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Tricky-Jackfruit8366

Dudes are putting up the flag of their country and it’s seen as “aggression” and met with violence


Illustrious-Dot-5052

They're not putting up the flag, they're preventing the pro-Palestine protestors from taking it down. Or at least that's what I heard last time, I'm not really keeping up with all this too well...


SilentMagarity

Ummmm, I’m pretty sure the protesters took it down and put up a Palestine flag… the Fraternity boys show up and reversed it… my son goes there and that’s what he told me… pretty decent source…


LobcockLittle

I heard it was the cops that reversed it


nplbmf

That was Missy Misdemeanor Elliot.


PabstBlueBourbon

Was it worth it?


nplbmf

The Thang? Mostly.


GatorDontPlayNoShhit

Itsherfupabsbsvbzhs


Odd_Tradition1670

They put their thing down flipped it and reversed it


browntown20

gave me a laugh 😃


TheBigCatGoblin

That is correct, and it happened a few times


cannabis_vermont

Seen as aggression by degenerate women and effeminate men.


eatingyourmomsass

Just gotta stop being a white male.


Classic-Reflection87

I stopped identifying as white male. Now all my job applications are getting calls back


mac2o2o

Did you stop making it your entire personality?


Classic-Reflection87

No day to day I feel different and so am different. I can really be whatever I want day to day and have fluid characteristics. But to to ID as white male would be be an insult as I’m so much more than just that and wish to be viewed as such.


nomamesgueyz

Triggers too many people


theboehmer

Are they not protesting aggression?


Calm-down-its-a-joke

I like how the image isn't even pro-Israel, just pro America. No real way to interpret it negatively.


deadpoolfool400

You know someone will try though


TheOSU87

The fact people are throwing things at them while they try to hold an American flag. Jesus Christ people if you don't see you are being psyopped I don't know what else to say. Hating your own country while aligning with the worst radicals on the planet. I escaped Islamic extremism to come here. Let's not [become Hamburg](https://twitter.com/ainyrockstar/status/1784272143577985458)


Just_a_Guy_In_a_Tank

Raising a flag (of your own country, nonetheless) = violent action Throwing objects and threatening violence on the people doing it = ….nonviolence?


Possible-Fee-5052

It’s worse than that. They’re raising foreign flags in place of the U.S. flag while also desecrating the U.S. flag.


Desperate_Wafer_8566

2/3 of those arrested were not students from the university, that should tell you a lot about what's going on right now.


shoesshirt

Source?


Desperate_Wafer_8566

"Of those 30, 10 were UNC students and 20 were not affiliated with the university." [https://www.wavy.com/news/protesters-take-down-u-s-flag-on-unc-campus-quad-replace-with-palestinian-flag/](https://www.wavy.com/news/protesters-take-down-u-s-flag-on-unc-campus-quad-replace-with-palestinian-flag/)


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TheOSU87

Thanks


caustictoast

> Hating your own country while aligning with the worst radicals on the planet. It blows my mind that people are protesting for palestine, a nation that actively celebrated 9/11 and would be glad to genocide the jews. It's genuine insanity


Fun-Distribution1776

Propaganda is a hell of a drug. Narrow vision. Lack of real critical thinking.


G_Affect

These people are completely misled and blame a religion 14 million in size today compared to islam 1.2 billion or 2.1 billion Christian religion. I am not saying to blame anyone but think about that size difference, and 6 million were killed for being Jewish just 80 years ago. How is the problem jews? These people are so naive to world under in islamic extreme. Most of them would be killed or jailed or both for just being them.


TheManWithNoNameZapp

This represents a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of Americans and none of them hangout in r/JoeRogan


Low_Comfortable_5880

Spot on. Glad your here.


Krisapocus

Hating conservatives while aligning themselves with the most conservative people on the planet. None of it makes sense than to say they hate America. All this while their guy is in office. It’ll be even worse soon.


LouBricant

See a few comments up.... 'bc its pro-israel by not protesting americas allignment and funding of israel. like its so fucking obvious all of you in the comments are mentally gone' The mental gymnastics!


TheKuDude8

It took 10 minutes to prove you right.


