http://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/03/15/what-are-you-waiting-for-wisconsin-professor-says-he-pines-to-go-live-and-die-in-gaza-n2394028
The proliferation of virtue signaling among the left has become so common, it is almost omnipresent. Don't like guns? Add a square orange cheese slice to your social media profile. Ukraine simps put the flag everywhere, or take it a step further and call themselves a 'NAFO fella.' People -- and this is not a joke, unfortunately -- recently took to having vigils and celebrations to support a mentally ill Air Force servicemember who committed suicide by setting himself on fire.
Sometimes people take the next step and promise to do things everyone knows they will never do, such as when celebrities vow to leave the country if a Republican wins the presidency (we wish they would just once follow through on that promise).
YES, leave already, you Hollyweirdos!
But virtue signaling took a step up today as a University of Wisconsin professor emotionally pined away on Twitter about how much he wanted to go live in Gaza ... and die with them.
Samer Alatout (@sameralatout) ~ I literally wish I were in Gaza. No exaggeration. Eat with them, travel with them, and die with them. The most honorable life/death I can think of. I don't think those on the other side understand!!!!
Yes, Samer ... we do understand. You are a dumbf**k and we wholeheartedly agree that American higher education could definitely do without your dumbf**kery. So, LEAVE already!
Samer Alatout is everything you would expect from a woke, leftist university professor. He has the academic credentials, even a PhD. He also teaches 'environmentalism and sustainability.' Because of course, he does. You want a real laugh? This is how he describes his research:
Towards a bio-territorial framework of power and government: This theoretical intervention critically engages the writings of Michel Foucault (benefiting from his contributions in biopolitics and relations of power in late modernity) and conventional state theory.
Environmental security/insecurity: In this project I critically engage the notion of national - and human -security, problematize their basic assumptions, and critically investigate the moves in recent decades to understand the environment from within different security narratives.
Oh, waiter? We'd like to send this word salad back. It has a horrible mouthfeel.
Of course, if Alatout is so intent to go and live with the Hamas terrorists in Gaza, Twitter was curious about what was holding him back.
Bleu Cheque ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} Then why are you here?
Rick “No One” Robinson (@RowdyRick73) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} So go! Virtue signaling your sympathy is retarded! If you really wanted to be there you would be. Not hand-wringing on X.
Well ... because ol' Samer is an ...
Texas Darlin' (@TexitDarling) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} Then give up your well-paid job at the university and emigrate to Gaza. Don’t just virtue signal about it on Twitter. ACT on your convictions. TALK IS CHEAP.
M D Campbell (@MCampbell1041) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} See ya, have a good trip, be sure to write.
Write? Nah ... really, Samer ... there's ...
Thug Life Shades (@FreedomFlash10) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} What's stopping you? I'm sure you'll be on a plane headed there any day now.
A gentle reminder to Professor Alatout that there is no lock on the exit door to the United States.
(((Aaron Walker))) (@AaronWorthing) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} You can’t afford a plane ticket?
Heck, don't let that be an excuse. Many on Twitter were happy to donate to the cause.
Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} The generous folks of Twitter could have your Gaza trip GoFundMe covered in a matter of minutes ... only catch, you have to wear a GoPro camera at all times. Just say the word & wish granted.
Stevie J. West (@StevieWestAgain) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} Head on out. I'll buy you a plane ticket.
Magills (@magills_) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} I will Venmo you the exact amount needed for the trip. One-way ticket only.
Max (@MaxNordau) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} I’ll donate to your GoFundMe, but you have to promise to stay.
Never let it be said that Twitter doesn't step up to the plate when the need arises. Some even offered to help the good professor with making his travel arrangements.
Charlie Kilo (@charliekilo552) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} I've got great news for you! You leave first thing Monday morning!
Maccabi Lev-Ari (@Maccabi226km) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} Your wish is my command.
Awww. They even spelled his name correctly on the ticket.
Cardinal Curmudgeon (@Gimblin) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} * looks around * Yeah, everyone seems good with that, Chief. Need a ride to the airport?
No charge.
Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout}
It's fairly easy
Fly to Cairo Egypt
Rent a car
Et voilà
Wow. We never knew there were so many great travel agents on Twitter. This is good to know.
Of course, Alatout does not mean what he says. If he did, he wouldn't have tweeted about it, he would have just done it. But it's far easier to virtue signal from the safe confines of the United States than actually live the principles you pretend to have.
But we still appreciate it. Because it's good for many laughs.
ryuge (@0ryuge) ~ ♬ "I wish I was in the land of rotten,
Jihad there is not forgotten;
Look away! Look away! Look away! Gaza Land.
I wish I was in Gaza, hooray! hooray!
In Gaza Land I’ll take my stand to live & die in Gaza ... ♬
Say, that's a catchy tune.
Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} This is the most hilarious tweet I’ve ever seen and I’m on Twitter a lot. You are so butch.
We would even go so far as to call him stunning and brave.
Corporal Punishment (@CplPunishment_) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} You can buy a herd of goats to live with and get the same experience.
Eeep. Hey, he said it, we didn't.
That's what zzshart does.
Vincent Charles: Roi De Tout (Ret.) (@YesThatVCharles) ~ {Replying to @sameralatout} * looks at watch * You still here?
You can stop looking at your watch now. He will never leave.
None of the left will ever do any of the things they virtue signal about. It's why they're so easy to make fun of.
But we're happy to set up that GoFundMe whenever Alatout just wants to give us the thumbs up. The only condition is, we won't pay for round-trip.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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