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Paladin

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7. Pay attention, college administrators!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Jun 1, 2025, 03:27 PM

Jun 2025

The one thing you do NOT want to do is roll over for trump. Learn something from Big Law. trump is good at threats and scare tactics, but standing up to him reduces him to the negligible chickenshit that he really is. That Yale Law prof put it beautifully: "This is a moment for courage, not capitulation." Those words would look good on a whole bunch of coast-to-coast protest signs, come June 14.

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Pay attention, college administrators! Paladin Jun 2025 #7