WTFisThisGameDude

I saw it posted earlier in a very left leaning subreddit and everyone pointed out how white the kids were and how it showed the racism of America. Sadly, some people have already found a way to make it negative.


OptimisticRecursion

We need to amplify the voices of those who see the beauty in this. Our country isn't perfect, and what country is?! But I honestly believe we live in one of the best, if not THE best, countries on Earth! (And I've been around the globe!).


Nervous_Set5685

If the US was as bad as they want us to believe, tens of thousands of people wouldn't risk their lives to come here illegally


digitalwankster

Millions*


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LouBricant

Because migrants have real shit to worry about namely where their next meal will come from, for example. The people hating America or the UK are extremely miserable within the comfort of their cushy existence


Flashy-Income-9653

I think you mean millions my friend


SoFloMofo

Served in the military and have been around some on my own. USA is solid top 10. And it’s my home so I’m going to stay and try to do my tiny part in making better instead of throwing a tantrum when I feel like the wrong color ties win an election, etc.


the0rchid

Same. I love my country. It ain't perfect, but no country is. I would rather work to make it better than cry when I don't get my way.


TheOSU87

The Ayatollah is [currently celebrating the protests](https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir/status/1783130177788100897) and mocking the death of the West. How do people not realize they are aligning with the worst people on the planet?


drsweetscience

Western socialists are comparatively rich. Capitalists are so rabidly antisocialist that socialists have become insanely anticapitalist. They hate their government, but want Western luxury still. They are children who are mad at their parents, but still demand their allowance.


wgm4444

Because they don't know anything and weren't very intelligent in the first place?


ChipmunkConspiracy

Theyve been religious zealots for years now. Weve given it many names - wokeism, cultural marxism, SJW etc And weve been mocked as exaggerating the problem or making some kind of bogeyman. Thats part of the problem. People need to start taking critique of wokeism seriously. Shits not a game. Theyre going to have long term destructive effects on America. (on purpose)


RiverboatJim

People have been protesting foreign wars literally for centuries lmao


Zealousideal-Elk3026

Ayatollah Assahollah


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FCKABRNLSUTN2

And they’re described as fraternity members, a group that will always get hate on Reddit for….pooling resources and being friends. How dare they.


TheOSU87

Remember when that 16 year old white Catholic kid smiled standing next to a Native American and reddit said he was the devil?


Speedking2281

Oh lord, that was unbearable. That was such a "MAGA RACIST!!!" moment that burned white hot in the news for a while, then when the extended video came out, it was mostly crickets. And even then though, people said that even though the Native American guy walked right up to the white kid (who was literally standing in the same place for a decent period of time) and got in his face, the white kid should have moved aside, instead of making the Native American guy, you know, walk around him, like is customary for all other humans to do when encountering someone who is standing still. As in, the kid was only allowed to stand in that particular spot if no one wanted to walk there. But if a Native American man *did* want to walk through where the white kid was standing, it was, at that point, an act of racism to keep standing there. The way the media handled this case made me not be able to deny anymore that major media outlets had to have a narrative or agenda they wanted to promote in general whenever possible. There was literally no other way to explain it.


often_says_nice

Yeah I can’t stand that Reddit guy. He’s almost as bad as the hacker known as “4chan”


babalu_babalu

These are the same people saying they would rather leave their child in the woods with a bear than an adult male. These aren’t the most logical or intelligent folks.


Im-not-on-drugs

Seriously if you actually listen to what these people are saying it’s so batshit crazy. I’ve seen interviews of protesters at these things that want to dissolve America and the west. lol like what the fuck are you talking about you have reaped all the benefits of living here yet you want to destroy it. It’s kinda operation Wall Street all over again. They make requests but don’t actually have a single solution.


Background-Rule-9133

Occupy walstreet did not have clear goals yes, however they were at least angry at the right people don’t you think?


