Dave Portnoy Sends Antisemitic Bar Patrons to Auschwitz

In an era where corporate cowards cave to woke mobs and universities turn a blind eye to antisemitism, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy just showed what real leadership looks like. After a vile stunt at one of his Philadelphia bars involving a sign that read “F*** the Jews,” Portnoy could have gone scorched earth. Instead, he chose something more impactful a trip to Auschwitz.

Yes, you read that right.

Rather than simply canceling the young adults responsible for the disgusting display, Portnoy has arranged for them to visit Holocaust concentration camps in Europe. He made the announcement during a follow-up to his “emergency press conference,” where his fury over the incident was palpable. But after cooling down, Portnoy delivered a measured yet powerful decision.

“These are young f***ing morons who did this. They’re drunk,” he said, acknowledging the ignorance of the perpetrators while making clear the behavior was unacceptable. “I’m sending these kids to Auschwitz. They’ve agreed to go.”

This move flies in the face of today’s cancel-first, ask-questions-never culture. While major media outlets and Democrat-friendly institutions love to silence and shame, Portnoy took a path that actually aims to correct and educate an approach sorely lacking from today’s so-called leadership class.

Portnoy, who is Jewish himself, highlighted how antisemitism is no longer a fringe issue but a festering mainstream problem:

• A 2024 ADL report found antisemitic incidents in the U.S. surged by 140% in the last year alone.

• College campuses like Harvard and Columbia have seen pro-Hamas rhetoric dominate their protests without condemnation from university leaders.

• In Europe, nearly 40% of Jewish communities report feeling unsafe in their own neighborhoods.

These aren’t just isolated incidents they're a product of years of leftist ideology undermining Western values and moral clarity. When the Left pushes moral relativism, it opens the floodgates to this kind of hate. And when the media tiptoes around antisemitism to avoid offending certain political blocs, they embolden it.

Portnoy’s critics, predictably, have called his decision too soft. But let’s be honest: dragging a group of ignorant 20-somethings through the grounds of Nazi death camps isn’t letting them off easy. It’s a reality check most college kids in America desperately need and one they’re not getting from their progressive professors or safe-space deans.

Meanwhile, the two staffers at the bar who actually approved the offensive sign were immediately fired. Accountability wasn’t abandoned; it was just applied smartly. Portnoy’s solution isn’t about excusing the behavior. It’s about making sure it never happens again, and maybe just maybe getting a few lost souls to wake up before they become lifelong activists for hate.

In a nation teetering under the weight of moral confusion and political cowardice, Dave Portnoy offered something radical: common sense and consequences that match the offense.

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