Trump 2016 in chalk causes pain and terror?

Chalk on the ground written near the student services center that houses black and Latino student organizations is somewhat different than chalk on another, random part of campus.

If you read the entire article, as I did, you read that this is just the latest in a string of incidents that have caused students of color to feel unsafe or unwanted at Emory. Notice that no one suggested that students should not be able to campaign or vote for Trump, or that his name should be banned from campus. The university states that this kind of free speech is protected by campus policy and no one disagrees. If there has, however, been a history of speech that creates a hostile environment for black and Latino students, they deserve to have their voices heard about that.

I'm honestly not sure why this is news, but saying that other students voicing their opinion might cause you to vote for Trump if you weren't previously going to ... I don't understand that at all.

From my perspective, it seems like a lot of Trump supporters have decided to do exactly what they're accusing these college students of doing ... playing the victim card when no one and nothing has actually threatened them.

From the Snopes article:

No, they did not say that students overreacted.  What it did describe was an overreaction by the media.


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No, they did not say that students overreacted.  What it did describe was an overreaction by the media.


While it was true that several dozen Emory University students protested in response to the Trump chalk scrawlings, we were unable to substantiate that anyone (student or administrator) offered emergency counseling, or, indeed, counseling or any sort. Neither did anyone seek counseling that we could see, and no students complained "safe spaces" were violated (though at least one said they felt "unsafe"). The Emory University media brouhaha was one of several distorted claims of rampant political correctness on college campuses and elsewhere, with several (embellished) details repeated by major outlets such as the Daily Mail, Mediaite, and the Washington Post. Just a few weeks before the Emory controversy, several web sites inaccurately claimed students were offered counseling over the presence of mini sombreros at a party. Another viral Facebook post claimed Captain America was deemed offensive and banned; a Brooklyn principal was falsely accused of banning the Pledge of Allegiance, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; and another faux outrage popped up over a satirical poster claiming popular Halloween costumes were not politically correct and kids wearing them would be denied candy. In nearly all such claims, details of the actual controversy were obfuscated by embellished elements framing students or schools as overly sensitive. While it was true some students of color expressed that the large number of Trump chalkings made them uneasy, most simply gathered to express their political distaste for the presidential candidate and his platforms on issues of race and religion. On 25 March 2016, Emory protest organizer Jonathan Peraza contacted us and linked to a 24 March 2016 statement about the controversy issued by involved students on campus:

Subsequent media reports have tried to frame this case as one about “coddled” and “oversensitive” students; however, LET US BE CLEAR: We are not scared of the chalk. We are not mad about being politically challenged. We are rightfully angry because we also exercise our first amendment right to freedom of speech and there are people on this campus, and in this country, who as a result choose to threaten us and twist the truth to protect their own bigotry. Firstly, we are not asking that these students censor their politics, nor are we asking that administration chooses to intervene in student politics. Rather, what we are asking for is equality and equity -- we want a streamlined, consistent method of communication to deal with instances of unrest on Emory's campus. This means race, color and economic status should not determine whether or not the University needs to be prompted to send out a response of acknowledgement of events. Secondly, we ask the Emory University Student Body and individuals nationally to fight for our right of freedom of speech the way they have for Trump supporters.

Sorry about that.  The above is quotes from Snopes.  

I think people don't think for themselves anymore, that they get caught up in the protest without knowing what they are protesting, that the lack substance in their arguments and opinions. No one checks facts, researches, does their homework anymore, they just latch onto whatever is "trending" at the moment.

It scares me because the young adults react in trends, just flit around, live in the moment. These will be the same who make decisions/elect our leaders when I get old .