Thousands of dollars were raised on Tuesday for the legal defense of the Mississippi student who allegedly hurled coins and antisemitic abuse at American businessman Dave Portnoy on Friday. Almost $29,000 was raised by 903 donors on GiveSendGo for Patrick McClintock, who was arrested by the Starkville Police Department on Monday for disturbing the peace.
The fundraiser, rife with antisemitic rhetoric, claimed that the rally for McClintock was motivated by a desire to defend free speech rights from Jewish “tyranny.”
“This is peak smallhat [kippa] fragility– turn any insult into ‘hate speech,’ cry victim, and watch the goyim get locked up,” claimed the fundraiser.
“That’s not ‘consequences’ – that’s tribal privilege weaponizing the law.”
The fundraiser asserted that there was a double standard that was being carved out for Jews in the First Amendment, and McClintock was a target for Portnoy and other Jews who sought to create a system to make Jews “untouchable.”
'This is ZOG in action'
“This is ZOG [Zionist occupied government] in action – and Patrick is the scapegoat,” read the fundraiser.
Portnoy had been in the middle of recording a food review of Boardtown Pizza & Pints for his One Bite Pizza Reviews series when McClintock allegedly threw change at the businessman, an antisemitic action aimed at highlighting supposed Jewish greed and miserliness.
According to an Instagram video posted on Tuesday by Barstool Sports, the man identified as McClintock by Portnoy and the fundraiser yelled, “Hey f**k the Jews, f**k you Dave Portnoy...f**k you, get out of Starkville.”
McClintock appeared to reference a May incident in which then-Temple University student Mo Khan ordered a bottle service sign declaring “F**k the Jews” at a Portnoy’s Barstool Sansom Street bar. Portnoy had publicly shamed the student, who was later suspended, and fired two waitresses in his employ.
Khan was also referenced in the fundraiser, and it was asserted that Portnoy doxed, blacklisted, and ruined lives like Khan’s over “words he doesn’t like.”
The Starkville crowd jeered back at McClintock, and Portnoy noted that everyone had rejected his harasser and supported him.
In the Instagram video, Portnoy said that he would never judge Starkville for the actions of one person and thanked the townspeople for their backing.
The police said in a statement that “Every person has the right to feel safe and respected in our community. Offensive speech may be protected, but actions that risk harm are not. When actions cross the line from expression to disruption or threaten peace and safety, we will respond to safeguard those who live, work, and visit our community.”
There were many hate groups online, according to Portnoy, that explained to people who hated their lives – like McClintock – that the Jews were responsible for their dissatisfaction. Seeing the residents of Starkville and others respond negatively to McClintock’s remarks gave him hope about the issue of antisemitism.
“Imagine hating somebody just because of their religion in this f**king country,” said Portnoy.
Portnoy said that the incident would probably follow McClintock through his life and could result in his expulsion from his university, which the businessman said he deserved. The American businessman told CBS on Sunday that he has experienced a shift in antisemitism, with incidents occurring “every day now.”