Have not been proud of the culture of my alma mater in a long time, but that changed this week. One of the architects of that proud moment, UNC student Guillermo Estrada explains:
Today was a sad yet empowering day at Chapel Hill. When I walked to class, I saw the Palestinian flag raised on our quad flag pole, and was immediately upset at the act that these “protestors” had made. I cannot say I am fully educated on the Israel/Palestine conflict but it upset me that my country's flag was disrespected in order to advocate for another.
Shortly after, Chancellor [Lee] Roberts came with police officers to hang the flag once again. They were met with profanity, middle fingers, thrown bottles, rocks, and water.
When the flag was raised once again, the greek community began singing the National anthem. As the Chancellor left, the quad erupted into chaos as protestors began removing the flag once again, preparing to destroy it.
My fraternity brother and others ran over to hold it up, in order for it not to touch the ground. People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect.
My parents started a new life in the United States, a country that has helped them flourish and raise two kids. I grew up in a Military community and saw first hand the sacrifices they make. I will not stand for the disrespect these "protestors"
cause for the sake of another country.
Exactly the correct frame, although the “fully educated” bit leaves an opening for the totalitarians to exploit. Do not get dragged down into a struggle session that inevitably will lead to a demand that you “stand” with the Maoist revolutionary fixation of the moment; reject that. No foreign flag may replace Old Glory, especially on public lands, full stop, no exceptions. If the fact that these young men inherently understood what to do wasn’t cheerful enough, what happened next was legit thrilling. A Gofundme was launched with the avowed purpose of “Pi Kappa Phi Men Defended their Flag. Throw 'em a Rager” with some very cheeky prose:
Commie losers across the country have invaded college campuses to make dumb demands of weak University Administrators.
But amidst the chaos, the screaming, the anti-semitism, the hatred of faith and flag, stood a platoon of American heroes. Armored in Vineyard Vines and Patagonia, fueled by Zyn and White Claws, these triumphant Brohemians protected Old Glory from the unwashed Marxist horde -- laughing at their shrieks and wails and shielding the Stars & Stripes from Soviet missiles.
These boys... no, men, of the UNC Chapel Hill Pi Kappa Phi, gave the best to America and now they deserve the best.
Help us raise funds to throw this frat the party they deserve, a party worth of the boat-shoed Broleteriat who did their country proud.
This is how it started.
This is how it ended.
And a final bit of exposition:
We have been overwhelmed by the sheer force of patriotism on display here. What started as a modest request to buy a few kegs for some great young guys has ballooned into an American cultural moment, with millions of people paying attention: blue and red, left and right, all of the above. Donations continue to pour in. Given the sheer scope of media interest in this story, we are posting this update.
First, people should understand that we organized this fundraiser independently. That has been misreported by certain press outlets. We aren’t brothers ourselves: just Americans who admire young people like the men of UNC fraternities — members from at least eight different houses, by our count, many of whom we’ve now met.
Now back to your regularly scheduled sheer cowardice and idiocy.
Hed of the week, head in sand division:
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Regime actively sought to frame Donald Trump for the current classified document nothing burger.
Houston, we have a vote fraud problem that is not going away:
One in five mail-in voters admitted to violating election laws in 2020…
Sounds about right.
Absolute must-read on why the US military is a now complete paper tiger which cannot even secure international shipping lanes. It is bloated and top-heavy, chiefly focused an enriching defense contractors that top brass who will then cycle out and work for. Oh, and keep your eyes peeled for some damn fool business in Niger.
Did COVID start as an attempt to devise an HIV vax? The dots are very connect-y.