{"id":65592,"date":"2026-09-28T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65592"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T18:51:43","slug":"the-need-to-educate-our-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=65592","title":{"rendered":"The Need To Educate Our Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/27\/us-news\/crowd-sings-from-the-river-to-the-sea-at-aoc-event-promoting-dems-ahead-of-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> posted an article about a recent Democrat event called \u201cStudents vs. Billionaires\u201d town hall in downtown Ithaca Sunday. Obviously, &#8216;students vs. billionaires&#8217; is the kind of class warfare used by Marxists to push their agenda.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Cornell University\u2019s lefty crowd gave Democratic Socialist superstar Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a warm, hate-filled welcome by <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/25\/us-news\/hasan-piker-joins-in-anti-israel-chant-of-from-the-river-to-the-sea-at-cornell-university-event\/\">singing anti-Israel chants<\/a> at a campaign event meant to gin up support for Democrats ahead of the midterms Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>While warming up the standing-room-only crowd of roughly 2,000 people gathered for the congresswoman\u2019s \u201cStudents vs. Billionaires\u201d town hall in downtown Ithaca Sunday, Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America co-chairs Mina Petrova and Zoe Reisman led the crowd singing \u201cfrom the river to the sea\u201d and declaring \u201clong live the student intifada.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are a few problems here. First of all, do the students understand that &#8216;from the river to the sea&#8217; is a call for genocide of Jews? Secondly, do the students understand that an intifada is a holy war? Thirdly, do the Young Democratic Socialists know that after the communists helped elect the Mullahs in Iran, the Mullahs had all of the communists killed because they weren&#8217;t Muslim and they were a threat to the power of the Mullahs? Do they understand how Sharia Law treats women? Do they understand how Sharia Law treats homosexuality?<\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The chant \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d however, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/17\/us-news\/house-passes-resolution-condemning-from-the-river-to-the-sea-as-antisemitic\/\">was overwhelmingly ruled to be antisemitic<\/a> by the US House of Representatives. Critics say the motto, which refers to the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, is a call for the eradication of Israel and its people.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Ocasio-Cortez voted against the 2024 resolution declaring the phrase to be hateful.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The Bronx-Queens congresswoman, who rose to stardom by shockingly defeating Queens Democratic boss Joe Crowley during Democrats\u2019 last midterm surge in 2018, was planning on appearing with Gov. Kathy Hochul earlier Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>A spokesperson for the Governor\u2019s office said Hochul <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/24\/us-news\/aoc-testing-the-waters-for-possible-2028-run-as-she-launches-upstate-ny-tour-before-midterm-elections\/\">backed out of a planned appearance<\/a> with Ocasio-Cortez earlier in the day in Ithaca.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Her office said the cancellation <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/27\/us-news\/round-2-of-nycs-noreaster-leaves-surreal-scenes\/\">was due to the nor\u2019easter hitting New York City<\/a>, though Hochul did not have any public events Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I think Governor Hochul was smart to stay away. Our college students need to learn history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, The New York Post posted an article about a recent Democrat event called \u201cStudents vs. Billionaires\u201d town hall in downtown Ithaca Sunday. 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