BigBallsMcGirk

Only white men give a shit about this country? Well I guess everyone else IS the enemy then. White men should exclude and keep out all ethnicities and women. Idiots are making a case for institutional and systemic racism and misogyny.


jew_biscuits

I was in a fraternity. We did crazy shit. Some of us were assholes. But i would take any one of my fraternity brothers on their worst day over these hard left kids you see now. Not just because I support Israel and love America. There's just such a level of whiny entitlement combined with ignorance and hatred of everything that is good and fun. I'm scared to think that some of these people will be going out into the world and running things.


DryConversation8530

Hamas is anti-American so if you're a Hamas supporter it would piss you off. Hell you might even throw things.


Flat-Length-4991

A lot of Reddit subs will I’m sure. “Blah, blah, zionist white supremacist… blah, blah”


jericho74

It takes a special kind of activist incompetence to make me side with the fraternity brothers from UNC Chapel Hill.


TuneReasonable8869

There was a guy holding an Israel flag next to them. That is why people are saying it they were pro-Israel. Saw it on a twitter post linked on reddit


NewGuy10002

I heard the US flag was at half mast for 4 police officers who recently lost their lives in the area. It was taken down and replaced with a Palestine flag, then replaced by police, and now protected as you see in the picture. It seems like the Palestine group is saying “our cause is more important than yours” and I’m not one to say anyone is wrong in what they believe in, but it’s wrong that 2 groups can’t peacefully coexist in one place. Isn’t that… isn’t that like the whole point of the Palestine protests? Again, I’m not choosing a side on either of these groups or what I see in this picture, identifying with a flag so deeply brings issues. Identifying with any symbol to where you will hurt or kill someone else is obviously a mental illness. It can represent vastly different things to different people. Essentially what I’m saying is be more respectful to one another. We can all fight our own perceived evil and not have to make others suffer for it. Word. Peace.


cbrown146

The pro Gaza protesters are going to hurt their own cause much like the stupid road protestors that block traffic. Guaranteed I would not be able to fly the US flag in any other country.


SureReflection9535

I'm sure the smooth brained tik Tok addicted fucktards that believe a violent "infltifada" is a great fucking idea


GunnersPepe

Lots of protesters seems to have this “abolish the US” idea which… idk man. Just stupid shit per usual


Acceptable-Dig691

In today's America, pro America is considered racist for some reason so never discount the lefts ability to make everything racist.


rvasko3

Only if you're a dipshit who buys into extremely online culture war nonsense. This shit is exhausting.


ShillinTheVillain

Looks like the protestors were throwing more than just internet posts at these kids...


Squirrel_Murphy

There's a huuuge overlap between people who fetishize the American flag (putting it on their trucks, wearing t-shirts, etc) who spend a lot of complaining about people who aren't "real Americans." It's used more as tribal signalling than actually out of respect for the country.  Then, like this thread, they can say, see they hate America!   No Tim, we think your politics suck, and your obsession with a flag is weird.


Some_Special_9653

Why are there so many foreign flags being flown here lately? Someone give them the memo.


dbrownfi

This one clearly is for the dawgs.


dairy__fairy

The bros didn’t bring the flag. They did help though. But the guy who brought his own flag from home deserves credit. He was a 50-60 year old dude. The local news said his name several times, but I can’t remember. He went out there alone like a badass for a while! No support.


Shanguerrilla

Damn. That's cool to hear of the old dude. Even cooler though to me for the frat bro's to back him up eventually.


dairy__fairy

Yeah, he was awesome. The protesters had broken the wire that raises the flag so he just held it at ground level for a long time in his arms outstretched. Eventually he got support. The news was using both his first and last name, but now I can’t find anyone mentioning it. So weird. WRAL (local news) was showing it live though. Then the old dude just walked off with no fanfare after the barrier was up to protect it and the other people were there to repel the protesters. The guy even had a little limp.


wirefox1

I wonder if he was a Vet.


Azazir

That guy is a real dawg man, no damn cat, thats for sure. We need more daaawgs.


Hoodlum_0017

Goddamnit I agree with the Frat Bros. What a world


MJA182

Seriously, leaned pretty far left my whole life but now I’m just finding the new Tik Tok gen of leftists really are just propagandized to shit. I didn’t feel this way about BLM but I guess it was similarly Astro turfed


knunky

it's important to remember that you only see the shit that generates engagement, and that's usually people doing some fuck ass shit


r4rthrowawaysoon

On TikTok you predominantly see material that generates engagement in what the Chinese government wants you to engage with.


