Columbia University community 'shattered' after police raid

That isn't the contradiction you imply...

There are plenty in Europe.

I struggle to think of a more authoritarian structure than the hierarchic state.

Stateless areas, such as Rojava and the Zapatistas are a good example of a “government” that doesn’t crush student protests, but they really don’t have them in the first place, since their bottom up structure makes it such that the students can directly use political power to prevent shit like supporting genocidal ethnic states.

With police, an apparatus of the state.

You have to work harder to come to that conclusion than just going “hey isn’t the police employed by the government?”

I didn't know that the university had control over the NY police force.

They tear gassed students at my old public university. The way they're being treated is ridiculous and completely out of line with previous protests.

Cool. Now do universities like UCLA and IU.

If not, it doesn't take very long to do so. When people feel they have a personal and vested interest in voting, they do so reliably and vocally.

It's apathy that makes people not bother. That's not the case when someone is willing to put out even minimal effort protesting.

If someone is politically engaged enough to get arrested at a political protest, it seems like a reasonable assumption that they would be registered to vote

You actually have to register to be eligible to vote in the US? Aren't you automatically getting your voting cards when there is an election and you are over the age of 18?

What's it matter? You think they are going to be lining up to vote for Biden who condemned the protests on campus and called the students (many of whom are jewish) antisemitic...

Yeah actually.

Do those people own a registered firearm they can bring next time?

If you see people being radicalized and can't think of anything other than voting, you're part of the problem.

I can make some educated guesses on who forced her to do it.

Edit: upon learning more about her, no, it seems like she's just like that

She's taking a "World Bank" approach to this situation, that's for sure. This quote by her is hilarious:

"The point of university is to be intellectually challenged and confronted with difference." She argued that universities needed to 'teach people to have difficult conversations', adding: “It’s through that process of listening that you learn, you build consensus, and you move forward as a community."

Are there? I've not heard of such a thing.

Anti-trans Pierre Pollievre? The same Pierre Pollievre who opposed a tax change only affecting the richest 0.13% of Canadians each year?

Not a big fan oir conservative but pretty sure comparing Pollievre with Trump is laughable at best. You're thinking of something like the PPC.

we have always been at war with Eurasia!

They've arrested people who weren't students, not sure why you're saying they haven't

Actually, a national student strike would be incredibly effective. Just like it was after Kent State.

You cannot fund weapons development on donations alone.

But won’t somebody think of the property!

/s

Like it or not that’s the only right you’re entitled to.

Yes, they do.

The majority of sustained peaceful protests in US history have led to changes.

They RUINED the lawn! Years of tending down the drain!

That has a dog whistle norse name.

Why does that matter, exactly? New accounts aren't allowed to have an opinion? Or state facts?

Found the person who can't make an independent coherent argument for their case, so they resort to overused name-calling.