Columbia University expels some students who seized building last year, suspends others

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21. My point seems to have escaped you

What I demonstrated, factually, is that the movements I sited used similar and more violent tactics than did the pro-Palestinian protests. Most Democrats, yourself included, support these movements, at least retroactively. The difference lies in the content of their speech, something you welcome seeing punished despite the fact that entails an alliance with the Trump administration’s authoritarian efforts to undermine and eradicate the First Amendment. You may think all that is happening now is fine because Trump has chosen easy targets, among them Palestinians and universities. You don’t like the pro-Palestinian protestors and are happy to see them punished, yet you seemingly fail to see the context: that this is one prong in Trump’s efforts to destroy constitutional protections and establish a fully totalitarian state. The First Amendment doesn’t exist to protect speech we all agree with. Its importance lies in its protection of speech we find disagreeable. The evocation of crimes such as occupying buildings is not a legitimate reason to support the administration’s actions if you support the historical movements you claim to. It is rather hypocritical and dangerously so.