Campus protests: Is it dangerous to speak?

Much ink has been spilled in the last few days on the pro-Palestinian encampment situation at Columbia and at the various universities that followed. I’m going to assume here that you know the basic contours: the hearings before a congressional committee, the impromptu encampment on the lawn at Columbia’s private campus in Morningside Heights, the arrests, the outside agitators, the subsequent encampments at NYU and the New School, followed by more arrests. I’ve been doing some light coverage but I’ll leave it to reporters enmeshed in the situation to give you the on-the-ground details.