California universities ban encampments, face masks, spark free speech debates
California universities ban encampments, face masks, spark free speech debates

California universities ban encampments, face masks, spark free speech debates

California universities ban encampments, face masks, spark free speech debates
California universities ban encampments, face masks, spark free speech debates
We don't have free speech anymore. There is clearly one side of the issue completely pushed while the other side is silenced. That's downright facism, no matter in what pretty argument you wrap it.
Believe it or not, by most definitions, suppression of free speech is not (directly) a tenet of fascism.
Every campus has a designated area in the center that can and is used for providing any opinions on any subjects. And it is used by everyone else.
SJC went a step further and impaired students who pay thousands to get education and have nothing to do with the conflict.
This is not cool. I already graduated, but if I was a student right now I would be livid if that was happening. Not only I can't stop Netanyahu from bombing civilians neither can my university.
They did not accomplish anything except bringing more hate towards the cause.
BTW: I'm not a Jew, never been in Israel or anywhere in the Middle East, I'm also not a Republican. I completely don't support Hamas and what happened on 10/7 and also believe Netanyahu and his government are murderers. To me we essentially we have two sides, each trying to wipe out the other and innocent people trapped in between.
"protest is only ok when it's in the corner over there where it won't disrupt anything"
This would be a marginally relevant complaint if the protesters were trying to make their university stop the bombing rather than divest from Israel in response to the bombings.
And one of them has the means to do so, is supported by our country, and is currently doing so. This is an "All Lives Matter" stance. Yeah, sure, they matter and everyone deserves to live in peace, but you're just saying that to muddy the waters in response to people talking about the lives that actually are being exterminated. Pablum aside, you very clearly have a side.
"This is not cool. I already graduated, but if I was a student right now I would be livid if that was happening. Not only I can't stop Netanyahu from bombing civilians neither can my university."
And a lot of students would join the protests. Like, sorry being made aware of an active genocide on your way to class was annoying to you. What the fuck? People are being raped and murdered by a state that has complete control over them while you have the privilege of going to college.
No one expects you or your university to stop this, that's why people protest, so that people who do have that level of influence are made to do something.