the political space in Washington, and the latter is crucial to the survival of Israel.
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MYeye
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Simply untrue, protestors intimidated and disrupted schools, threatened to ruin graduation in some schools - that’s enough to call cops if they’re not complying after various requests, especially on private property of private universities.
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Jennifer R. Povey
@ninjafingers.bsky.social
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Teenagers and their parents should be making notes here.
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JC
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I honestly think it’s a Pavlovian anti-homeless response. A tent encampment (in front of the dignified historic architecture no less) is “inherently unsafe” to these university admins. Calling the cops to violently toss out people and their belongings without a care is the default response.
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Dan Murphy
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It seems to me that a lot of these administrations were deliberately seeking conflict, not accidentally stumbling into it.
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mark brandt
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MSUs peacefully ended a few weeks ago. Coincidentally our semester ended a few weeks ago.
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@estherp.bsky.social
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Cornell is in a beautiful area but it’s far from a center of media attention. I think that plays a big role.
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The real Fossil Chops
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They didn't think about it because most of them are cozying up to what they perceive as an incoming fascist authoritarian regime in government, and they want to be in "good standing" with said fascists whenever the changeover supposedly happens.
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Neil Lewis, Jr.
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Trying to look "tough on crime" or whatever is just a bad strategy when the crime is gathering peacefully on the lawn. Hopefully admins remember this lesson in the future (though I'll admit I'm not optimistic).
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Sean
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the violence was the point i guess
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@smallmutuals.bsky.social
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Because they found it imperative to punish the specific speech of this protest
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Michael
@matttttthews.bsky.social
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That’s what I’ve been screaming. It was like the administrations wanted to battle their students.
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Rye appreciator
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As I said when this kicked off "finals will take care of this in the fullness of time". When you have a problem that is solvable by kicking the can down the road take the win.
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Prada 🇵🇸🍉♥️
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Please keep money flow to SJP Students encampment of Cornell, as venmo: CMLDevelopment
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Xavier: SJPSXU
UCLA: SJPUCLA
UCSC: AMORAMORAMOR
Carleton College: ZACKSHAWN
Kansas: KU_SJP
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Condition
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Feels like a lot of academics were saying the same thing while it was happening, but administration was more afraid of Republicans turning their gaze towards them and hoping the students would blink first. Young activists simply aren't afraid of cops.
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@pmurtaugh.bsky.social
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Most university heads: "Oh god, we'll be called antisemites for allowing this to exist and I'll get Rufo'ed!!! Release the hounds!!!"
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Azhrie Drake
@azhrie139.bsky.social
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You can lead a fascist collaborator to water but you can't make them drink
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Ocean Sachet Pearl Trench
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Can't speak for other universities, but Johns Hopkins was absolutely freaking out about an interruption to commencement where mitt Romney will be speaking, and they got real dirty with getting students to snitch on each other
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Rob von Thaden
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Thinking isn't generally admin's strong suit... (Yes, I'm being snarky, but not totally...)
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