Trump on “illegal protests”

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Anonymous wrote:Public school with a large endowment in a purple state vs. private school with a smaller endowment in a red state - Which is a better choice?

I’ll take the Ivy for 200, Alex.

Not an option

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Anonymous wrote:This is Chiness state in Hong Kong kinda insanity.

They can't force you to not wear a mask. I can walk around in a damn Halloween costume any day of the week of I damn well please.

If would love for the dissenting Senators and congressman to show up in clown masks, superhero masks, Homer Simpson masks, Fred Flinstone masks….etc., tonight

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Anonymous wrote:American students will be permanently expelled? From the country? From the school? How can he expel students from school?

He can’t. His megalomania is in full swing. He’s also counting on making things so difficult for the people that he perceives as his enemies that we just give in. He is confusing himself with the United States — and genuinely believes that his every fleeting deranged thought is law.

I’m hoping that the Secret Service gets sick of him.

Imagine having to take a bullet for him

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Anonymous wrote:When Shah of Iran was toppled and mullahs took over, they cancelled colleges and universities for 4 years so that there could be no planned gatherings among young people, colleges and universities are where a lot of young people get involved in social issues, this is a page from the typical authoritarian rulebook. We have lived this nightmare and are acutely aware of all the steps taken to move towards authoritarianism.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these "illegal protests" he is worrying about mostly about Gaza? If so, I hope all the muslims who voted for him see what they got. They got the leopard-eats-your-face. I hope they will stand with people who believe in tradition, democracy, and rule-of-law now, instead of obvious thugs

Of course it’s about Gaza, and probably any anti Trump protests that will probably intensify as the economy collapses. Universities are probably about to get seriously wrecked over the next couple of years.

I'm trying to send my HS senior off to college this fall and I can't tell if these statements are chicken little or a real concern.

Universities "getting wrecked" is probably good for paying students, on balance. Federal funding, debt funding, endless expansion of administrative positions, especially $200K+ DEI deanships, lots of government pressure, lots of political BS, etc.

If they do get wrecked, students will be WAY better off in 10 years as tuition costs get competed down. But even your senior might benefit from some disruption of the current broken system.

If you want your senior to avoid the lugubrious protests of all the laid off administrators, you could arrange for a gap year. But no reason not to go to college. Probably better under Trump than Biden. Less red tape, less covid BS, fewer useless administrators, fewer punishments for "triggering speech" in class, more parties, more light-heartedness, more social drinking, etc.

Ignore this monster. Same kind of person who thinks it is good for the economy to burn it all down.

You're wrong. We gotta ask ourselves, given all the demand and all the thousands of universities in the country, why are none of them competing on offering really cheap degrees, comparable to those in European countries. Because the whole thing is a racketeering operation. You're SUPPOSED to burn down racketeering operations (or at least break them up). Blackboards don't cost a lot of money. Books, desks, chairs. Why on earth are college students all emerging with bachelors degrees of dubious value and bank debts over $150,000.00?!?! Something is rotten in Denmark.

Agreed that college costs are too high in this country, but I have ZERO faith that Donald J. Trump is going to do anything about it. Start a different thread if you want to talk about the high cost of college in the US and what can be done about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these "illegal protests" he is worrying about mostly about Gaza? If so, I hope all the muslims who voted for him see what they got. They got the leopard-eats-your-face. I hope they will stand with people who believe in tradition, democracy, and rule-of-law now, instead of obvious thugs

Of course it’s about Gaza, and probably any anti Trump protests that will probably intensify as the economy collapses. Universities are probably about to get seriously wrecked over the next couple of years.

I'm trying to send my HS senior off to college this fall and I can't tell if these statements are chicken little or a real concern.

Universities "getting wrecked" is probably good for paying students, on balance. Federal funding, debt funding, endless expansion of administrative positions, especially $200K+ DEI deanships, lots of government pressure, lots of political BS, etc.

If they do get wrecked, students will be WAY better off in 10 years as tuition costs get competed down. But even your senior might benefit from some disruption of the current broken system.

If you want your senior to avoid the lugubrious protests of all the laid off administrators, you could arrange for a gap year. But no reason not to go to college. Probably better under Trump than Biden. Less red tape, less covid BS, fewer useless administrators, fewer punishments for "triggering speech" in class, more parties, more light-heartedness, more social drinking, etc.

Ignore this monster. Same kind of person who thinks it is good for the economy to burn it all down.

You're wrong. We gotta ask ourselves, given all the demand and all the thousands of universities in the country, why are none of them competing on offering really cheap degrees, comparable to those in European countries. Because the whole thing is a racketeering operation. You're SUPPOSED to burn down racketeering operations (or at least break them up). Blackboards don't cost a lot of money. Books, desks, chairs. Why on earth are college students all emerging with bachelors degrees of dubious value and bank debts over $150,000.00?!?! Something is rotten in Denmark.

