{"id":2234323,"date":"2024-05-01T08:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campus-encampments-only-a-warm-up-for-summer-of-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T08:07:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T12:07:10","slug":"campus-encampments-only-a-warm-up-for-summer-of-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campus-encampments-only-a-warm-up-for-summer-of-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Tent Protests Precede Summer Demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcampus-encampments-only-a-warm-up-for-summer-of-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2234323&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text delves into the\u2062 persistence of campus occupations, highlighting administrators&#8217; struggle to \u200bcontain the \u200cunrest. The protests,\u2063 foreseen to extend into summer, raise concerns about escalating violence. The narrative covers a shift towards radical activism\u200d devoid\u200d of clear causes, drawing parallels to historical protest movements \u200blike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-forces-attack-kyiv\/\" title=\"Russian Forces Attack Kyiv\">anti-war demonstrations<\/a> in the late 1960s. The\u2064 article \u200bstresses the growing\u200d trend of protest culture and its impact on youth\u2063 indoctrination.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/%20\"><span>Joshua Arnold, The Washington Stand<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 1, 2024 at 5:00am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Illegal campus occupations have entered their second week while hapless administrators at supposedly elite universities squirm like 4-year-olds trying to gain control of a runaway tractor.<\/p>\n<p>The protests \u201cdon\u2019t appear to be dying down at all,\u201d Family Research Council Senior Vice President Jody Hice said on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v4rsc6e-rep.-ben-cline-on-the-fuel-behind-the-anti-semitic-protests-on-college-camp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Watch<\/a>\u201d on Friday. As finals and then elections loom, \u201cmany people are asking and wondering if the violence is going to spill over into the summer months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese protests are going to continue into the summer,\u201d Virginia Republican Rep. Ben Cline said in the same interview. \u201cAnd, as it gets hotter and tempers flare, the potential for more disruption is evident. And it\u2019s going to be very unsettling as the summer goes on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/disturbing-discovery-made-arrest-pro-palestinian-protesters-people-campus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campus encampments<\/a> are \u201cjust uncovering the truth,\u201d he added, \u201cwhich is that the radical left \u2014 supported by and endorsed by terrorist groups around the world \u2014 are doing what they can to stoke unrest across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The cause doesn\u2019t matter to left-wing direct action. Sometimes, the activists don\u2019t even know what the cause is. \u201cI\u2019ve seen interviews with students chanting, \u2018From the river to the sea,\u2019 and [they] don\u2019t even know what river or what sea they\u2019re talking about,\u201d Cline said.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/interviewers-simple-question-gets-nyu-protester-admit-no-idea-going-wish-educated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">viral\u00a0video clip<\/a> showed two college students at an NYU protest last week who admitted they didn\u2019t know what they were protesting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny student in late April is generally looking for any pretext to get out of class,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v4rsks5-owen-strachan-unpacks-a-christian-response-to-anti-semitism.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Owen Strachan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">senior fellow<\/a> for Family Research Council\u2019s Center for Biblical Worldview, on \u201cWashington Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the cause, the left has cultivated a culture of protest, where students and others gather simply for the excitement, the thrill of sticking it to the man, the rush of power from inhibiting other people\u2019s lives, or the feeling of invincibility reinforced by the inexplicable reluctance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oregon-governor-encourages-people-to-call-police-on-neighbors-violating-covid-orders\/\" title=\"Oregon Governor Encourages People To Call Police On Neighbors Violating COVID Orders\">law enforcement agencies<\/a> to enforce the laws these protesters break.<\/p>\n<p>The protest counter-culture has been growing for some time. As early as 2011, protesters cut their teeth at illegal encampments during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/15\/occupy-wall-street-10-year-anniversary-lessons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occupy Wall Street<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you expect this to be another summer of rioting?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From April 2016 to February 2017, protesters camped out in the Dakotas to block construction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/business-dakota-access-pipeline-dakota-access-pipeline-protests-783e5744a8b34ec68c05cbfc67ed37c7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dakota Access Pipeline<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, left-wing activists inflated a single incident of bad policing into a nationwide summer of racial division. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/updatearticle\/20200924\/brazen-lies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLM movement<\/a> perpetrated more than 500 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frcaction.org\/updatearticle\/20201028\/mob-bricks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent riots<\/a>, causing an estimated $1 to $2 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/16\/riots-following-george-floyds-death-could-cost-up-to-2b\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">damages<\/a>. The well-organized and relentless rioters staged nearly-nightly standoffs with law enforcement at the federal courthouse in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-hellhole-portland-battles-highly-contagious-bacteria-spread-via-feces-sexual-intercourse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Portland, Oregon<\/a>, the White House, and in New York City \u2014 not to mention other cities.<\/p>\n<p>Since late 2021, left-wing activists participating in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/atlanta-riots-timeline-stop-cop-city-movement-apd-training-facility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stop Cop City<\/a>\u201d have camped out near Atlanta, seeking to prevent the construction of a police training facility.