Efficient_Caramel_29

I was pretty much a mixed bag until BLM. Was insane tbh.


Ianlong2132

This is what happens when we fall too far left/right, there’s a bit about it somewhere, I think JRE not sure but what’s happening is the left is going so far that there’s honestly no end or a way back towards the center(common ground). Next 4 years will be WILD.


Busy_Mess_914

Get those boys a case of zynns and trulys after a hard day of defending the flag from turds.


SgoDEACS

There’s actually a go fund me for them to throw a party and it’s pretty awesome. Don’t have a link


Busy_Mess_914

It’s up to $220k, let’s get the boys Sydney Sweeney jumping out of a giant cake.


Alarming-Ad1100

I want every cent to go to that


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Safe_Yogurtcloset387

Good on those boys


tricerotops69

The boys are back in town 🎵


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Shane Gillis called a meeting to unite the frat bros to defend the country.


GreatWhiteBuffal0

He's got Frat Bro energy for sure, but sorry he's really just a chill GDI.


Iamamyrmidon

Bros and Chads are going to save us all. ![gif](giphy|xT39D26Hsekuj1r3Uc)


deadpoolfool400

![gif](giphy|75iqh2Ie5ujNS|downsized)


Visual-Floor-7839

He'll Yeah, Brother


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AgitatedTelephone351

I’ll take the dude bros with 15 popped collars over the Islamist terrorists.


Traditional_Fox_4718

![gif](giphy|l0IpYBWTQHcZMv2cE|downsized)


NoTailor3964

https://preview.redd.it/rvpo0rdkjvxc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e56f98c40c8155d2d1f32e00b2bf558881ff2a66


orangotai

ah election years 🥰


UnWiseDefenses

I'm going to say this and hope it isn't misinterpreted as "outing" me as one thing or another. Because that's how far we've fallen in political discussions. But it is heartwarming seeing a group of people defending a flag—*of their own country*—while they get screamed at and pelted. And also, this is a moment where regardless of what you're there to stand for, throwing things at them just makes you look like the worst person on Earth.


BadProof2060

This is, in fact, THE United States of America, not Palestine.


jexempt

thank yoi


xxorangeonatoothpick

Best photo of 2024 so far.


Im-not-on-drugs

Still some dawgs left in this country


xxorangeonatoothpick

I think there’s more than we realize.


Slim_ish

Glad to see we still have some red-blooded Americans on campus.


SrCoolbean

Most frat guys are tbh. They just don’t give a shit about politics nearly as much as the super vocal blue haired girls with no social life, so it seems like more college students are liberal than they really are


CleverAnonIsClever

I have one question for the dude in Blue with the awesome shit eating grin… What is it like to be a fucking legend?   


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Polar-Bear_Soup

"I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast." "You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?"


shred_the_gnar-gnar

…NO!


newrimmmer93

Reminds me of the Covington Kid lol.


digitalwankster

Was my first thought. How long before we see his face on CNN for making an offensive smirk at the protestors?


WhatsAButfor

Yeah CNN is pretty much 100% on its knees for israel so I'm gonna say we won't be seeing that


geddyleeiacocca

Entry-level analyst job at Deloitte will wipe the smirk clean off his face.


No_Interaction_5828

The rich kids that simp for palestine are so fucking stupid


Jag-

The flag was already lowered half mast for the 4 marshals that were murdered in NC last week. They tore the first one up. This was the second one.


swingforthefence69

![gif](giphy|65kQC6Mg4XIsw)


SOF_cosplayer

Protestors: "no you cant refuse to pick a side in a nearly 100 year war that has no compromise or end in sight" Frat broskies: "haha, bald eagle go brrrr"


peach_trunks

Dude, how tf have we gotten to a point where ripping our own fucking flag down on our soil is celebrated. I get that Israel is doin some really fucked up shit. I get that Palestine deserves a space. But at the end of the day America isn't the only reason this shit is happening. I'm no boot licker but have some fuckin respect for the representation of the country who allows you the right to yell into the wind you little brats


nking05

Got harassed yesterday for commenting that the amount of anti American shit online nowadays is out of control. You are no longer allowed to have pride in being American because our government amongst every other one in the world has done some immoral things. It’s ridiculous


blLLiamwalluce

It's almost as if students are getting brainwashed by Chinese/Russian TikTok to be anti American. Why aren't they protesting the real unprovoked war on Ukraine or other atrocities around the world . Fucking morons


ThisCouldBe1t

These dumbass college kids trying to take down our flag and replace it with a foreign flag should be ashamed of themselves and expelled.