Uhh, European universities are subsidized by their governments.

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Anonymous wrote:Jan 6 was ok though

Those were his adoring criminals....err I mean fans

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Anonymous wrote:All dissenting politicians should show up tonight wearing a face mask.

YES! Best post of the day! Someone contact their representatives right now and suggest this please

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Can we just, for a moment, stop and acknowledge how abnormal it is to have a president who announces government policies via a tweet? It sends everyone scrambling to figure out what he means and if he really means it.

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Anonymous wrote:Public school with a large endowment in a purple state vs. private school with a smaller endowment in a red state - Which is a better choice?

Endowment size is not the key issue. It's more how well the school is run. Can they adapt quickly or are they more sclerotic/bureaucratic? Also, how much do they prioritize teaching and student experience. The ones who prioritize faculty and administrator privileges will adjust to funding cuts by shortchanging students, not by reducing unnecessary administrative positions. You want the opposite--how do we optimize for students in a changing climate?

Political leanings do matter. A typical fun college experience like you might have had at a northeastern school like, say, Dartmouth or Middlebury in the 1980 or 1990s is now only available in southern red states. Blue states enforce speech codes, politicized grading, covid booster requirements, and professors who work from home instead of coming to the lecture hall. Blue state schools also encourage open discrimination (administrative and personal, cultural) against student athletes, blonde students, cisgendered students, etc. Purple states a mixed bag.

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Anonymous wrote:This is Chiness state in Hong Kong kinda insanity.

They can't force you to not wear a mask. I can walk around in a damn Halloween costume any day of the week of I damn well please.

Not in Virginia. That's a crime.

Backwards state. So no masks if you have the flu but still need to go out?

Umm I teach in the DMV and wore a mask last week after the flu.....stop

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Anonymous wrote:All dissenting politicians should show up tonight wearing a face mask.

A great idea and I just called my House member asking him to wear a mask and also called Jeffries office asking him to ask all Democrats to wear a mask tonight protesting trump screaming about "illegal" protests

You realize that many states have laws banning wearing masks while committing a crime? This was in response to the KKK. Do you support the KKK wearing masks now?

All the white supremacists who came in counterprotest to a recent anti Trump rally in my state were wearing masks.

And you know what?

The police let them. Because they would not push the issue and escalate the situation. That is the deference that white supremacists get. If the shoe was on the other foot, the other group would have been policed just because of the masks alone.

White supremacists get to do whatever they want want long as they don't get violent.

And I, in no way, think Trump's message was about white supremacists, get real

Kkk wears hoods. Yep

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Anonymous wrote:All dissenting politicians should show up tonight wearing a face mask.

A great idea and I just called my House member asking him to wear a mask and also called Jeffries office asking him to ask all Democrats to wear a mask tonight protesting trump screaming about "illegal" protests

You realize that many states have laws banning wearing masks while committing a crime? This was in response to the KKK. Do you support the KKK wearing masks now?

Is peaceful protesting a crime?

Breaking into buildings and holding workers hostage as happened just last week is a crime.

What are you talking about?

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/us/barnard-columbia-israel-gaza-protests-hnk/index.html

https://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/03/04/rosenbury-pens-op-ed-on-sit-in-and-expulsions-writes-protesters-caused-30000-in-damages/

https://www.foxnews.com/media/barnard-student-demands-action-after-pro-hamas-protest-turns-violent-calls-out-schools-pathetic-response

Sorry Jewish person, I know you are hugging Trump right now because you think he is your path forward.

We've got bigger fish to fry.

I am Jewish too. I support Jewish students being able to learn free from antisemitism which is rampant now on college campuses, harassment and intimidation in the US. I am not hugging Trump but do support his standing up for Jewish students. I recognize the complete hypocrisy of him condemning protestors after the assault on Democracy of Jan 6. Let’s take support where we get it. It doesn’t mean we have to like or support him in general.

I agree that Jewish students shouldn’t be attacked or harassed. However that isn’t what he said. He said “illegal protests” that could mean anything. Slippery slope.

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Anonymous wrote:This is his red herring. He doesn’t want you to focus on what will happen tonight. We all know that this is unconstitutional so let him tweet his stupidity to me memorialized forever. Don’t be distracted by it. No masks, expulsions, deportations blah blah blah…idiot

What will happen tonight? I'm not being funny do you think he's going to reveal something even stupider than usual?

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There should immediately be a pro-Trump protest on a campus with everyone wearing Trump masks on their faces to set an example.

Where is Sacha Baron Cohen? We need creative thinkers and trollers, stat!