But has the government silenced them? Or have they given up because now it might cost them some jail time? And I'm referring to citizens, not the students here, who could be deported.
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But there are many student protestors are already in jail or in the midst of defending themselves in the courts. That's certainly taking a lot of wind out the sails of protest efforts—they are forbidden or physically prevented from returning to campus. How can they continue to protest?
feb 6, 2025, 8:08 pm • 4 0 • view
These people don’t actually want protests to happen, because they cheered as Biden and other dems punished them and made it more difficult to protest by muddying the waters on antisemitism for months.
feb 6, 2025, 9:41 pm • 3 0 • view
Also, there still are some protestors on campuses even in the midst of all this: www.wkar.org/wkar-news/20...
feb 6, 2025, 8:04 pm • 29 1 • view
It's almost like all these people asking where the protests are don't actually care where the protests are, supported suppressing the protests, and are trying to smear the protesters by claiming they're insincere.
feb 7, 2025, 3:12 pm • 8 0 • view
The consequences for the students (who are citizens) aren't (just) jail time, it's expulsion and loss of ability to earn a degree. And less personally, they risk dismantling of their alma mater (loss of federal student aid eligibility for the university, loss of academic freedom for faculty, etc.)
feb 6, 2025, 8:03 pm • 4 0 • view
There was a campaign silencing them, people were being arrested & intimidated under Biden & continue to be under Trump. It isn't complicated. Most encamplments were forcibly dismantled.
feb 6, 2025, 8:03 pm • 5 0 • view
They aren’t being kept from being interviewed by the news media, like they were doing during the campaign, making it seem as if Kamala would be the same as the felon.
feb 6, 2025, 8:10 pm • 2 0 • view
And, agian, there are some still protesting: dailybruin.com/2025/02/05/p...
feb 6, 2025, 8:17 pm • 3 0 • view
Without hearing from the pro-Palestinian students, who knows? Are any media outlets even interested in interviewing them? At least one student newspaper is actively trying to shield them by anonymizing them in past stories: www.purdueexponent.org/opinion/edit...
feb 6, 2025, 8:15 pm • 2 0 • view
The government did help silence them but furthermore is Project Esther, which puts them at risk. Particularly as the majority of the protestors are Jewish, Muslim, and/or LGBTQIA+. They are targeted for many reasons. But they are still protesting. For Gaza yes but they've been at 50501 & others.
feb 6, 2025, 9:27 pm • 1 0 • view