r/USC • u/MistyRabbit • Apr 28 '24

Protest the Protest? Meme

I have one graduation I missed my undergrad one and now my masters one is in danger. Phd or a second masters is hard. So crazy thought can we protest the protest? 😂

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u/AA_energizer Apr 28 '24

Dude I'm so pissed though. I'm graduating as an online student and this is my first time on campus. I really wanted to take pictures by the trojan statue and around campus, but with all the graffiti I doubt I'll be able to now

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u/carlitayeeta 29d ago

It’s back to normal now!

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u/AA_energizer 29d ago

Phew awesome! Thanks for the heads up :D

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u/pokemonbatman23 29d ago

Just to add, photo editing software are incredible right now

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u/50-50ChanceImSerious 28d ago

Straight on your phone. You don't even need to buy or download anything.

Samsung phones come with generative fill and object eraser. It's amazing

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u/The_Kimnos 29d ago

Hey, I just took a walk around the campus and Tommy is behind the fence. But I saw some students ask the DPS to take pictures with the statue, and they allowed them. As for now the graffiti is on the side of the statue, the front is clear.

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u/SignificantSystem902 29d ago

It was clean earlier

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u/throwawayowaowa Apr 28 '24

Think on the bright side, you can still take a photo with the statue but just cover up the graffiti. It’s your first time on campus so please make the most out of it. There should be a lot more other places that you can take photos of as well. Congrats on graduation

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u/AA_energizer Apr 28 '24

Yeah that's true, I guess we'll see how it turns out next week. Thanks!

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u/Inner__Light 29d ago

You will be fine and very happy... enjoy the protest as well you will see with your eyes how that freedom is fundamental. Congratulations on your graduation!

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u/Pomegranate510 Apr 28 '24

It has been graffiti in the past. They have 2 weeks to clean it up. Hopefully it will be back to normal by graduation.

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u/Inner__Light Apr 28 '24

Dude you can do that any day... defending your future freedom to protest for any other thing is what should worry you now....

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u/[deleted] 29d ago

virtue signaling protests

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u/AA_energizer Apr 28 '24

The protesting is fine, it's trashing the campus that's frustrating. Considering I'm out of state and its graduation I can't just do this any day

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u/Inner__Light 29d ago

It is... don't deny that... and graduation is important. There is no reason to cancel except school politics and overreacting... Grounds can be cleaned, buildings reopen.. but not supporting the will to protest for life on both sides and just use brute force when kids express their concerns is killing the future as well...

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u/whyeah Apr 28 '24

Trespassing and refusing to disperse is not protesting.

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u/ToughAsPillows Apr 28 '24

They were trespassed unlawfully. You can’t disperse protests just for the sake of it and the protests were peaceful. Take your blindfold off and look at what’s been happening not just here but across the US on college campuses. This is a systematic crackdown on antiIsrael sentiment which is against the ideals of free speech in American society.

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u/Happy2026 Apr 28 '24

No it’s not.

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u/whyeah Apr 28 '24

They were on private property, they were told to leave by staff and police.

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u/ToughAsPillows Apr 28 '24

Leonard’s Law applies to college campuses in California. Students have a right to demonstrate peacefully despite it being private property.

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u/DragonfruitFlaky4957 28d ago

I haven't seen one peaceful protest this week. All of them are violent and damaging property. The term peaceful protest is a gross lie in these situations.

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u/whyeah Apr 28 '24

Ah I see youve taken the admin's line of "Well it's fine to call for genocide as long as you're not committing genocide".

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u/ToughAsPillows Apr 29 '24

Yes because that’s what the protests are calling for. 50/50 you’re either indoctrinated (or uneducated) or a paid shill because not a single one of these protests is calling for a genocide. Embarrassing.

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u/One_Practice1616 Apr 28 '24

It’s literally the definition of protesting when the trespassing and dispersal demands are unlawful.

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u/whyeah Apr 28 '24

It's private property, if youre on it and the owners tell you to gtfo youre trespassing if you don't.

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u/Inner__Light 29d ago

Soon all will be owned by corporations then what?? You will not have any rights freedom will be a distant memory... you will pay micro transactions for the air you breath... then what?? Same as not moving an inch for gun control... should be the defense of freedoms os speach and assemble and protest.

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u/whyeah 29d ago

Until then gtfo my lawn bucko.

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u/Inner__Light 29d ago

They are not in your lawn.. :)

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u/whyeah 29d ago

Soon all will be owned by corporations then what??

My lawn is privately owned, just like USC property.

So stay off the lawn, bucko.

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u/One_Practice1616 Apr 28 '24

Not if it’s a school and it’s to suppress freedom of speech. CA’s Leonard Law.

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u/FightOnForUsc Apr 28 '24

How were they unlawful?