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First the barbershop, now the local restaurant--what an imagination.  Lying like Brandon, making up stories.

Columbia custodian who took on masked pro-terror rioter is too afraid to return to campus — and fears he will be fired
https://nypost.com/2024/05/07/us-news/columbia-custodian-who-took-on-masked-anti-israeli-protester-recalls-hamilton-hall-raid/

The Columbia University custodian who took on a pro-terror protester during the seizure of Hamilton Hall said he was “freaking out” when the mob stormed the building while he was working — an experience that’s left him too scared to return to campus.

Mario Torres, 45, was caught in the violence when rioters took Hamilton Hall on April 30, with the father-of-two caught on camera wrestling with demonstrator James Carlson, who The Post revealed to be the scion of millionaire ad execs.

“We don’t expect to go to work and get swarmed by an angry mob with rope and duct tape and masks and gloves,” Torres told The Free Press.

“The school could have done more to, A, prevent this and, B, to be there for us when we needed them,” he added, noting that he feels “abandoned” by Columbia.

Torres was working in Hamilton Hall when the mob stormed the building, breaking through glass and barricading the entrances as they sought to occupy the historic building named after founding father Alexander Hamilton that was home to a similar 1968 protest.

Torres said it was clear the seizure of Hamilton Hall was well planned given the protesters quick work and coordination, with the custodian noticing that even the cameras were covered.

The worker said he was trying to “protect the building” when he came across Carlson, 40. He was able to pin the trust-fund kid against the wall and rip off his hoodie, exposing his face.

Mario Torres saw the mobs storm Hamilton Hall. He was attacked by them.

The universe doesn't care one iota about anything or anyone. Perhaps you should refer your complaints to the Creator of the universe.

More like one man has drawn the obsessive hatred of democrats.

Exactly. The MSM chooses to cover Trump as much as they do because they are driven to it by their hysterical Trump-Hate. Kind of like the hundreds of or myriad Hate-Trump threads on DU.

Randomly watching a youtube documentary on punk legends Dead Kennedys, and the host made a statement towards the end that just slapped me upside the head.  Referencing "Holiday In Cambodia" which is about snotty college kids thinking they understand the sufferings of oppressed people around the world, "the sort of larger topic of smug activists shouting slogans from the safety and comfort of their is even more relevant now than ever in the age of Twitter"  This was dated four months ago, before the recent college pro-Hamas unholy clusters, but man, it hits the nail on the head.  Some things don't change, even 44 years after that song originally came out. 

I know there's not a lot of punk fans in here, but DK and Jello Biafra (the original singer and main lyricist) while leaning heavily left on many issues were not above calling out business as usual politicians (California Uber Allies is about Jerry Brown when he was governor, Jello's spoken word stuff ripped Bill Clinton for just passing Republican plans, griped about NAFTA hurting US and Mexican workers as well the environment, Jello ran for mayor of SF against Dianne Feinstein back in the 80s) , and corporate hypocrites, and there's some agreement on some issues (no WTO/globalization was a big one for Jello in recent years).  I listen to them and Jello's solo/spoken word stuff and much of it really makes me think there's a lot more common ground than many people think, and if people across the spectrums would stop letting the various divisive folks do their divisive things, we would all be a lot better off. 

The video about the band in general is here the comment and commentary I mentioned start about 17:44 if you just don't want to see the whole thing (I think you should see the whole thing)

A video DK did for Holiday In Cambodia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNMT4CCj7b0