Trump on “illegal protests”
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Anonymous
This is what prompted the statement from Trump. He through Dept of Ed and HHS is threatening to stop federal research funding for Columbia. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2025/03/03/hhs-ed-gsa-announce-additional-measures-end-anti-semitic-harassment-college-campuses.html |
Anonymous
They must be talking about the DOGE crimes. |
Anonymous
I am leftist and I believe that the left protests lost credibility when they covered their faces. Why did the students do that??? They convictions are so shallow. That is jacked. Let them see our faces. It’s what makes us human. |
Anonymous
I am Jewish too. I support Jewish students being able to learn free from antisemitism which is rampant now on college campuses, harassment and intimidation in the US. I am not hugging Trump but do support his standing up for Jewish students. I recognize the complete hypocrisy of him condemning protestors after the assault on Democracy of Jan 6. Let’s take support where we get it. It doesn’t mean we have to like or support him in general. |
Anonymous
Thank you PP for posting this. I am a Columbia alumna and was on campus for Alumni weekend last year. The pro-Palestinian protests I saw on campus throughout the weekend were extremely peaceful. There was angry shouting outside the gates from a group of counter pro-bombing of Gaza protesters (I am trying to avoid equating pro-war/death with Israelis in general). The counter protesters were clearly not students bc they were not allowed on campus and they were quite aggressive trying to block alumni from entering campus. |
Anonymous
They now mask because the Harvard students were doxxed (identies disclosed) and had employment offers pulled. |
Anonymous
I'm trying to send my HS senior off to college this fall and I can't tell if these statements are chicken little or a real concern. |
Anonymous
All of which is up for the local police, campus police, and administrators to deal with. Not for Trump to erode 1A with threats. |
Anonymous
Stop treating the Tribe and the Tribe students as some special class. You aren't. They aren't. You and they have no right to be free from being the target of protests. No right whatsoever. |
Anonymous
Do you support what he is trying to do in Gaza? |
Anonymous
If we don't turn around the admin soon, here is what you will see: -Universities collapsing as fin aid gets pulled -Universities collapsing as funding gets pulled -Universities collapsing if the economy tanks (normally, this is good for two year colleges, but see above) -Universities collapsing because faculty and staff bail out of fear and funding cuts. -Vital research cut off at the knees |
Anonymous
If you sleep with dogs, don't be surprised... |
Anonymous
But how do we navigate all this? Anti-war protests are like, part of the college experience, and have been since the 1960s. How do we protect Jewish students without banning free speech and without creating a two-tiered system where only some wars can be protested? |
Anonymous
True old school liberals support the collapse of the universities. They have become cross-generational income inequality machines in which young students are enslaved by debt to fund big salaries for baby boomer administrators. The DEI boom has been amazing for the older generations, as hundreds of highly paid DEI administrative positions have been created at EACH big University in the country. We're literally eating our young people. Same with housing policy. Baby boomers want rising home prices, and if their kids can't get houses or start families, too bad. |
Anonymous
Most of these elite schools have huge endowments. They aren't going to collapse. Some could run on the interest from their endowments indefinitely. |