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> You don't see these college students go after someone with actual power What a bizarre claim. Protesting their own college administration, and getting arres
by burkaman 7y ago
> You don't see these college students go after someone with actual power
What a bizarre claim.
Protesting their own college administration, and getting arrested for it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/08/arrests-hopkins-protest-over-creation-campus-police-force/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/05/08/arrests-...
Hunger strike, football team strike, and many other protests resulting in university president resignation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_University_of_Missouri_protests https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015%E2%80%9316_University_of_...
Protesting the CIA director, who I hope counts as someone "with actual power" - https://upennstatesman.org/2016/04/01/violent-protests-end-the-conversation-with-cia-director-john-brennan/ https://upennstatesman.org/2016/04/01/violent-protests-end-t...
I imagine almost every college in the country has had protests against the president: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/11/09/mobs-of-tearful-angry-students-protesting-trump-victory-swarm-campuses/?noredirect=on https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/11/0...
Arrested protesting at their state government: https://www.concordmonitor.com/UNH-students-protesting-voting-changes-arrested-at-state-house-25397498 https://www.concordmonitor.com/UNH-students-protesting-votin...
Arrested protesting ICE: https://middleburycampus.com/45615/news/two-midd-students-arrested-at-never-again-protest-against-ice/ https://middleburycampus.com/45615/news/two-midd-students-ar...
Yale students arrested protesting their administration: https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Yale-students-arrested-protesting-contribution-to-13772559.php https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Yale-students-arrest...
Arrested protesting Israel occupation: https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/15-jewish-college-students-arrested-protesting-outside-birthright-offices https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/15-jewish-college-students-a...
You can find many more examples with ~5 minutes of research.