University Of Washington GDIs Are Planning An Occupy Greek Row Event
On Saturday, May 30 at 8:00 PDT, a group of GDIs at the University of Washington are going to “occupy Greek Row” because they believe Greeks are bigots, gay haters, and fat shamers. Seems pretty sketchy to me. The troops are rallying in a Facebook event, and the description made me laugh.
Here is the description:
To the Rebels & Rejects of Society:
Greek Row has been a place where too many of us have been shut out of for too long. We have been told we are too fat, too dark skinned, not able-bodied and don’t fit the model.
The frats have repeatedly attacked us. Both physically and verbally, they have said black lives don’t matter, they have raped us and then called us sluts & liars, they have trashed trans people making fun of them at fashion shows, they have physically attacked black woman. They tell us it is not all- but it is too many. It is time they are held accountable for these actions.
On this night we will take over and claim space on Greek Row, we will give ourselves access to this space. On this night we will center black lives, queer lives and differently abled/ disabled lives, and we will check their privilege.
To make this space accessible as possible we ask that you are scent free
First off, every fraternity has fat dudes. They are often heralded members and the life of the party. We welcome them with really wide open arms, so that argument goes right out the window. That second paragraph seems a little far-fetched to me. I used to be an avid reader of fiction books as a kid, and this looks like one of them.
Read through the comments if you want a good laugh and a glimpse into the batshit crazy mind of UWash students. Here are just a few of the gems you’ll find in the comments:
Big ups to the dude questioning what self-respecting fraternity man would go to a fashion show. My guess is that these people didn’t see the failures that Occupy Wall Street had, but hey let them try their darndest to get under our skin with a little protest. It’s cute. Apparently, IFC and Panhellenic organizations are hosting an event in a response to this event where people can voice their concerns on Greek life.
They hate us ’cause they ain’t us..
[via Facebook]
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I think liberals are “differently abled” whatever the hell that means. It’s scary that there are people in America who are that retarded
10 years ago at 11:29 amThe worst thought experiment you can do is imagine somebody of average intelligence. Now you realize that half of all people are below that.
10 years ago at 11:54 amThis is laughable. There’s what, like ten kids left on campus this time of year anyways. So three “scented” hippies with a misplaced sense of indignation are gonna camp out on the sidewalk for the night? Boy, that’ll show all those Greeks!
10 years ago at 11:41 amUW still has a couple more weeks
10 years ago at 12:33 pmIt’s summer though. Not a lot of fraternity members are taking a summer semester.
10 years ago at 11:45 amHere is a few more screenshots from the event page that will give you all a laugh http://imgur.com/a/FSFJF
10 years ago at 11:47 amLost it at the second to last one. “Depends, who do you know here”
10 years ago at 12:22 pmAnd I thought spring rushees sucked, now summer?
10 years ago at 11:48 amIf I’m not mistaken, I don’t think UW’s semester/quarter ends till about mid June, so campus is still pretty full of people. I’m working out here for the summer and considering swinging by the local house to see what this all boils down on Saturday
10 years ago at 11:50 amWhenever I her anyone say “check [your] privilege.” I want to punch them in their fucking Commie mouths.
10 years ago at 11:54 amYou probably meant “commie” as an insult but it’s actually legitimately what these people are.As in,they’re the real thing. The article below was linked by someone on that page and if you read it, it’s pure Leninist communism- the entire “privilege” dogma is grounded into marxism… It’s what these people believe.
https://codylestelle.wordpress.com/2014/12/14/killyourinnerwhitey/
It’d be laughable if it weren’t for the horrifying fact that this movement seems to be growing in numbers.
10 years ago at 7:47 amFarmhouse will be there handing out bid cards.
10 years ago at 11:54 am“The frats have repeatedly attacked us. Both physically and verbally.” Coming from the people staging an event during which they are specifically going to where Greek students live in order to verbally berate them. The amount of hypocrisy is astounding.
10 years ago at 11:54 amThey’re just crying out for attention. If they do this, think about how many notes on tumblr they’ll get!
10 years ago at 4:38 pm“Let’s go protest against people we’ve never met and judge and discriminate against them as a whole because we think they judge and discriminate against us as a whole”
10 years ago at 4:50 pmSo they are going to occupy greek row when the almost all of the fraternity and sorority members are gone for the summer? Seems like a great way to reach as much of your target audience as possible.
10 years ago at 12:03 pmSpring quarter isn’t over until June
10 years ago at 1:05 pm