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I'd argue effective protest should be met with resistance. How else would it be civil disobedience if you werent disobeying anyone?
Think of Charlottesville. Now that was not a protest where I appreciated the message but can you name any of the 1000 white nationalist marches since?
The difference being the counter protests brought more attention to the movement.
Think of the pussy hat protests.
Huge protests but pretty unremarkable in retrospect. Yes they followed the rules and got permitting etc. etc. At the end of the day though they went home and settled in.
Jan 6th is another example.
BLM was all encompassing at the time of its inception. The timing on that whole movement was very unfortunate. The end of the day people saw them as riots and not protests. Which was completely the media's fault.
The NYPD’s third favorite thing after playing Candy Crush on the job and harassing minorities is escalating protestors into violence. Keep a cool head if you’re out there!
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Within minutes of the assault on the building, Columbia University officials said they had no choice but to request police intervention.
"We regret that protesters have chosen to escalate the situation through their actions,"
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The Columbia administration forgetting they have nothing without the students. One person gets yelled at and they clutch their pearls and call the bastards in to beat and arrest peaceful protesters. They are escalating things, not the students.
Students asking to expunge arrests related to these protests should be putting on their resume they are willing to stand up for their rights and the rights of others without a voice. The university and cops are the ones who should be embarrassed and ashamed.
I don't understand the expungement of records thing. You want to protest against the fascist, capitalist system, but you still want your record clean cause once you're out of school, you won't be able to get a corporate job and join the capitalists with a dirty record?
Protesters and hippies used to I use their record as a badge of honor, now people wanna weekend protest, but have their 9-5 image unaffected
but you still want your record clean cause once you’re out of school, you won’t be able to get a corporate job
That's an assumption you've made. Sounds more like protesters don't want to be charge with a crime that they do not believe that they committed. Unless you consider protesting itself a crime.