Things that annoy me (6 Viewers)

[tdubel]

Not always a huge fan of Governor Abbott but it was reassuring to see him send in state resources to end the protests at UT.

He condemned anti-Semitic rhetoric and said that those views will not be tolerated on Texas state funded campuses.

YUP GOD BLESS TEXAS.

As a proud parent of a UT Student, I could not be happier or more pleased. Abbott is one of the most vocal Israel/Jewish supporters there is. I also applaud UT President Hartzell and sent him a letter today praising his leadership. Enough is enough. I am tired of hearing the word peaceful protests, this is and still is outright Anti-Semitism. This is not about politics, this is about the law and quite frankly - morals. Again, Governor Abbott and President Hartzell showed true leadership in spite of all of the outright pressure on them both. I wish more would act in the same way.

Tom

 

[Combat]

USC canceling the commencement. Imagine parents and students paying $300K+ tuition over four years and no graduation ceremony because the administrators capitulated to a mob. The added irony is that many in this class would have had their high school graduations cancelled due to COVID. No wonder the younger generation is spiraling down the tubes with no adults in charge. The only upside to this is once again watching the liberal academic types sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

 

[tdubel]

USC canceling the commencement. Imagine parents and students paying $300K+ tuition over four years and no graduation ceremony because the administrators capitulated to a mob. The added irony is that many in this class would have had their high school graduations cancelled due to COVID. No wonder the younger generation is spiraling down the tubes with no adults in charge. The only upside to this is once again watching the liberal academic types sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Doug I saw this, that was actually my son's second choice to attend, he picked the Longhorns over USC. I was very happy at the time due to the cost of USC, but wow, now, I can't tell you how happy I am now. If you really want to be annoyed or quite frankly disgusted, find the video that shows UT "peaceful rally" and you will directly hear the insults being lobbed at Jewish Students, my son's fraternity brothers are on this video standing up for themselves, they are calm, cool and collected in the face of some very angry folk prior to the Police taking back control. I found it hard to watch to be honest, it is beyond sad and disappointing. Why anyone would say the things that are said there is just beyond me.

Tom

 

[Combat]

Tom-
When I went to USC back in the day it was a conservative school. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. The woman who is president isn't the worst of the worst but she bungled this situation and should be fired. Universities today are nothing more than profit making entities with an indoctrination purpose by the lazy academics. The results speak for themselves. Dumber kids who don't have a clue but feel entitled.

 

[tdubel]

Tom-
When I went to USC back in the day it was a conservative school. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. The woman who is president isn't the worst of the worst but she bungled this situation and should be fired. Universities today are nothing more than profit making entities with an indoctrination purpose by the lazy academics. The results speak for themselves. Dumber kids who don't have a clue but feel entitled.

Completely agree!

 

[marco55]

And unfortunately don't know the real world.
Mark

 

[Panzer ace]

YUP GOD BLESS TEXAS.

As a proud parent of a UT Student, I could not be happier or more pleased. Abbott is one of the most vocal Israel/Jewish supporters there is. I also applaud UT President Hartzell and sent him a letter today praising his leadership. Enough is enough. I am tired of hearing the word peaceful protests, this is and still is outright Anti-Semitism. This is not about politics, this is about the law and quite frankly - morals. Again, Governor Abbott and President Hartzell showed true leadership in spite of all of the outright pressure on them both. I wish more would act in the same way.

Tom

Amidst all of this where are the other governors of states and college presidents from schools allowing anti-semitism?

As USC and other schools in California devolve into calls for Jewish genocide Gavin Newsome remains silent.

 

[Terp152]

YUP GOD BLESS TEXAS.

As a proud parent of a UT Student, I could not be happier or more pleased. Abbott is one of the most vocal Israel/Jewish supporters there is. I also applaud UT President Hartzell and sent him a letter today praising his leadership. Enough is enough. I am tired of hearing the word peaceful protests, this is and still is outright Anti-Semitism. This is not about politics, this is about the law and quite frankly - morals. Again, Governor Abbott and President Hartzell showed true leadership in spite of all of the outright pressure on them both. I wish more would act in the same way.

