Harvard at Yale Football Game Protest
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Kind of mixed emotions because protesting is a good thing. I’m not sure every place is the time to do this. Can you imagine if this becomes a fad or we are going to see more of this?
I'm sure this will deeply impact China's coal plant construction.
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This also happened in a D3 basketball game. Clear the kids off the court and play the game. Nobody paid money to watch the privileged snowflakes block the field.
I’m all for being good stewards of the environment but 60,000 people die each year in this country from opioid abuse, 30,000 from gunshots...mostly self-inflicted, and homelessness is a national crisis. How about we organize to fix those immediate and real needs?
I salute student protests on important social issues. There aren’t nearly as many protests as there were in the good ‘ol 60’s. It’s nice to see some kids into something besides self-gratification.
Climate change is just a distraction from the real issues in the country. Fighting for climate change to help future generations but feeding foods that are causing diabetes to be out of control, heart disease to be off the charts, and bringing autoimmune disease to an all time high is ignored. Climate change is only important because fighting for it doesn’t impact many of the wallets of the powers that be. Great job of our best and brightest. Focus on petty and ignore the major issues. Politicians don’t have the guts or desire to rally people to attack those problems
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Protesting is a fundamental American right but there is a time and a place for it. This isn't it.
I respectfully disagree. The most successful protests are those which disrupt and in the process bring attention to their cause.
Any info on what percentage of these people got the game by car????
So you are saying the millions of protest votes that were cast for your “buddy” Trump were healthy? Just checking!
Yup, if there’s one thing wrong with higher ed, it’s Harvard and Yale.
Mods, please move this to that anti-intellectual can’t-think tank known as the off-topic board and flush this moron while you’re at it.
Ah Lloyde, nice one. I’d respond but Halldan will bring down the iron fist on this thread.
They were going to do it at the RU football game until they realized nobody would have noticed.
Should have arrested the look-at-me assholes right away.
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The protesters would have been more competitive vs Michigan state
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No way. They should have kept on playing. Anyone dumb enough to go onto a football field mid game deserves what they get.
This thread will be moved to the Off The Ship Board first thing in the morning as I want those that want to post here to know where the thread went.
Can someone post the appropriate topics and venues for a protest?
It seems some of you are supportive of protesting in general as long as you agree with the topic and don’t have see or hear about it.
It seems some of you are supportive of protesting in general as long as you agree with the topic and don’t have see or hear about it.
As far as I’m concerned you can protest anywhere about anything. Just be prepared for the consequences of your actions.
My opinion is you don't have the right to protest where 45,000 other people paid to see a football game. Arrest and incarceration should have been the order of the day.
I don’t disagree, just wondering what the “correct” parameters would be from the people here who support the idea of protesting in general.
What would an example of a good effective protest be from your view?
For me it’s a protest that has a purpose and specific objective/call-to-action. You would also think that the protesters would lead by example and be making sacrifices to show their commitment to the cause.
The right to lawful assembly to protest anything is protected under the Constitution. Protest whatever you want and assemble wherever it is lawful.
You can rest assured had they done this at MetLife stadium during a game, they would have been forcibly removed and likely some of them arrested.
In this case the owners of the venue chose not to do anything about it which is also their right.
Doesn’t this protest meet that criteria? Specific call to action calling Yale and Harvard to divest their endowments from fossils fuel investments?
Hard to know what personal sacrifices each of those students make regarding their commitment to climate change... but I wouldn’t really make the assumption they aren’t making any.
I personally wouldn’t have picked that venue for my protest but they did get a lot of attention on the subject in a peaceful way and had specific goals.
To be honest, I really didn’t pay any attention to the objectives of their protest. Personally, I tune out climate change protests. Did the protest have any effect on their objective? Let me know if Yale divests those investments.
Like I said earlier, you’re free to protest whatever you want wherever you want. But be prepared to suffer the consequences of your actions.
By your logic you should be arrested for protesting on a sidewalk that I and millions of others paid taxes for to walk on.
If you're "suffering consequences" from protesting doesn't that inherently mean you aren't free to protest?
What action in life doesn’t have consequences, some are good and some are bad. Seton hall plays a game, you watch, at the end you’re either happy or miserable. Go coach the local youth sports team, I guarantee you there will be good and bad consequences, such as you helped one kid out and another’s parents are a thorn in your side. The problem is people want the good consequences without the bad. If you choose to protest expect that some people will love what you’re doing and others will hate it. You just don’t get the ones who love you. Freedom doesn’t mean you are free from backlash.
By suffering consequences I meant going to jail, fined, kicked out of school, etc. Like some here are recommending.
I doubt any protesters are suffering because a random person "hates" the protest. They probably just feel bad for people who are so irrationally angry.
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