My Humble Thoughts on Student Protests at Columbia University
Have We Forgotten Kent State?
13 Seconds. 67 Rounds. 4 Students Dead. Nine Students Wounded.
That’s all it took for a student protest to go to hell at Kent State. May 4, 1970.
When the subject of a protest elicits strong emotions on all sides, there’s always a grave danger of events going too far. Deadly far.
Every night, as we observe the intense struggles on the evening news, I fear for the lives of the student protesters and the observers at the site. Involving the New York City Police Department to arrest more than 100 students is inflammatory and wrong.
Robert Reich said it best in his recent SubStack post:
"Protesting this slaughter is not expressing antisemitism. It is not engaging in hate speech. It is not endangering Jewish students. It is doing what should be done on a college campus — taking a stand against a perceived wrong, at least provoking discussion and debate."
I encourage you to read his post:
