What Should Be Done About University Protests?
Universities like Columbia and Yale were cast into chaos as anti-Israel protests led to arrests of protesters and acts of physical violence against Jews. More at Jewish Journal.
…is there a silver lining to this madness?
Only one that I can see: The masks are completely off and the truth is completely naked. This kind of truth brings clarity… we need Congress to take the gloves off and step in with the power of the law.
Students—all of us—have a right to protest. We have a right to protest for dumb causes and horrible causes… It is not, however, a First Amendment right to physically attack another person.
For the students I spoke to, the invocation of safety was especially galling because the arrests themselves were an act of violence, and the fact that many students reported receiving emails informing them that they were suspended and temporarily barred from their dorms, effectively rendering them homeless.