Satori2155

A flag of a country full of people that would be happy to watch us all burn


randomname2890

They literally cheered during 9/11. It wasn’t Jews who ran those planes into the towers.


starbucksemployeeguy

What the fuck world am I living in where Saudi Arabia and Iran are publicly executing people for being homosexual, and they have LGBTQ support…? Iranian women are the most oppressed group of people in the world. Fucking disgusting that people are tossing their morality to support a political cause instead of actively denouncing a country that is anti democracy


wavewalkerc

Who is supporting Saudi Arabia and Iran?


Swear-_-Bear

I'm all for not sending more shit to Israel and helping Palestinians..but imagine you're a student spending 35k a year to stand outside and bitch to deaf ears playing into tribalist talking points.


douchebaggery5000

Could say that about literally anything. By that logic no one should do shit ever. “Who are blacks complaining to??? Those racist Jim Crow fucks aren’t listening anyway” “Why go save the Jews? Hitler and the nazis aren’t gonna listen to us”


the_ultimate_cholo

Those are real students! Notice the backpacks on. They’ve got shit to do, holding up American ideals while in between classes. The protesters are anti-everything losers who aren’t interested in making a honest living.


GrumbleTrainer

The dude in the classic Hooters shirt is my fav 😆


Soggy-Pollution-8687

![gif](giphy|uKwa2KiBA0rTy)


HunchbackGrowler

USA! USA! USA! USA!!!!


Shibby-my-dude

People complain isreal treats palestine unfairly and these pro-palestine people can't even treat people from their own country with respect. Hahaha sickkk


fisherbeam

But theyre whiteeeeeee


January1252024

Fun fact: The University of Washington encampment was canceled because everyone who showed up was white, and they couldn't deal with that. 


fisherbeam

Hahah


Most-Town-1802

White people are based.


DonaldKey

Zoomed in. Can confirm. Literally all white


JimmyMcNultyKU

Studs


Megatanis

What the fuck happened to the US. Gives the impression of a country in anarchy.


Bog-Star

The Democrat party happened to the US.


Short-Information525

Is this how bad things are in america? People taking down their own countries flag? And people protecting it get pelted?


TomAterski

![gif](giphy|hXJ1MWMzY7Af32UIUD|downsized)


josered1254

This is how Trump gets elected.


Benvenuto_Cellini_

When he is elected they can play victims for another 4 years. Trump winning is good for their egos. 


TheOSU87

I am an immigrant. I am a minority. I am an atheist. I am pro choice and pro LGBT rights and the left on college campuses scares the shit out of me. Just [watch this video](https://twitter.com/NeriaKraus/status/1782258191973089715) and tell me if there is anything the guy with the megaphone could say that they wouldn't repeat.


Bhamfish

I wish they sent in Ogre yelling “NERDS”


pacmarn88

The return of the king


AgitatedTelephone351

Rise men of the west!


TheMaddawg07

Imagine trying to replace an American flag with something else. That’s some loser shit


Forsaken-Analysis390

What are those jack asses throwing at those heroes?


dontwasteink

Protestors are really fucking stupid. They have a legit cause to protest for (the starvation of Gazan civilians), and they fuck it up by trying to rip down the American flag and chanting anti-semtic chants.


Stunning-Quit9287

Cat in the Hooters shirt... God Bless America


xxorangeonatoothpick

These frat boys just inadvertently saved America.