Tom

Meanwhile the president of Columbia is in "negotiations" with the protestors who having repeatedly ignored her deadlines to dismantle the "camp-in." On campus classes have been cancelled. What a way to run a railroad as the saying goes. :rolleyes2:

 

[marco55]

I think we have the worst bunch of cowardly wimps running things in history. They were little dictators during the pandemic.
Mark

 

[tdubel]

I think we have the worst bunch of cowardly wimps running things in history. They were little dictators during the pandemic.
Mark

Simple yet very correct statement. Like I said, this is one big mess all the way around, just can't fathom it honestly.
Tom

 

[tdubel]

Not to beat a dead horse, one of the reasons I am so passionate and pissed about this subject is my son shared a video from a news organization that is available to the public. It was footage/package shot just prior to the Police removing/making arrests at UT. It featured many of his frat brothers who I give a lot of credit to for their calm, their courage and quite frankly their maturity. That said, it may have been one of the hardest things I have ever watched for 10 minutes. To say I was disgusted, disappointed, disheartened may be the understatement of my own lifetime. The words were unbelievable and threatening and hateful, and I don't want to make light of horrible history, but there were a lot of similarities to the 1930s and that is frightening. As I have said previously, these protesters are stupid at best, evil at worst. Free speech is paramount in our society, but inciting a riot is illegal. I wish our press would do a better job of showing this rather than claiming nonviolent, etc etc etc.

On another note, if you want to know that antisemitism is real and has been on the rise, my son's fraternity(as well as few others both Jewish and Non Jewish) has had armed security for their protection due to numerous and countless threats this entire year at UT. I witnessed some of it first hand back in the Fall during a visit, it is ugly and in my opinion
Un-American.

End of my comments on the subject, but felt it had to be said.

 

[marco55]

The students (and not students) that aren't citizens need to be deported. The ones that are citizens and say they are Hamas (which is classified in the US as terrorists) and say death to jews and America should be tried for treason. The least should be done to them is they are thrown out of school permanently. These are not 12-13 year olds and they are not stupid.
Mark

 

[Desertkiwi]

The students (and not students) that aren't citizens need to be deported. The ones that are citizens and say they are Hamas (which is classified in the US as terrorists) and say death to jews and America should be tried for treason. The least should be done to them is they are thrown out of school permanently. These are not 12-13 year olds and they are not stupid.
Mark

To be honest Mark mate, common sense and basic intelligence is pretty thin on the ground these days....{eek3}^&grin

 

[Terp152]

A woman and a child stand next to the Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, covered by a tarpaulin, on the day of a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in London, April 27, 2024.​

 

[Horus]

A woman and a child stand next to the Holocaust memorial in Hyde Park, covered by a tarpaulin, on the day of a march in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in London, April 27, 2024.​

It's enough to make you sick seeing the this appeasement by our unelected leaders to the Bully boy Far Left and those wanting to topple our own way of life and replace it with their own. Really if they don't like how we live, why come here !?

 

[marco55]

It's enough to make you sick seeing the this appeasement by our unelected leaders to the Bully boy Far Left and those wanting to topple our own way of life and replace it with their own. Really if they don't like how we live, why come here !?

Because they resent the West and our way of living. They would rather destroy us than change their ways, for the better by the way. And our cowardly leaders will let them. Why any country let millions of people come in and demand we change is beyond my understanding.
Mark

 

[tdubel]

I know I said I was done, but God Bless Texas once again today for swiftly and quickly thus far dismantling another antisemitic action. I watched the video, I saw very little students this time. Go "Rangers" go. The "river to the sea" ends in cuffs.

 

[tdubel]

I know I said I was done, but God Bless Texas once again today for swiftly and quickly thus far dismantling another antisemitic action. I watched the video, I saw very little students this time. Go "Rangers" go. The "river to the sea" ends in cuffs.

Update, riot incited against University Tower, tear gas deployed and more arrests. Peaceful loving protests.............................. As a side note, this is coming from private video, all I can say again, is it is sad.

 

[jazzeum]

I lived through and participated in the Vietnam War demonstrations so I was willing to be tolerant of what’s going on today even though I don’t agree with most of the aims of the demonstrators. In addition, based on my experiences I thought that sending in the police was counterproductive but I have to say I’ve had it with these people, many of whom don’t really understand the issues. Moreover, their use of the word “intifada” and those Palestinian headdress is repellent.

 

[tdubel]

I lived through and participated in the Vietnam War demonstrations so I was willing to be tolerant of what’s going on today even though I don’t agree with most of the aims of the demonstrators. In addition, based on my experiences I thought that sending in the police was counterproductive but I have to say I’ve had it with these people, many of whom don’t really understand the issues. Moreover, their use of the word “intifada” and those Palestinian headdress is repellent.

Brad
remind me when I see you this weekend to share what my son has shared with me. Like you, I am usually very tolerant of this type of activity as I do believe in the freedoms of this Country, end of day, it is what truly makes us. That said, the level of organization from the outside at UT was something else. When I was there last October, after the atrocity in Israel, it was starting, lots of outside "visitors" descending on the Governor's office (after his declared visit to Israel) and the State DPS was caught off guard. Apparently, the same agitators subsidized the "student" group that has now been suspended from UT. As I like to say about a lot of things, you just can't make this up. Just a wow.

I am just glad my son was kept safe this semester, it only took a Governor's executive order which provided funding for armed security for fraternities, the Hillel and synagogues in Austin to do so. Unbelievable.

Tom