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April 06, 2005
Selfish Protesters - Toss Em an Email
Via Michelle Malkin, see this disgusting story about protesters interrupting a university career fair.
Santa Cruz junior Jonathan Perez dressed in a suit and tie Tuesday, hoping to impress company recruiters at the campus job fair. But more than 200 student anti-war protesters got there first, storming the Stevenson Event Center, shouting and banging on windows and demanding that military recruiters in the corner of the room leave. … UCSC administrators stepped up security at the job fair, hoping to avert a confrontation. Students had to present identification at the door and reporters asking to enter were screened.That didn’t stop the student protesters. About 75 of them pushed their way in, carrying signs and a banner that said "Military Off Our Campus." They chanted, "Racist, Sexist, Anti-Gay. Hey, recruiters, go away."
Campus police and firefighters blocked the doors, keeping more than 100 students outside. They kept up a drumbeat of protest, and inside it was hard to hear over the din.
I simply cannot express how absolutely disgusting I find this behavior. If they want to protest the military, fine. I don’t agree with them, but that’s their right (one that the military protects.) But to disrupt thousands of students looking for jobs and 60 companies looking for employees is indicative of the horrible hypocritical selfishness of so many of these protesters. I’d imagine if you asked them, they would tell you about how terribly the economy is doing under Bush and how it’s impossible for anyone to find a job – and yet they think it’s OK to add to that problem. I can’t even find the words…
It reminds me of an incident where I was sitting in a restaurant with my husband listening to the conversation of 3-4 college age kids sitting near us. They were talking about how “cool” anarchy was and telling stories about stuff anarchists did. I don’t really know much about anarchists and the tactics they use so I don’t know if their stories were indicative, but if they were, anarchists sure are idiots. They weren’t talking about disrupting the government, they were talking about disrupting the everyday lives of normal people, like staging a protest in front of a movie theater or a grocery store. I’m sure they think that kind of stuff is a-OK because they’re “just doing what needs to be done to get people’s attention.” I think they’re a bunch of selfish immature a**holes.
But what’s even worse than that is this:
The noisy sit-in ended after an hour of chaos and tension when military representatives vacated their posts. … UCSC Police Capt. Nancy Carroll and other officers appeared in riot gear wearing protective helmets, but administrators sought a peaceful resolution, negotiating with protest leaders Nils McCune and Josh Sonnenfeld. … Student protesters hugged each other happily after administrators allowed them to hand out information on alternatives to military careers and agreed to a meeting to discuss future job fairs.
Yeah, that’s right. The administration folded. Great job UCSC. Let’s teach them that their terror tactics work.
The article says the leaders of the group were Nils McCune and Josh Sonnenfeld. A web search on the latter shows that he organized a walkout at Santa Cruz High in response to the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Apparently he is a member of the Santa Cruz Resource Center for Nonviolence. What an ironic name, considering the behavior of his group. The group can be contacted at counterrecruitment@yahoo.com. (If you email, please don't swear or rant or threaten. Don't stoop to their level.)
Posted by illuminaria at April 6, 2005 01:28 PM
Comments
OH, delicious irony. Did it ever occur to them that, while anyone who is interested in joining the military will have no trouble finding a recruiter (TV, print ads with 800 numbers abound) who is eager to help them start a career, the private employers whose recruiting they disrupted might not be so accessible outside the context of the fair, and thus, their activities might make it HARDER for someone to find an alternative to a military career?
Posted by: dweeb at April 7, 2005 12:50 PM
"...protest leaders Nils McCune and Josh Sonnenfeld..."
Remember those names, all you readers who are in a position to HIRE! And pass along the 'recommendation'.
Posted by: Glenmore at April 7, 2005 06:34 PM
Real anarchists commited real (and really stupid) acts of political significance: people like Leon Czolgosz got electrocuted for their acts (in his case, killing McKinley). Groups like Narodnaya Volya killed Tsar Alexander II.
Real anarchists were violent, dangerous, and deluded. These posers are like the Commie wannabes, wearing Che shirts, who would have been among the first people Che put up against the wall.
Posted by: John at April 13, 2005 07:13 AM