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Podcast: American Viewpoints
Episode: Diagnosing (Sort Of) The Anti-American, Pro-Hamas Kid Protesters
Description: What's oikophobia and is it spreading on college campuses around the country?
As criminologist and former sheriff Dr Currie Myers explains, it's a loathing of your home and culture. To answer the second question; it seems like there's a spread of it going around these days. The symptoms may include fighting with police, wearing masks to hide identity, chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans, trespassing, blocking streets, and property damage. The cure is more fundamental and more complicated. Some of the solution lies in the foundations built into young people's lives.
Dr. Myers discusses that in this segment.
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