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There was a wave of violent disruptions across many universities under the guise of protests.

"protestors" took over libraries, disrupted lectures, vandalized university property, used the power of the mob to intimidate students who disagreed.

The universities have rules against all of that but failed to stop it, leading to weeks long disruptions on campus.

There are videos of all that on the internet.

And you're playing dumb asking what actions do they mean. Those actions: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=university+prot...

Actions like setting fire to university, which apparently happened yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voqhFZZ9zyA

Actions like smashing windows by masked hooligans: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CH2kUU3h9j4

Actins like breaking cop's nose: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyMssP-A09A

As to defining a "woman" as anything else than a woman: it's modern day flat earthism, not something a serious person should entertain.



Notably, the language in the compact does not limit legal intervention to those violent actions. It requires action against even peaceful protesting in a library, or even in a hallway or outdoor area (as a student I often studied in both of these places).

Further, your "setting fire to university" video is in South Africa; it hardly seems relevant here. Access to global news will always provide extremes. To me, it's important that actions we take serve the everyday reality rather than the rare occurrences that happen in a few places but are amplified by human attraction to violence and drama.


The second result in your YouTube search is a PBS mini-doc called "Why Do College Campuses Have So Many Protests?"

The questions I offered were prompts to engage critically with why this compact exists. Perhaps watching that video might help you find answers beyond "playing dumb".




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