Marcus Hutchins :verified: on Nostr: The university protests are a great example of how constitutional rights don't truly ...

The university protests are a great example of how constitutional rights don't truly exist. In theory you have the right to free speech and peaceful protest, but only on public property. On private property, the property owner has the right to arbitrarily trespass you at any time and have you arrested, which makes it extremely easy to silence even peaceful protestors. Most large institutions will always align with the government, since it's the government that upholds the system they benefit from. Sure, you can still hold your protests on public property, but since pretty much the only public property available is roads, where you're violating the law by impeding traffic, there is basically nowhere you can actually effectively exercise any of your rights.