Some states aren't like other states. The pro-Hamas fanatics attempting to illegally "occupy" college campuses learned that the hard way on Wednesday.
As RedState has reported, numerous encampments sprung up in the preceding week, including an especially contentious one at Columbia University in New York City. Chants of "Hamas, we love you" and "Globalize the Intifada" have become commonplace. University officials have mostly responded with attempts at appeasement.
Extremists part of the @Columbia CHAZ-style occupation chant support for Hamas terror:
— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) April 20, 2024
“Al-Qassam, you make us proud, take another soldier out”
“We say justice, you say how? Burn Tel Aviv to the ground”
“Hamas, we love you. We support your rockets too”pic.twitter.com/YtNwzqYvNd
Texas isn't New York, though, and when DPS officers in riot gear showed up at the University of Texas, beautiful chaos followed.
It’s chaos now. DPS riot troopers forcefully dispersing protesters, making contact, at least one arrest pic.twitter.com/bQqRqWyzUO
— Ryan Chandler (@RyanChandlerTV) April 24, 2024
UT Austin right now. Protesters and DPS in a standoff on the main drag of campus pic.twitter.com/OipxvXDbWC
— Ryan Chandler (@RyanChandlerTV) April 24, 2024
Palestinian activists TACKLED to the floor and arrested as Texas DPS troops make dozens of arrests as an unruly mob surround the officers and scream.
— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) April 24, 2024
Hundreds of students have occupied the University of Texas- Austin and have been ordered to disperse.
Video: @RyanChandlerTV pic.twitter.com/lE3RIpgzEr
Intimidation tactics by pro-Hamas supporters may work at Ivy League schools because their blue-haired faculties are too scared to react (or are outright supportive), but they don't play these games further south. There's a reason you haven't seen any of this insanity in Florida either, and when it was attempted, the consequences were severe.
Protest is not illegal. Illegally "occupying" areas despite dispersal orders, setting up encampments, and preventing others from passing is. There will be a lot of crying about what Texas did here, but they owe it to their residents to keep everyone safe and not allow privileged, entitled brats to dictate the terms in violation of the law.
Austin is not Gaza. There is no justification for this nonsense, and the phrase "try that in a red state" is starting to have some real meaning. Watch how quickly these protests stop happening in Republican-led jurisdictions because consequences have been so swiftly doled out. Meanwhile, you can expect the lawlessness to continue in Democrat-led states. Once you give the pro-Hamas contingent an inch, they will take a mile, and they aren't going to back down in the face of polite negotiations at places like NYU, Columbia, and Yale.
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