Tolerance of protest is always selective. Universities were extremely defensive of the BLM movement. Israel/Palestine is not as appealing though. We know that Vietnam was a pointless conflict today, but back in 1970, protesting the war in Vietnam made you a dissident. Forces from both sides of the aisle tried to paint the anti-Vietnam War protest as cringe. Law enforcement and even the military were called and used violent force to break up anti-war protests.
We are in a new era of American warfare fought on many new fronts. Will we let conflict in Ukraine and Israel drive us into a killing frenzy?
Anyway, Mike Johnson should maybe stop performing at universities and instead focus on writing up bills for more pressing issues… like the border? Or domestic manufacturing? Or inflation? IDK just spitballing.