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It's Time to Lay Down the Law on These Pro-Hamas Punks on College Campuses

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There is a precedent you set when you don't lay down the law. In 2020, parts of Seattle were seized by armed mobs, creating the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or "CHAZ" zone, which lasted almost a month. Then-Mayor Jenny Durkan enabled the mayhem, calling for a summer of love. Does anyone remember this craziness? Inside was an unholy amalgam of Mogadishu's Bakaara Market and "Mad Max." Now, the pro-Hamas clowns revolting on college campuses nationwide are establishing their own CHAZ zones, and no one seems keen on busting them up. 

The camps have led to graduations being canceled, Jewish students being assaulted and harassed, and a general deterioration in public safety, which has led to classes being designated to remote learning for the rest of the semester. In California, the State Polytechnic University, Humboldt in Arcata, had a January 6 moment when these pro-terrorist scum seized a building. The ensuing chaos shut down that campus for the rest of the semester. 

Lawlessness cannot be tolerated; neither can vicious antisemitism that's created an atmosphere similar to that of Nazi Germany. These people share the same goal when it comes to Jewish people; they just don different uniforms. The perverted ideology of intersectionality provides cover, as these pro-Hamas acolytes see this as a white versus brown, oppressed versus oppressor narrative. 

The evidence that this was never about Gaza, but the destruction of Israel, Jews, and the United States could fill the Marianas Trench. It's also become a spectacle for half-wits to get their 15 minutes of fame. What are they protesting? Some don't know but want to be part of the chaotic rave. Liberals love to play the ignorance card with conservatives in a debate to highlight the superiority of their values that never existed. Feelings do not replace facts—and the fact is that left-wing ignorance has created legions of antisemites who chillingly have a lot in common with Henrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, and Reinhard Heydrich. 

The language is sanitized, but the methods and the intent could be gleaned from the minutes of the Wannsee Conference. Throw in a dash of radical Islamic gibberish, and you have what everyone at these camps is inhaling 24/7. It must stop. 

The administrations of these schools that have these terror havens should allow police and campus security to dismantle the encampments, make arrests, and deploy any methods necessary to restore order. Break out the rubber bullets, tear gas, canine units, and high-pressured water hoses to bust up the terrorist scumbags who groups like al-Qaeda, Hamas for the time it has left, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps hope to recruit someday. They have Internet access, too. 

I would have the National Guard and tanks rolling through these campuses if I were king. And these kids wouldn't be suspended or expelled. They'd be detained for intense interrogations to discern if any terrorist operatives have been in contact with them. I've had it—let loose the iron fist and beat these kids into submission. Enemies of the state must be dealt with brutally, not with compassion or understanding. 

These pro-Hamas scumbags we see daily creating mayhem on college campuses are all 9/11 hijackers in waiting. We must treat them as such.