She said the encampment violated many of the university’s new policies put in place last fall, requiring at least two days notice for demonstrations and requiring them to be held in authorized areas.
“This is a challenging moment and these are steps that I deeply regret having to take,” her email continued. “The current encampment violates all of the new policies, severely disrupts campus life, and creates a harassing and intimidating environment for many of our students.”
When did our country get so damn complacent with "authorized demonstration areas"?
I don't have much of a stake in the whole conflict over there other than I hope the needless misery and suffering end immediately. But this woman's comments are just so damn out of touch and pathetic. Protests are meant to disrupt and make people uncomfortable. That's literally the point. You don't get shit done by being polite when everyone is ignoring you and trying to shove you in a closet to make you go away. You get louder and more aggressive until others realize that ignoring you isn't going to work in the long term.