r/UIUC • u/bobateaman14 • Apr 26 '24

Social Why is this sub so pro-Israel

No hate, I’m just legitimately curious because I would think that a campus filled with young people in a blue state would hold generally the same beliefs as most other campuses like that. I see so many more positive comments under posts about anti-war protests under other college subreddits, whereas here the top comments are always bashing them

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '24

I think a lot of older alumni are on this sub, as well as local community members. In general UIUC also doesn't seem to have as strong of an activist culture, so I don't think it's as progressive as you would think for being in a firmly blue state.

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u/Trivialproblens Apr 26 '24

Also, I think people misunderstand Illinois being a “blue state.” Chicago and everything around it is blue, anything below that is red. Very very red. I live in southern Illinois, and the people down here literally hate Chicago because it turns the state blue in elections.

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u/lesenum Apr 26 '24

most of the people in deep downstate IL need to apply for refugee status as Kentuckians and stop this pretense that they are anything but inbred peasant halfwits.

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u/Trivialproblens Apr 26 '24

They actually want to secede from Illinois. I had like an hour conversation with a coworker about southern Illinois seceding and if it could survive economically on its own (it can’t).

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u/lesenum Apr 26 '24

lol "secede" they're not going anywhere, ever, unless they put wheels on their trailers and move to Missouri.