Columbia University professor says Congress' involvement in campus protests 'make things worse'

John Kymissis, professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University, feels the protests have gotten out of hand and politicians getting involved isn't helping.

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[playinglifeoneasy]

Breaking and entering and taking hostages are not protected speech.

[richardpark]

It's a sad day in America when peaceful protesters can't sing Kumbaya, smash windows, storm and occupy a university building!

[dstarrII]

Shame on the American people they're handling this wrong and they know it!!😢

[denniedollreborn]

Mom and dad should turn off the credit cards and these people will be out the door so fast

[Manny]

We have the right to protest it doesn’t mean you get what you want this is democracy. It’s not give me what I want otherwise I have the right to…

[tracyknowles]

Free speech is one thing but trespassing and damaging property is a different thing

[NorceCodine]

Withdraw accreditation from Columbia. When the administrators have to stand in front of 30.000 students and tell them they are not getting a college degree, you will see how fast they will take care of the Hamas crowd.

[bradleyblauvelt]

Send them to federal prison. In there they can protest the aryan brotherhood

[carlsanders]

If you do not want Congress involved then refuse Federal funds. Of course, you will not.

[ToshisanMotonaka]

They said the same things during the protests of 1984

[JamalVenom-skrv]

"Israel working to block feared ICC arrest warrants against PM, others over Gaza war" -- headline from The Times of Israel. 4/28/24
ICC = International Criminal Court

[terilynnnelson]

Free speech unless you say something against Israel.When I was in college were protesting against S.A. apartheid and demanding that UC Berkeley divest...it happened! Apartheid ended shortly thereafter and Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace prize. Know your history! Keep it up, please don't give up students!!

[viobull]

This happened in the 60's and in the 80's, it's basically Columbia U tradition.

[mr.t]

Simple solution for the students that don’t want to abide by the colleges rules and refuse to sign the form then find another college maybe in another country

[solotrue]

dont criticize genocide, you might hurt the feelings if blinkin

[rajeswarikannan]

Just checking IDs will solve half the problem. Ukraine war, Afghanistan war, Iraq War every war should have been protested. Why even gun violence and deaths inside america should have been protested. America is constantly involved in wars.... by that means these students should have a full time job just protesting. University is for getting education. You fight for local rights, dorm housing rights, education rights is one thing, but to fight against foreign policies that universities have no role in framing is completely another thing. Universities shouldnt change investments policies based on politics of war...science and research is for common people not for war hungry politicians. As tax payers... money for wars come from us. Actual divestment needs to happen there not from universities. Without coordinated outside funding such protests are not possible. Finals in two weeks - what a great way to flunk finals, get suspended and waste all money. Protests are not even for a ceasefire in Ukraine or Gaza - they dont want the war to stop? Portests are also not for humanitarian aid. These great students should first learn source for war funding ... universities any where in the world are not involved in funding these wars. Tax payers are. And people who you elected to office are doing these - funding wars, defunding police, not penalizing any crime, allowing illegal immigration and routing trillions of tax payer money into wars. Stop voting for democrats and all wars should cease. Show the power with your vote. I have seen activists storm city council meetings on the same issue...again DUMB people --- city council is for solving local issues not foreign policies.

[grandcalia]

Civil disobedience. Proceed based on those laws.

[razatlab]

By that same measure, January 6 was also the defence of free speech. You can't pick and choose which laws to enforce. The law is the law. Enough is enough

[larrywu]

We should ask him a basic question : "How does him becomes a professor in this school ?"

[GreenChilliD]

See how easy it is to ask for i.d.? And no one is screaming discrimination. This is to make sure that those who are supposed to be there are allowed to do so and keep bad faith actors out. Voting should be the same way.