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?

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.

Blonde Students?????

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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.[/quote

Yes, but in a much better way. Unlike here, the European government subsidies are subsidizing the cost of tuition, not subsidizing the "institution" and its salaries for baby boomer administrators.

It's similar to how European taxes get you decent free health care, while American taxes and intense government involvement in healthcare do NOT reduce prices.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes he's aching to turn American guns on American people.

He fully wants to punish the part of America who didn't vote for him

He believes this blood letting will play well with those baser people who support him as well as being a warning to those who might stray.

Yikes. Dem hatred of Republicans gets pretty intense. This feels to me like dark projection of murderous Dem fantasies.

PP, how would you feel about punishing the part of America who didn't vote for YOU? Is that appealing at all? Imagine if the MAGA problem could be....made to go away. Would you like that? Is it time for a little bloodletting to rid America of stupid racist voters in a cult?

You sound really stupid

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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?

There's a medical exception. You need a doctor's note.

LOL no you don't

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Anonymous wrote: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!

LOL I like the way you think

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Anonymous wrote:Is he actually threatening the first amendment? How does he define “illegal”? Against what he believes to be true? How is this not fascism?https://x.com/beefsnbeans/status/1896924141695258670?s=46

dump is an a##hat every day and every minute.

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Anonymous wrote:Is he actually threatening the first amendment? How does he define “illegal”? Against what he believes to be true? How is this not fascism?https://x.com/beefsnbeans/status/1896924141695258670?s=46

He is serious and be prepared for violence. College campuses are going to go rogue. Also be prepared for a Kent State-like incident. He has also decreed "NO MASKS."

The Republican national committee is telling House members to stop town halls because of the opposition to cuts to.medicaid, etc.


https://www.wsj.com/us-news/education/donald-trump-college-funding-protests-f4b5a679

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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.

They are not protesting the fact that these students are Jewish, they are protesting Zionism and Israeli policy towards Gaza, they protest in support of an oppressed people. No one really gives a hoot about someone just being Jewish.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Blonde Students?????

Yes. Definitely in admissions, where they also discriminate against rural students, 4H members, Christian students, etc. They are trying to weed out children of Trump supporters, among other things. But also ON campus at Northern schools, things get uncomfortable for student athletes, blonde students, and cisgendered students, especially males.

These types of kids are made to feel uncomfortable, cannot express themselves freely, and end up self-censoring. These places are intensely political, the kids are learning how to implement Lenin's friend/enemy distinction. There's a celebration of victimology and a sorting into small identity and issue groups. And all these groups need SOMEONE to play the role of "the oppressor class." By default, blonde kids, athletes, and straight kids end up cast in that role.

To paraphrase Dazed and Confused:
"Hey, welcome to college, are you genderqueer?"
"No? I don't think so?"
"It'd be a lot cooler if you were. You might feel more comfortable over there with the idiot baseball players."

[Anonymous]

It is cool to be the minority. The the Kids found a way to game the system

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Anonymous wrote:we should all be in the streets and refusing to work and screaming until they get him the f out of office. this is unbelievable. it's so much worse than i thought.

I agree. Enough is enough.

He would have been easy enough to beat if we had held a primary. Or backed off on the trans issue that seems to motivate so much of the Republican electorate. Or not brought in quite so many Haitians under special programs. But we had to do it our way, and our way wasn't quite good enough to win this time.

But now? Now that our opponent is actually in power. Now is the time to demonstrate the seriousness of purpose that we SHOULD have had in the past four years and especially in the election. Now our opponent MUST lose the "election." By any means necessary.

Who would the Dems have run that would have actually won if there had been primaries?

[Anonymous]

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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?

There's a medical exception. You need a doctor's note.

LOL no you don't

I see people in Covid masks every day in Virginia. The Virginia law says it is illegal to wear a mask to conceal your identity but says nothing about wearing a mask for health reasons. Crowds spread germs and common sense dictates wearing a mask to protect yourself

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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.

They are not protesting the fact that these students are Jewish, they are protesting Zionism and Israeli policy towards Gaza, they protest in support of an oppressed people. No one really gives a hoot about someone just being Jewish.

Except for the 18,000 posts in the DCUM Gaza thread about "the Jews".

And the overtly anti-Jewish images distributed at Harvard, Berkeley Law, etc., etc.

Don't fool yourself. For quite a few people out there, this is very much about "someone just being Jewish".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is cool to be the minority. The the Kids found a way to game the system

Is that why you can't write one coherent sentence? Some minority kid got your spot. Otherwise you would have been a neurosurgeon?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

They are not protesting the fact that these students are Jewish, they are protesting Zionism and Israeli policy towards Gaza, they protest in support of an oppressed people. No one really gives a hoot about someone just being Jewish.

Except for the 18,000 posts in the DCUM Gaza thread about "the Jews".

And the overtly anti-Jewish images distributed at Harvard, Berkeley Law, etc., etc.

Don't fool yourself. For quite a few people out there, this is very much about "someone just being Jewish".

Please do shut up. When the current administration announces they plan to remove all Jews from Israel and develop Trump Israel, I'll listen to you. Until then, shut up and have some reverence for nearly 50,000 lives lost.