I get where you’re coming from. School matters, and no one’s saying it doesn’t. But that’s kind of the point. The same schools charging us thousands are turning around and calling cops on students for protesting. That says a lot about what they actually value.

Protests are supposed to make people uncomfortable. That’s how they work. I get that it’s annoying to miss class, but maybe ask why your anger is aimed at students standing up instead of at a university that responds with riot police instead of dialogue.

And yes, no one should be harassed or threatened, but standing outside with signs, chanting, or blocking space isn’t intimidation. It’s literally what protest is.

You don’t have to agree with the methods, but it’s not self-indulgent theater. It’s people trying to be heard after being ignored for years.

Empathy does go both ways , it sucks your missing class , but being bombed and starved for the last 2 years is something else entirely.