Over 40 protesters were reportedly detained by police inside a UCLA campus parking structure Monday. Video from the scene shows dozens of people being held with zip ties.
Well stated. It’s been bothering me all of the people gate-keeping the ability to protest something that EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER is funding. On private universities… sure I guess that’s different, those students gave up their rights when they decided to go to a private uni, but public universities?
I get why universities do it, its a bad faith tactic so upper class administrators can find a reason to lick the boot and launch shock troops.
But commenters on Lemmy? I don’t get it.
Student or not, they should be able to protest. But maybe there is just something I haven’t thought of yet, I’m open to new opinions on this.
They are trying to conflate outsiders and outside agitators. As if every person in a city of millions of people like L.A. interested in protesting at UCLA would either be a student or an agitator.
Well stated. It’s been bothering me all of the people gate-keeping the ability to protest something that EVERY AMERICAN TAXPAYER is funding. On private universities… sure I guess that’s different, those students gave up their rights when they decided to go to a private uni, but public universities?
I get why universities do it, its a bad faith tactic so upper class administrators can find a reason to lick the boot and launch shock troops.
But commenters on Lemmy? I don’t get it.
Student or not, they should be able to protest. But maybe there is just something I haven’t thought of yet, I’m open to new opinions on this.
They are trying to conflate outsiders and outside agitators. As if every person in a city of millions of people like L.A. interested in protesting at UCLA would either be a student or an agitator.