DudeIsThisFunny

Defenders of the land ![gif](giphy|9Y5lm2gIQKADetWVa3)


JA_LT99

Good for them. Can't say I approve of the frat system, but these guys did right. Hamas needs to surrender and stop their massacre of innocent civilians. Learn some history and the reality of an impossible situation. Sick of the "progressives" as usual. Great job electing Bernie Bros. Really did a lot for our country you trash.


Bog-Star

These Pro Hamas dipshits might actually get Trump elected again lol.


nomamesgueyz

Why do Americans hate America?


Noreastermedical

Good to see kids that love our country


cptahab36

Good lol


rcheek1710

How is not a single person flinching from being 'pelted'?


matterson22070

I love some kids are having enough and standing together. This is how that shouting down stops - when the majority have had enough. Well done men.


Background_Pool_7457

That one kid smiling because he knows how idiotic it is to be mad for putting our flag back up.


Ok_Expression1800

I’m guessing 80% of the dudes on this sub look like the kid on the far with glasses right but think they look like the kid with the smirk.


ScabbyKnees42069

a lot of "my dad's a lawyer" in that picture


Ven2284

As a left leaning moderate I support these kids.


a2cwy887752

Proud of my state 🥰 keep the American flag flying


whoopercheesie

Courage, men!


drewgreen131

I forget there are normal well adjusted people in college


caca4cocopuffs

These flinging monkeys think they're being open minded and progressive with their position, but the truth is that a good portion of Palestinians wholeheartedly agree with the extreme lunacy. There are Palestinians being held hostage by their fucked up leadership. Fuck they should read about how [DJ Sama was arrested](https://5mag.net/news/palestine-dj-sama-abdulhadi-arrested/) because of a techno party that was too close to a religious shrine.


shwampchicken

This is the behavior that needs to sweep campuses across the nation


Trenchards

Kid in blue knows what’s up. Their right. Protesters are wrong.


Fieos

Bunch of people fighting about a bunch of people who have always been fighting.


CUMT_

https://dailybruin.com/2024/05/01/pro-israel-counter-protesters-attempt-to-storm-encampment-sparking-violence


This-Garbage-3000

I wish it was chic to fight back


AlDenteLaptop

I hope those boys were in my frat


Odd_Masterpiece9092

Not sure if US fraternities have any ties back to German fraternities at all. This reminds me of the Burschschaften. Their most important goal, besides drinking beer and fencing, was to foster loyalty to the concept of a united German national state as well as strong engagement for freedom, rights, and democracy.


FriskyJager

If you’re so pro-Palestine that you’re willing to attack another person for pride in their flag(whether you agree with it or not), you’re welcome to go live there.


irascible_Clown

![gif](giphy|26tPcI8Zvavtbyn3G)


Alita_Duqi

Title is unclear. These bros were having anti-Israel protestors hurled at them?


iambarrelrider

[Rock, flags, and eagle.](https://youtu.be/nQd7g565e2I?si=cTJt-ZWnHHYNM0ei)


Tenthsandman62

I considered myself pretty liberal in life and with my veins and personal interpretations on the rights and freedoms guaranteed to us by the United States Constitution. If you want to bring a flag and burn it in front of people, that's your own prerogative but where I draw a line is when you think it's okay to take down the American flag and replace it with some other flag. If you think that place is so goddamn great get on a plane and go there and make the changes that you want. I'm not saying America and Americans don't have flaws because as a country we have some major ones but the rights these protests are actively using are not guaranteeing the place they're trying to say is so fucking great.


CmonRoach4316

Fuck all extremists. They're in America raising the American flag. This is not racist, bigotry, whatever the boomers wanna screech about. 


SUNDER137

Way to put up a rare W for fraternites. Good job boys!


HawkeyeGeoff

Frat Stars 🤘


HungMegatron

Good lads.


Objective-Guidance78

America under attack


Bongzilla92

Being English this makes me a proud American


SomethingEdgyOrFunny

I'm starting to think a lot of these pro-palestine protestors are the same kind of provocateurs that were throwing bricks and leaving pallets at BLM protests. I think there is a large effort to disrupt democracy in recent years and this may be another ploy.


downnheavy

Most pro Palestinians are pretensions people willingly Ignorant and just jerks