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/commentary\/stonethrowing-splc-caught-in-their-own-glass-house-hate-list-peddling-splc-linked-to-domestic-terrorism-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Atlanta police\u00a0detained<\/a> dozens of activists, including a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center after more than 100 masked individuals in black clothing \u201centered the construction area and began to throw large rocks, bricks, Molotov cocktails, and fireworks at police officers,\u201d ultimately vandalizing and destroying construction equipment. Later that year, <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/news\/splc-attorney-indicted-for-attack-on-public-safety-training-facility-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local officials indicted<\/a> 61 individuals on racketeering charges.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, left-wing activists resorted to violence and intimidation in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/updatearticle\/20220506\/roe-riots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abortion-on-demand<\/a>. The militant leftists not only targeted the homes of Supreme Court justices, but also <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/news\/after-52-attacks-on-prolifers-in-46-days-fbi-opens-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">churches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frc.org\/updatearticle\/20220318\/yale-mob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academic appearances<\/a> by\u00a0constitutional lawyers, and everything in between.<\/p>\n<p>This lifestyle of protest has created a need to protest, which in turn creates a demand for overhyped controversies. \u201cWhether it\u2019s environmental rhetoric or whether it\u2019s international support for Hamas,\u201d Cline said, \u201cwe\u2019ve seen a liberal indoctrination of college students and young people.\u201d The education system is \u201cbeing abused by the left to infiltrate and indoctrinate young minds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the key words there is \u201cyoung.\u201d Left-wing radicals have even\u00a0created <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/commentary\/what-should-kids-be-taught-the-left-has-all-the-wrong-priorities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summer camps<\/a> to indoctrinate 4th through 8th graders into their activist lifestyle, teaching them the sort of escalatory tactics that necessitate instruction about how to deal with tear gas.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as other causes apparently lose their luster, college activists with far more zeal than knowledge have happily adopted the cause of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-democrats-furious-mike-johnson-forcing-reveal-true-colors-anti-semitism-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Semitism<\/a> as their reason to get out of bed in the morning \u2014 or perhaps I should say, get out of their pup tents.<\/p>\n<p>Commentators on both sides of the political aisle have drawn comparisons between the student protests taking place today and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-arrests-peace-activist-warns-its-citizens-not-to-participate-in-anti-war-protests\/\" title=\"Russia Arrests Peace Activist, Warns Its Citizens Not To Participate In Anti-War Protests\">anti-war protests<\/a> from the late-1960s. At <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/columbia-gaza-campus-protests-1968-505f9da3aef5ce7a9f7d6eb962dacb5d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a>, students\u00a0appear\u00a0to be consciously reenacting a university occupation that took place there in 1968.<\/p>\n<p>Establishment Democrats, having selected Chicago for their 2024 convention, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2024\/04\/27\/gaza-protests-derail-biden-campaign-democratic-national-convention-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed\u00a0concerns<\/a> that this summer could see a repeat of the Democratic National Convention in 1968, when young radicals clashed violently with police. The summer riots of 1968 prompted disturbed Americans to elect Republican Richard Nixon that fall on a platform of restoring law and order.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have also drawn the connection. \u201cThis reminds us of 1968 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-warns-of-negative-legal-consequences-as-mass-anti-war-protests-break-out\/\" title=\"Russia Warns of 'Negative Legal Consequences' as Mass Anti-War Protests Break Out\">anti-war protesters<\/a>. They were violent, violent extremists. They called for the violent overthrow of the United States government,\u201d Regent University Dean of Government <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eAsTtr0BRHE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michele Bachmann<\/a> said on \u201cWashington Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cWe\u2019re seeing calls for the overthrow of the United States government when they call for \u2018death to America,\u2019 \u2018death to Israel.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The parallels to riots of the 1960s are more than superficial, <a href=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/v4qyy22-rabbi-menken-reacts-to-anti-israel-demonstrations-on-u.s.-college-campuses.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rabbi Yaakov Menken<\/a> said on \u201cWashington Watch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese folks who were students with \u2026 the long haircuts and the bandanas are now professors, tenured professors, in some cases even deans of students.\u201d In other words, the student rioters of the 1960s are now the ones teaching university students today. Is it any wonder that they taught their proteges to follow in their footsteps?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully they go back to class,\u201d Cline said about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-maher-tear-apart-lib-protesters-possibly-best-monologue-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protesters<\/a>, \u201cand then go get jobs for the summer because \u2026 it would avoid the kind of summer unrest that we saw across the country in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cline added that he hopes \u201ccooler heads prevail.\u201d If they don\u2019t, Americans could be in for a \u201clong, hot summer\u201d of protesting and riots.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article appeared originally on <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonstand.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Stand<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"author-info-45743\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/washingtonstand\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45743\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45743\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45743\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>  The Washington Stand is Family Research Council\u2019s outlet for news and commentary from a biblical worldview. 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The demonstrations show no signs of abating, noted Jody from the Family Research Council<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3110,"featured_media":2234324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pro-Palestine-solidarity-encampment-at-City-Colleges-North-Campus-Quad.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Pro-Palestine-solidarity-encampment-at-City-Colleges-North-Campus-Quad.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}