• whotookkarl@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    “”" Within minutes of the assault on the building, Columbia University officials said they had no choice but to request police intervention.

    “We regret that protesters have chosen to escalate the situation through their actions,” “”"

    The Columbia administration forgetting they have nothing without the students. One person gets yelled at and they clutch their pearls and call the bastards in to beat and arrest peaceful protesters. They are escalating things, not the students.

    Students asking to expunge arrests related to these protests should be putting on their resume they are willing to stand up for their rights and the rights of others without a voice. The university and cops are the ones who should be embarrassed and ashamed.

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      7 months ago

      I don’t understand the expungement of records thing. You want to protest against the fascist, capitalist system, but you still want your record clean cause once you’re out of school, you won’t be able to get a corporate job and join the capitalists with a dirty record?

      Protesters and hippies used to I use their record as a badge of honor, now people wanna weekend protest, but have their 9-5 image unaffected

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        6 months ago

        but you still want your record clean cause once you’re out of school, you won’t be able to get a corporate job

        That’s an assumption you’ve made. Sounds more like protesters don’t want to be charge with a crime that they do not believe that they committed. Unless you consider protesting itself a crime.