Take a tip from Ronald Reagan on handling
campus protests
Posted By: nooneofconsequence, 4/27/2024 5:24:19 PM
The year was 1966, and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college campuses throughout the state that were experiencing protests and strikes over issues that included the military draft, civil rights and “women’s issues.”While that wasn’t on a scale of the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-America and anti-Jewish hatred we are witnessing now on several college campuses, Reagan’s response could instruct current college presidents and admissions officers to quell the unrest.
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The year was 1966, and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college campuses throughout the state that were experiencing protests and strikes over issues that included the military draft, civil rights and “women’s issues.”While that wasn’t on a scale of the pro-Hamas, anti-Israel, anti-America and anti-Jewish hatred we are witnessing now on several college campuses, Reagan’s response could instruct current college presidents and admissions officers to quell the unrest.
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and police take action 17 replies
New York to California as universities
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