As students return to college campuses across the United States, administrators are bracing for a resurgence in activism against the war in Gaza.

  • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Disruption is impossible without causing harm. If you’re not harming me then I can just ignore you and so you have failed to be disruptive.

    Edit: The word “disruption” can be used in other contexts to describe acts that aren’t harmful. For example, a new discovery might be said to disrupt the existing paradigm. My claim is about “disruption” used to describe protest-associated actions like blocking roads, making a lot of noise, or preventing students from going to class.

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      3 months ago

      Come now, I don’t believe for an instant that anyone is as fragile as that. Even my nephew who is a young cancer survivor and weathered people who refused to wear masks during the pandemic by wearing his own.