The right to protest is absolute.
But this isn’t about protect anymore. It’s about controlling the agenda, setting the tone of the conversation, etc.
Worse yet, these students are not asking for anything. They are demanding it.
I know that if I were the president of Amherst, I would be saying “I’m willing to listen to a delegation of students, that is, if those students have something concrete and substantial to say. Failing that, any acts of civil disobedience that constitute a violation of the Code of Conduct will result in immediate suspension and/or expulsion from this institution.”
Taking that firm a stance would require courage and a spine; two items not readily in evidence in academic “leadership” at the moment.
Time to pick up the trash and put it in the proper place,the dump.
It worked with gay marriage, why shouldn’t they try it again?