The hardworking staff at Drezner's world seem to have lost the plot. Yes, there are bad faith actors on both sides. However, there is a ready distinction between shooting jaywalkers (bad!) and failing to enforce any traffic law (also bad!). College administrators also need to prevent violence, not just respond to it. So clearing demonstr…
The hardworking staff at Drezner's world seem to have lost the plot. Yes, there are bad faith actors on both sides. However, there is a ready distinction between shooting jaywalkers (bad!) and failing to enforce any traffic law (also bad!). College administrators also need to prevent violence, not just respond to it. So clearing demonstrators where there is a potential / foreseeable violent confrontation (good!) while not limiting free speech (also good!) is the goal. Demonstrations which force college to be done remotely seems like the kind of campus disruption that the rest of the students should not have to tolerate. This is entirely separate from the specific speech involved.
At Yale, the protesters were violating various established college rules (e.g. no overnight camping / structures without prior permission on university property). And visibly Jewish students were blocked from walking across public spaces. Yale's approach (clear warning ahead of time both in person and by the President via email) followed by non-violent arrests seems like a middle path.
The hardworking staff at Drezner's world seem to have lost the plot. Yes, there are bad faith actors on both sides. However, there is a ready distinction between shooting jaywalkers (bad!) and failing to enforce any traffic law (also bad!). College administrators also need to prevent violence, not just respond to it. So clearing demonstrators where there is a potential / foreseeable violent confrontation (good!) while not limiting free speech (also good!) is the goal. Demonstrations which force college to be done remotely seems like the kind of campus disruption that the rest of the students should not have to tolerate. This is entirely separate from the specific speech involved.
At Yale, the protesters were violating various established college rules (e.g. no overnight camping / structures without prior permission on university property). And visibly Jewish students were blocked from walking across public spaces. Yale's approach (clear warning ahead of time both in person and by the President via email) followed by non-violent arrests seems like a middle path.