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Group of UC Santa Cruz students celebrated Hitler's birthday, university says
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 4, 2024 | By Madilynne Medina

Posted on 05/18/2024 5:03:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower

A group of students allegedly celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday on the UC Santa Cruz campus, the university announced last week.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: agitators; antisemiteu; antisemitism; california; californication; campusagitators; hitler; prohamas; prohitler; santacruz; ucsantacruz
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The university condemned both incidents, saying they are part of a “national trend of increased antisemitic rhetoric and violence.”


What a difference a year makes

1 posted on 05/18/2024 5:03:19 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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And this surprises whom?


2 posted on 05/18/2024 5:04:36 AM PDT by bigfootbob (Arm Up and Live Free!)
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The students allegedly sang happy birthday and ate cakes decorated with “hateful and horrific symbols”

Did they shout down other students? Did they keep any from getting to class? Did they takeover part of the campus?

It would be nice to know what the symbols were, since they obviously were afraid to use the term "swasitika", but given hitler's proclivities, we can at least presume the cake was chocolate.

3 posted on 05/18/2024 5:13:20 AM PDT by fruser1
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> What a difference a year makes <

It’s amazing (and disturbing) how quickly the narrative has changed. The civilized world was rightly horrified by the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack.

Israel responded as any nation would.

Now Israel is the bad guy on college campuses, and Hamas is the poor victim. It goes to show how effective a small - yet dedicated - group of agitators can be.

We saw that with the Nazis in the 1930s.
And with the Bolsheviks before that.


4 posted on 05/18/2024 5:22:13 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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those crazy Trump supporters...at it again.


5 posted on 05/18/2024 5:25:07 AM PDT by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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They have no idea what they’re flirting with.


6 posted on 05/18/2024 5:41:33 AM PDT by OKSooner ("You won't like what comes after America." - Leonard Cohen.)
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“Bradley-Armstrong said the university is offering counseling and psychological services”

In lieu of really doing something about it.


7 posted on 05/18/2024 6:16:14 AM PDT by Dave911
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Are the Feds still tracking Christian Nationalists?


8 posted on 05/18/2024 6:44:39 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
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Isn’t diversity wonderful?


9 posted on 05/18/2024 7:01:39 AM PDT by ealgeone
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On a road trip a few years ago spent one night in Santa Cruz. Stopped there to see the train. Never again. Cool little town, and the train down the center of yr street by the pier was cool.
But nothing but bums and stoners. At night you couldn’t leave your room without getting accosted constant by stoned bums.


10 posted on 05/18/2024 7:04:28 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2024... RETURN OF THE JEDI. )
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The Banana Slugs always were an unsavory bunch of thugs.


11 posted on 05/18/2024 7:16:06 AM PDT by x
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So what? Americans are free to celebrate anyone’s birthday they want.

Poor taste? Stupid? Ignorant? Yep, but Americans get to be stupid, have poor taste and be ignorant.


12 posted on 05/18/2024 7:31:11 AM PDT by hanamizu ( )
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Today’s crop of students are ignorant of many things. They can not tell you in what year the war of 1812 was fought, nor can they tell you when WWII happened. The list of what they don’t know would fill a library. So I doubt the students even know who Hitler was, let alone his birthday.

Someone at the university is filling their empty heads with hate.


13 posted on 05/18/2024 7:53:45 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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Where his book remains popular its name translates as My Jihad.


14 posted on 05/18/2024 8:14:58 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Biden/Harris events are called dodo ops)
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One year ago UCSC official statement

April 30, 2023

This week, we received two separate reports of antisemitism and hate on and near our campus. The first reported incident took place on campus last Thursday, April 20. A group of students reportedly gathered to celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday. They sang happy birthday and ate cakes adorned with hateful and horrific symbols. The second reported incident took place in downtown Santa Cruz last Friday. A student found an antisemitic and anti-LGBTQIA+ flyer on their car’s windshield. The flyer included despicable and degrading claims about Jewish people and LGBTQIA+ people.

We unequivocally condemn these – and all – antisemitic and anti-LGBTQIA+ actions. They are at odds with our Principles of Community and, as such, will be addressed accordingly. The on-campus incident has been referred to student conduct for follow up and adjudication. Likewise, we are reaching out to Santa Cruz city officials to ask for their support and collaboration to address the concerning flyers reported downtown. These disturbing incidents follow a national trend of increased antisemitic rhetoric and violence. Whatever the purpose and wherever they take place, we reject any and all acts of antisemitism. Our Jewish community members and our LGBTQIA+ community members are an integral part of our Banana Slug family, and we stand with them against all such acts of hate.

White supremacy has no place at UC Santa Cruz. Nor does any action intended to degrade, dehumanize, or intimidate another based on identity. We will not tolerate such vitriol; nor will we abide the fear and terror it intends to inspire. United by our shared sense of humanity, we must strive to be a welcoming place for all people. Together, we must continue to reject all expressions of hate.

Incidents like this can be painful and cause increased worry, fear, and anger. We encourage our community to reach out for support. In addition to support services offered by staff in our colleges and resource centers, Counseling and Psychological Services provides assistance for students. For employees, the Employee Assistance Program can provide counseling and support. All community members are encouraged to report incidents of hate or bias.

In community,

Dr. Akirah Bradley-Armstrong, Ed.D.

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Success


15 posted on 05/18/2024 8:41:52 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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Don’t they know if they wanted to really annoy the management they should have celebrated Trump’s birthday instead? /s


16 posted on 05/18/2024 8:57:42 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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Antifa becomes pro-fascism overnight. Amazing


17 posted on 05/18/2024 9:20:11 AM PDT by realcleanguy (quickly things are falling apart, now that the )
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Of course leftists would celebrate a leftist.


18 posted on 05/18/2024 11:39:35 AM PDT by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING AMERICA, AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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Pretty soon now if your called Hitler or a Nazi it will be a compliment from a lefty looser!

AntTifa better watch their asses, if they are really ant-Nazi or anti-Hitler they will be in the crosshairs of their Fakestinian buddies!


19 posted on 05/18/2024 3:08:05 PM PDT by 5th MEB (1)
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WHY?

Do you think they should probably be tracking the new “National Socialist American Students Party”?


20 posted on 05/18/2024 3:12:38 PM PDT by 5th MEB (1)
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