http://twitchy.com/fuzzychimp/2024/05/05/this-is-the-way-ben-sasse-lays-down-the-law-to-protesters-at-the-university-of-florida-n2395904
The proper way to handle illegal protests at universities has been clear from the beginning: Enforce the law.
No student has been denied the opportunity to express their First Amendment rights, even if it is to do something as stupid as being willing tools for Hamas.
What they don't have a right to do is break the law. The Left believes lawbreaking is justified when they deem their cause worthy enough.
Ben Sasse says 'no.'
Michael Shermer (@michaelshermer) ~ University presidents everywhere need to embrace this simple statement by Ben Sasse, President of the University of Florida:
"At the University of Florida, we have repeatedly, patiently explained two things to protesters: We will always defend your rights to free speech and free assembly—but if you cross the line on clearly prohibited activities, you will be thrown off campus and suspended. In Gainesville, that means a three-year prohibition from campus. That’s serious. We said it. We meant it. We enforced it. We wish we didn’t have to, but the students weighed the costs, made their decisions, and will own the consequences as adults. We’re a university, not a daycare. We don’t coddle emotions, we wrestle with ideas."
http://wsj.com/articles/the-adults-are-still-in-charge-at-the-university-of-florida-israel-protests-tents-sasse-eca6389b?mod=opinion_lead_pos7
Nailed it.
This does not satisfy the keffiyeh-clad campus crusaders who have descended on colleges across the nation. Legally stating their message in protest is not good enough for them. Forcefully making others endure their whining is their strategy. It's not enough to be able to speak. We must be made to listen and comply, and they will interfere with the freedoms of others to try to achieve it.
Brian Gilmartin (@TrinityAssetMan) ~ “We’re a university, not a daycare.”
Eggszackly.
The terrorist-loving Marxists of the Democrat Party were too traumatized to respond ...
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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