<p>A member of the Sarasota-Charlotte Progressive Caucus expressed concern over a new mascot that was recently adopted by the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/florida-college-overhauled-by-desantis-will-accept-standardized-exam-based-on-classical-education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New College of Florida&#8217;s</a> Board of Trustees — a cartoonish banyan tree that she claimed was racist.</p>
<p>The complaint came from Robin Williams, whom New College Board of Trustees member <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/christopher-rufo-god-bless-all-of-the-parents-and-activists-in-virginia-who-made-this-happen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Christopher Rufo</a> described as an &#8220;affluent white female liberal,&#8221; and alleged that the banyan tree in question had been &#8220;anthropomorphized to resemble an angry brown individual.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Local affluent white female liberal claims that the New College mascot, a banyan tree, &#8216;closely resemble[s] an angry, threatening brown individual.&#8217; Advice for white libs: if you see a tree and immediately think &#8216;looks like a scary minority to me,&#8217; you might be the racist,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-rufo-new-book-lays-out-road-map-for-returning-to-sanity-in-our-schools" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rufo</a> tweeted.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Local affluent white female liberal claims that the New College mascot, a banyan tree, &quot;closely resemble[s] an angry, threatening brown individual.&quot;</p>
<p>Advice for white libs: if you see a tree and immediately think &quot;looks like a scary minority to me,&quot; you might be the racist. <a href="https://t.co/mi2SuIXPc3">pic.twitter.com/mi2SuIXPc3</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) <a href="https://twitter.com/realchrisrufo/status/1670840671320809472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I love the new mascot, which was designed by a New College student and inspired by the massive banyan trees on campus,&#8221; Rufo added.</p>
<p>Christina Pushaw, rapid response director for Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; 2024 presidential campaign, agreed that the mascot was a good one — and someone else responded to her, comparing the &#8220;parasitic&#8221; banyan tree to the professors at the New College.</p>
<p>&#8220;Banyan trees are technically parasitic, much like liberal professors at New College,&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Banyan trees are technically parasitic, much like liberal professors at New College.</p>
<p>&mdash; Cryptid Politics (pro-DeSantis) 🇺🇸🐊 (@CryptidPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/CryptidPolitics/status/1670868410572341267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Educated people know what a banyan tree looks like, + that mascot looks like a banyan tree. Kids today, however, are indoctrinated experts in pronouns + social justice only, so they don’t know about banyan trees. They are consumed with race, racism, and hate. That’s all they see,&#8221; one tweet <a href="https://twitter.com/SexHarassed/status/1670868505174867968" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.</p>
<p>Others quickly made comparisons to the anthropomorphic tree-like characters — Ents – from J.R.R. Tolkien&#8217;s &#8220;Lord of the Rings.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like a Chad Ent from LOTR <a href="https://t.co/dkg5baDyEW">pic.twitter.com/dkg5baDyEW</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) <a href="https://twitter.com/primalpoly/status/1670880102983569408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;I hope they don’t watch LOTR &#8216;The Two Towers&#8217; … Treebeard will be mega triggering,&#8221; another account <a href="https://twitter.com/DunedainRanger9/status/1670842130166693901" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> in response.</p>
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