University of Florida moves to deactivate College Republicans after report of antisemitic behavior
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/03/16/university-of-florida-moves-to-deactivate-college-republicans-after-report-of-antisemitic-behavior/?share=etrnipiliv0ovs3esdvr
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TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 55 pts · 140d
Hmmm I wonder which "antisemitic guesture" the college-aged Republican club was caught performing?
Wild how that keeps happening!
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
They were saluting Rome, as one commonly does.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
This is the same party that loves to try to pin the KKK on today's Democratic Party. That loves to gaslight about how they aren't really full of racists and xenophobes.
And yet.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 140d
Let me guess:
Showing support for Palestine?
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 28 pts · 140d
That's what you thought? It's a Republican college club in Florida, it ain't Columbia University, those shit heels were doing Hitler salutes, no doubt.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 4 pts · 140d
Oh I thought it was antisemitic behavior that the University of Florida disapproves of.
I thought heil hitlers were mandatory there.
Oyml77@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
I graduated from UF in 2000. I was not a nazi, much less even close to being a conservative, and nor were any of the people I associated with during my time there, but I guess enjoy your stereotypes of what everyone in Florida is like.
devolution@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
I graduated from UF in 2004. Thing about Gainesville is that there is the college side, and then there is the rest of Gainesville, which is still stuck in the 1940's.
Oyml77@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
Yeah, no doubt. Gainesville would be like all the other little nothing north Florida towns if not for the university.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 2 pts · 139d
Do you currently live in Florida?
Oyml77@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
I do, but mostly because most of my family is here. I live in a very red area and I can't stand most of the people around me, but running away from it isn't going to help change it.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 1 pts · 139d
There's a lot of good about it and just like Texas it's more of a purple state than a red one.
I didn't mean to lump absolutely everyone together with my stereotypes but Ron DeSantis is not helping with that either.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
They probably were, but I doubt that's what got them in trouble. Musk did it live on stage in front of millions and it didn't even slow him down.
TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 139d
I think it did really impact people's perception of him and his brands, but even outside of that, he's rich. It's easier to get away with absolutely anything if you're wealthy.
GutterRat42@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 140d
Didn't a chapter in Maryland invite Jared Taylor to their campus? What the hell is wrong with these kids
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 139d
They’re nazis.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
It turns out that the Republican Party is full of Republicans.
devolution@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 139d
Calling blacks the N word isn't enough. Calling women the b word isn't enough. Calling gays the f and d words isn't enough. But offend Jews???
Ban. 🙃
silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 139d
Probably because the Republicans have been trying to use antisemitism as a cudgel to attack the left, so this makes them look bad right now
Insekticus@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 139d
It's ironic because the extreme majority of their voters base hate Jews too, and call them words starting with K.
TwilitSky@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 140d
These people can't even pretend to be about civics and this the club should not exist.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
I look forward to these assholes complaining about how they are being censored for conservative speech.
It's weird because they never are actually in hot water over speaking about the supposed "conservative values" they pretend are so important. No one comes down on them for talking about small government or fiscal responsibility. It's so weird that they are always engaging in all this hateful stuff. Must be some kind of coincidence. I'm sure it has nothing at all to do with what they really value.
TwilitSky@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 139d
I do kind of feel for actual conservatives who actually believe in those values, though. Must be a really bad time.
CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 139d
I suppose so. They could probably switch over to Libertarian Party - which also has a racism problem, it turns out, but maybe not as much as the Republican Party.
As it is, the conservative movement is so chock full of people that basically want a dictator with no checks and balances and that centers businesses and businessmen. The racism and the xtian theocratic nonsense got paired up with that because honestly, how many people are going to sign up to a party that funnels even more money upwards and gives businesses even more influence? As long as this is still a democracy, you have to gin up some voters...
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 139d
Wow, MAGAs will turn on their own to defend Israel, but won't go after pedophiles in their ranks.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d
Pedo Party gonna step in and save racist/sexist frat.
VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online · 4 pts · 140d
Another one?
TomMasz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
What definition of "antisemitic" applies here?
rainwall@piefed.social · 9 pts · 140d
Its the GOP doing it, so the actual one.
Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 139d
Sounds like the parent org took action. UF didn’t seem to do anything according to the article.
Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 139d
So are they gonna be expelled and have their academic lives ruined like the Gaza protesters who weren’t even antisemitic in most cases?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 139d
Nah, they’re being deactivated, didn’t you read the headline?
BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 1 pts · 139d
Antisemetic behavior? You mean they were Advocating for NOT Bombing Schools and Murdering Children? How DARE those Anti Semites do THAT! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER!
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 139d
No, these ones were actual Nazis