At UC Berkeley, a squirrel ran for student Senate and won — driving some people nuts
So a student ran a joke campaign for student senate and won. This is nothing new; it certainly worked for Trump and Obama. But this guy ran as a squirrel, wearing a squirrel costume, under the moniker “Furry Boi.” Some people are displeased at that, such as the editors of the Daily Californian, the campus newspaper:
Stop voting for unqualified ASUC candidates
It’s a shocking display of privilege to vote for a squirrel over candidates who have actual plans to help students who need it. Instead of electing qualified students who had real, tangible ideas — improving UCPD relations, boosting housing, bolstering sexual violence or mental health awareness — many of you (at least 538 strong) thought it might be a funny joke to have a man dressed up in a squirrel costume with no real platforms represent you at the administrative table.
A “shocking display of privilege.” Privilege. PRIVILEGE. The single word that, when used in earnest to disparage the other guy, most quickly says “ignore my opinion.” Anyway, the comments section is more full of sanity than the editorial, with nuggets of sanity such as: