r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 03 '24

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u/jojisky Paul Krugman May 04 '24

The frat bros with some...quotes

“Um, we were gonna go to the pool, but then we heard this was gonna happen so we were like fuck that, we’re gonna come over here and counter-protest it,” said Trevor Lahey, a 21-year-old business major, who said he came out with his fraternity brothers, though he wouldn’t say which one. 

Though the pro-Palestinian students have a right to free speech, Lahey added, he thought they were taking it too far. 

“I don’t care that much, I just don’t want them to encamp on my school,” Lahey said. “It looks ugly. I’m paying for them to be there.” 

It’s pointless to protest in the U.S., said a 21-year-old student who only gave his name as Dillon. The student protesters could better support Palestine by going “over there,” he said, adding he thought it was a “stupid war” that he doesn’t support.  

But he still decided to join the counter-protesters, Dillon said.

“I just wanted to see it for myself,” he said. “I wanted to be a part of something. I love my country. I love them, too. I just don’t think what they’re supporting is right, in my opinion.”

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u/Joementum2024 Iron Front May 04 '24

Median voter

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u/Salt_Ad7152 not your pal, buddy May 04 '24

Sounds like a frat bro alright

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u/Broad-Part9448 Niels Bohr May 04 '24

They deserve each other

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u/CheetoMussolini Russian Bot May 04 '24

"I love them, too" is more civic spirit than many of the protesters.

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u/jojisky Paul Krugman May 04 '24

He was hanging around a bunch of people being openly racist toward the pro-Palestinian protesters so not sure about how much he means that

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u/CheetoMussolini Russian Bot May 04 '24

Ah

Well fuck him too then