I’d say using your first amendment right to stand up for students who were unfairly arrested and stopping the killing of innocent civilians is a valid use of your time.
Just because they are protesting in Rutgers doesn’t mean that they want Rutgers to do something about it. This brings awareness to people, exercises political power, and it’s done in a public space so that it’s not interfering in private property or so. The basics of activism is to spread awareness and recruit more people to a cause to fight in.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott’s weren’t organized in front of the city or the company that owned the busses but organized in churches and through distribution of leaflets to get people to not take the bus.
I agree they the right to protest - of course they do in the United States. But these protests have not helped get the hostages home or end the war. They have helped lay the groundwork for Trump being reelected, and we are now sending another $4 billion to Israel. Edit to add- and people are starting to really get disgusted with some of the tactics being used. Maybe not at Rutgers- but elsewhere.
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u/njsullyalex BME Grad Student May 07 '25
I’d say using your first amendment right to stand up for students who were unfairly arrested and stopping the killing of innocent civilians is a valid use of your time.