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Re:An open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy by nverno on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:16AM (#29992268)
The story of the turmoil at Evergreen college [1] a few years ago has enough similarity. Kids there cornered, berated, and essentially held hostage professors- it's pretty unbelievable.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5Wny9TstEM

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Re:An open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy by andi999 on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @06:57AM (#29992540)
What I dont understand, if you have a hostage situation can the police not handle it appropriately?
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Re:An open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy by HideousKojima on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:07AM (#29995465)
Not in anarcho-tyranny world.
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Re:An open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy by reportingsjr on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @10:12AM (#29994577)
The last time the evergreen college protests were brought up to me, it was by a friend who had started leaning right and he mentioned something similar to what you said.

When I looked more deeply in to it, the only mentions of people being held hostage came from far right sources, such as the youtube channel you linked, with little credibility.

Watching recordings of what happened it's hard to take you seriously when you say people are being held hostage.

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Re:An open letter on E.O. Wilson's legacy by no_butterscotch on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @07:28PM (#30002546)
The president was kept in his office by students, and wasn't allowed to go pee: https://youtu.be/SS_85aSeZjI?t=45. Though he swears ignorance to this (see the clip).
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