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Duke students walk out of Jerry Seinfeld graduation speech in Gaza protest (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by TokenBoomer to c/progressivepolitics

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Dozens leave university commencement ceremony to protest comedian, who has vocally supported Israel since 7 October

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[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So what's the deal with these protesters?

[–] TokenBoomer 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

They’re still masters of their domain.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm out! -Biden, probably

[–] TokenBoomer 3 points 10 months ago

“No Freekeh Soup for Jerry!”

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 2 points 10 months ago

Good podcast, btw.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil 24 points 10 months ago

Between the thuggish hyper-aggressive campus security and the prospect of listening to Jerry Seinfield talk, I'm surprised students even showed up.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I thought he only goes to high school proms.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Duke admin 1: We need a commencement speaker...preferably a genocide denier and a pedo.

Duke admin 2: Jerry Seinfeld is available

Duke admin 1: Perfect!

Probably how it went down.

[–] Delonix 6 points 10 months ago

Is this a clown school?! Why would you have him speak at anything else??

[–] FlowVoid 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

There are dozens of us!

[–] TokenBoomer 3 points 10 months ago

eh, it’s Duke. I’m surprised it happened at all.

[+] givesomefucks -13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The White House said on Tuesday that Joe Biden welcomed peaceful protests at college commencement ceremonies where he and other administration officials will speak.

Lol, yeah I bet...

There's no way Morehouse doesn't protest him, and it's highly doubtful he responds like an adult. I wouldn't be surprised if this attempt at pandering leads to him insulting Moorehouse and losing support among the Black community.

It’s very obvious that we are being used to score political points and try to get more Black votes,” he added, comparing Biden’s commencement address to a recent visit to the area by former president Donald Trump. Trump stopped by a Chick-fil-A near Morehouse on April 10 and was photographed with a number of young Black people.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-commencement-address-at-morehouse-sparks-debate-over-identity/ar-BB1mcJsh

Biden doesn't do well when people question him, especially people under retirement age.

Like, on one hand he does need to reach out to the youth, he can't win without him.

It's just the more people know about Joe Biden, the less they like him. He's just an unpopular candidate, who does and says unpopular things.

We could try to change millions of voters minds, or change Biden's. Everyone acts like changing mind is impossible though.

[–] Wrench 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I see you im every thread even remotely related to Biden, doing nothing but raging against Biden. That level of obsession is unhealthy. Seek help.

[–] givesomefucks -2 points 10 months ago

Raging?

Why do the people who defend Biden always sound like trumpets?

I haven't heard anyone say "raging/rages" except them for like a decade, and the person called that is almost always calm...

[–] Woozythebear -5 points 10 months ago

You can't change someone's mind who is on deaths door and has been a piece of shit their entire life.