A California-based company that specializes in providing on-demand crowds for protests says that despite receiving more than 100 requests to get involved in the anti-Israel demonstrations across the U.S., it plans to stay away. 'One of the big things with any cause that we take on is, I want to see an opportunity to constructively engage and to change minds and to make a difference,' Adam Swart, the CEO and founder of Crowds on Demand, told Fox News Digital on Thursday.
Context key Back in the day, protest organizers could get thousands of people to show up by simply handing out some fliers and offering some free pizza. But these days, Swart said, you've got to do more to motivate people. That is why he started offering money to people to attend demonstrations. 'Imagine the greatest speeches of all time. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream Speech,’ right?' Swart said.
Time is money 'We're compensating them for their time, not for their opinion,' Swart said, much like how commentators in the media are paid for their time rather than their opinions. Swart, who splits his time between Los Angeles and the Bay Area, as well as Phoenix, said he is a big supporter of the First Amendment because his business relies on freedom of speech and expression.
The campus communities and the broader community in the cities deserve to not be disrupted on their way to work,' Swart said. 'They deserve to be able to live in their dorms, to go to class in peace, right? Graduation should take place without interruption, right? Both can exist, and it’s important that we come to an agreement.' 'Again, it doesn’t legitimize the illegal activity that these people are doing.
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