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Silent3

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1. There's certainly no excuse for thuggish brutality against peaceful protesters. Getting arrested, however...

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Apr 28, 2024, 04:22 PM

Apr 28

...is to be expected (even desired) by people who are deliberately going beyond exercising free speech and into acts of civil disobedience. Occupying a chunk of a college campus with a small tent city (unless there are some incredibly lax local laws about such things) is civil disobedience, not just an exercise in First Amendment rights.

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There's certainly no excuse for thuggish brutality against peaceful protesters. Getting arrested, however... Silent3 Apr 28 #1