Here's What Universities Always Get Wrong about Student Protests

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2. Came here to post this EXACT snippet.

When I suggested in a thread a few days back that it's doubtful Columbia would have devolved into the building takeover and violence if the initial peaceful protest in mid-April wasn't disbanded by police in riot gear. For making this same point, I was called antisemitic, told this line of thought had "The cops and admin made us destroy things" energy. I now believe I have someone stalking me and alerting on my posts as I've been here since 2004 and only had 2 posts hidden until I started presenting neutral observations like this that neither condemn nor condone the protesters but just make note of human nature and putting the protests in historical context. In the last two weeks, I've had three posts removed, which, again, after 20 years on this site, it's so disturbing to me that people who claim to be liberal are suddenly all about bringing in the cops to quell dissent, and all about shutting up free speech here on DU. It's like Backwards Land, and it's going to drive me away from this site, my home away from home for two decades.