However, as discussed in the thread* below, I disagree with the implied assessment.
Students that are lawfully using their #1a but doing so in a political way ON the (private premises) of campuses are severly disrupting the learning environment for all students. That is not exceptable:
@HistoPol@luckytran the TX state Republican thugs, I mean, highway patrol, can enforce a law that's been broken in a lot of ways. This method of pushing and tackling is one of those ways, but the optics are those of a police state. Cops can't resist an opportunity to cause harm when it's legally justifiable.
I'm definitely no friend of #GregAbott's, nor the GOP government of TX.
However, if the police asked the protestors on behalf of the uni administration to leave the campus and the demonstrators did not comply, what would you suggest, in particular, if it were your property?
I am not in TX, so any long-distance solution is difficult, if not impossible.
If I were responsible for the the uni admin, I'd try to talk with the leaders of the protests to find a compromise. In any event, most of the protesters will want to graduate from the UT at some point, whereas the uni will not be able to dismiss this huge amount of (gifted) students. Unrest will not solve the problem either. The sooner the parties start talking reasonably with each other, the better.
In a representative democracy, like the #US, and unlike #Switzerland, you have empowered the TX government to make the decisions for you until the next election. You don't like what's going on (and I'm NOT saying I do!!!) you need to vote them out.
@HistoPol dude or dudette, we already been trying to vote them out. For decades. I've been here for 50 years and I'm ready to leave #Texas#gerrymandered
What I said last year about #FL, and also about #TX (#GOPHandmaidsTale) still holds true: if you have female family members, you'd better leave / have left...once the #Elections2024 results are known at the latest.
I agree. Hate to admit it, but some states might be lost to the #RepublicOfGilead.
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