There is no form of effective protest of which is “acceptable”. Protests are meant to disrupt, to get as much attention as possible in order to spread a message and bring action, and those who oppose the protest will always object to that no matter what. That’s the point.
For protesters to act so socked that they’re getting arrested for protesting against the power elites at their schools while on private property seems pretty naive to me. They should have known that this would be the eventual outcome and to have been prepared for it. Not to say it should have stopped the protests from happening— just that, for protests to be effective, it has to piss off the right people, and you’ll likely get arrested, free speech be damned.
For protesters to act so socked that they’re getting arrested for protesting against the power elites at their schools while on private property seems pretty naive to me.
I’m really not sure what the appropriate reaction should be. Are they meant to celebrate getting arrested? It’s an expected outcome, but that doesn’t make it right.
don’t be obtuse
It’s an expected outcome, but that doesn’t make it right.
i didn’t say that
I’m really not sure what the appropriate reaction should be.
not to be surprised that it happened, for one. and, while universities do generally, have an atmosphere which support free expression, and many even have somewhat permissive protest policies, they’re private property. now, i’m not defending the actions of the universities, but i’m saying that getting arrested for protesting on private property vs while protesting on public property are two different things-- and one isn’t nearly as outrageous as the other.
part of civil disobedience is getting arrested.
I think it’s the fact that they are arrested and very rarely actually charged with a crime, which essentially amounts to state sanctioned kidnapping.
But otherwise I do agree with you.
That’s one way to look at it. Another is that, rather than truly outrageously throwing the book at these protesters, the worst they got was a massive inconvenience.
Now, I’m not trying to downplay getting arrested - even brutally so. I have been arrested at protests by some nasty pigs who beat the shit out of me, and I have spend nights in jail as a result. I know how bad that shit sucks.
What I’m saying is that it’s what they signed up for. And if they want to protest police brutality, go do that, too, but don’t act all shocked that this happened.
Edit: in an ideal world, protesters would be treated with dignity and respect— but if we lived in an ideal world, there would be no need to protest.
Fair points. I just really hate the state monopoly on violence that they love to use almost exclusively on leftwing protests. If other such protesters were arrested as well, it would be less grating on my morals.
Me too
To be honest I haven’t seen anyone act surprised because they’re getting arrested for protesting. Then again, I’m not American, and the only news I’m reading are here on lemmy (and reddit).
If the point is to be disruptive, then loudly pointing out they are getting arrested for protesting is on brand and should be expected. The real question is why are you confused they continue to protest after being arrested?
I never said I was confused
No but i did, and that was being charitable
If you think insults are charity, it would appear that you’re the one who is confused.
Maybe he thinks that arresting anyone who opposes genocide is the right thing to do.
When you’re paying 40k a year to attend their hedge fund with a sports team, there shouldn’t be much of any place that’s off limits to you.
And it seems rare that college kids get arrested en masse. So they’re right to be at least a little surprised that this protest got cracked down on so hard.
I think you forgot the /s
Trespassing outside of people’s immediate dwelling spaces shouldn’t be illegal at all. It’s just a tool for the wealthy to control the rest of us and where we can exist on our common planet.
I also responded, “So, you are saying that property rights have priority over human rights?”
In this vein, I enter another definition of “trespassing” as “an unlawful act committed on the person, property, or rights of another.”
When university presidents and chancellors call in campus or municipal police officers to dismantle peaceful tent encampments and arrest demonstrators, they commit trespass against “the person” and their First Amendment right to “freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
Not quite at the Sovereign Citizen level of legal misunderstand but getting there…
Where in the first amendment does it say you have a right to a tent encampment, I must have missed that part.
You’re right, I forgot that the constitution is the basis of all moral reasoning and we can’t make any arguments that don’t stem from it.
Nope I didn’t say anything about moral reasoning, you’re the one talking about that for whatever reason. I’m talking about the law, since the article is claiming the students have a first amendment right to their encampment.
Sorry but its trespass to be there after hours its trespass to assume control of a public space its public for a reason its there for everyone if your going to protest do it correctly when the place is open when it comes to closing time pack up and go to your hotel room then show up during the day don’t try to take control of any space and respect others and there religious beliefs
You don’t protest much, do you?
Sorry but taking control of campus and harassing jewish students with violence dose not = peaceful protest
Who told you the protesters were harassing Jewish people? Because a lot of the protestors are Jewish. Unless you consider the provocateurs attacking the jewish protestors?
Friends who happen to belong to Pi Kappa Phi
You mean the ones who were kicked off campus because of hazing, racism, and violence? You need to associate your self with a better class of people
Just wondering, when people were driving through BLM protesters, were you like “stay out of the street and you won’t get run over”?
Dude look at the evadence most blm protests were extremely violent with damages in the millions also deadlyforce can be met with deadly force if a mob of people decend upon you with obvious intent to cause bodly harm you can do what ever is needed to defend yourself
Hey centrists, this is the sort of person that agrees with you.
