Despite media reports from across the country, it seems some Gen-Zers still love America.
On Wednesday a group of male fraternity students at the University of North Carolina defended a large American flag as pro-Hamas protesters sought to rip it down.
The students surrounded the flag to protect it and even held it up to prevent it from touching the ground.
The men acted because the radicals had succeeded in an earlier incident. A gang of Gaza Camp protesters ripped down the flag and hoisted a Palestine flag.
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UNC Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts personally went to the flagpole with a police escort and put the U.S. flag back up.
UNC student Guillermo Estrada posted about the standoff.
“Chancellor Roberts came with police officers to hang the flag once again. They were met with profanity, middle fingers, thrown bottles, rocks, and water," he posted.
https://twitter.com/estradguillermo/status/1785431824660873451
As Roberts returned to the quad to put up the flag, chants of ‘USA, USA, USA!’ were made by students at the scene.
“The flag represents all of us. Take that flag, and put up another flag, no matter what other flag it is. That's antithetical to who we are and what this university stands for [and] what we have done for 229 years," Roberts said while hanging the American flag again.
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Estrada noted in his post, "When the flag was raised once again, the Greek community began singing the National anthem. As the Chancellor left, the quad erupted into chaos as protestors began removing the flag once again, preparing to destroy it."
At that point, the pro-America protesters, including Estrada, defended the flag.
“People began throwing water bottles at us, rocks, sticks, calling us profane names. We stood for an hour defending the flag so many fight to protect," he added in his post.
“My parents started a new life in the United States, a country that has helped them flourish and raise two kids. I grew up in a Military community and saw first hand the sacrifices they make. I will not stand for the disrespect these ‘protestors’ cause for the sake of another country.”
UNC eventually installed barriers around the flag.
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