The water has gotten a bit choppier for pro-Hamas supporters on college campuses. On Friday, the President of Pomona College in California threw down the gauntlet, having an entire mob of “protesters” arrested for trespassing in an administrative building. She then summarily suspended them all and banned the non-students from campus. It was an incredible turn of events to finally see some consequences being doled out.
Believe it or not, though, that may not be the most satisfying example of Hamas supporters getting what they deserve over the last few days. Meet Jack Petocz, who is now no longer a student at Vanderbilt University after being expelled for a “protest” that occurred in late March. He has put out a thread on the matter, and you’re going to need a cigarette after reading this one. I mean that rhetorically, of course. Smoking is bad for you.
The overblown sense of self-importance that these activists have is unintentionally hilarious. How is shouting at people on an American college campus “fighting for Palestine?” These people aren’t accomplishing anything. They aren’t helping anyone. They are seeking attention because they lack any real purpose in their lives. Petocz is a text-book case given he once proudly announced online that he was quitting his job at Publix because the grocery store chain wouldn’t denounce Ron DeSantis.
So what did he get expelled for? According to Petocz, he was just staging a peaceful “sit-in.” The truth is a bit more complicated.
I’m sorry, but I can’t help but laugh out loud at the level of entitlement being displayed by this absolute beta. He illegally trespasses to stage a “sit-in,” and then he expects the school to feed him, give him water, give him access to a restroom, and provide him with medical care. I mean, come on. Is he serious? The scary part is that he is. This is the modern left, and its adherents have no concept of the real world. It’s all liberal arts classes and self-aggrandizement for these people while expecting to pay zero consequences for their actions.
Naturally, the real story is not the one Petocz is telling. Of the four people who were arrested, one being Petocz, three of them were charged with assault for pushing police officers and staff members. A fourth was charged with vandalism for breaking a window in an attempt to enter the building.
As mentioned in his thread, Petocz was one of the students who were eventually expelled.
Who knew that “free speech” consisted of breaking and entering while assaulting the authorities? What Petocz describes as “compassion and love” is just criminality wrapped in high ideals. He doesn’t have a right to stage a “sit-in” in the chancellor’s office, and he doesn’t have a right to break the law in the process. Temper tantrums are for children, and Petocz appears to have the emotional maturity of your average 12-year-old.
I haven’t gotten to the best part yet, though, at least in my view.
Shouldn’t he have come to Vanderbilt to, I don’t know, get a degree? This idea that college is supposed to do anything but provide tangible life skills is absurd.
Regardless, do you want to know where Petocz is from? He’s from a wealthy suburb in Northeast Florida. That is not the “Deep South,” and his lack of real-world experience is made obvious by the description he provides. I’ve spent most of my years in the actual Deep South, and I can assure you that you’re far more likely to be drowned in hospitality than “rampant bigotry and institutional repression.” Having lived in both the Deep South and a Northeast urban enclave, there is far more integration and normality among various demographics in the former than in the latter.
Petocz is cosplaying. He’s dressing up as a revolutionary fighting against injustice when he’s really just a spoiled brat who thinks he can harass and bully his way through life. That means he’s just going to keep flailing and throwing a fit.
I’m pretty sure Vanderbilt has already made its choice. That choice was expelling this clown, and the university should stand by it. If Petocz wanted to continue his education, he should have gone to class and shut his mouth instead of committing criminal acts in support of terrorists on the other side of the world. Finally, actions are starting to have consequences.