Many People Are Saying (6/21/24)

Weekly Texas rumors, gossip, and projects we're working on.

Welcome to “Many People Are Saying,” our once a week paid-subscriber article where we feature rumors we’re hearing, inside gossip in the political world, and projects and pieces we’re working on that we haven’t published yet.

This week:

• UNT staff engages in protests against university students.

• George P Bush’s old campaign website is now a gambling info page!?

• A Democrat threatens suit against Brent Hagenbuch.

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UNT Staff Engages in Protests Against University Students

In 2022 Kelly Neidert, the former president of Young Conservatives of Texas at UNT, hosted an event with Jeff Younger as a speaker. The event was met with excessive amounts of death threats and violence against Neidert. She even had her home address doxxed.

The President of UNT eventually released a statement condemning the behavior, a bit late of course.

We have always been a passionate community that stands up for our ideals, but last night’s behavior by some individuals is not reflective of the UNT I know and love. - UNT President Neal Smartresk

It would seem that the school is again sitting idle while event organizers face attacks by fellow students and even faculty.

In April, UNT Hillel, a Jewish campus organization, hosted a Q&A event with Israel Defense Forces members. In response a pro-Palestinian group organized a protest where both students and professors were involved.

NTDaily:

During the Q&A, around 200 protesters, including students, university professors and participants not affiliated with the university attended the rally on the Library Mall.

Chants called by the protestors included “There is only one solution, intifada revolution,” “Gaza, Gaza don’t you cry, Palestine will never die,” and “Say it loud, say it clear, we don’t want war criminals here.”

One professor commented:

“I am here as a UNT professor to condemn my employer with every fiber in my being for hosting this celebration of a genocidal apartheid regime,” Armintor said.

Sophia Zinn, a student leader with UNT Hillel, faced targeting messaging by students at the direction of UNT professors.

In an email to Zinn, a UNT student explained that her professor instructed her to send her critical essay about Zinn's event directly to Zinn and her organization.

The student continues to engage with Zinn, using all caps and emojis which seems incredibly appropriate for a college student sending emails on direction from her professor.

The student then complains about the engagement and notifies Zinn that she has “reported” her for “hostility and harassment” which is ironic considering the student initiated the conversation.

Zinn has informed us that she faced additional threats of violence on YikYak, a social media platform that allows anonymous posting by students.

The school has responded by saying they have determined that there has been no violation of the Code of Student Conduct.