What do you do when you hear someone espousing racist, homophobic rhetoric? Well, you drown it out. That, according to the University of South Carolina's "Trombro" who recently used his trombone to overpower an anti-Black Lives Matter activist.
"I wanted to use my sound to overpower his sound because he was saying some pretty offensive stuff," Trey Hogan told WLTX News 19. "It was very racist and very homophobic and I just didn't agree with it."
\u201cStudent chant \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d in response to a man with a sign on Greene Street.\u201d— The Daily Gamecock (@The Daily Gamecock) 1598031496
None— Blither me timbers \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f (@Blither me timbers \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f) 1598050897
\u201cCheck out @Trombro7 on @wachfox tonight at 10 and hear why people are calling him a local hero!\u201d— ChloeCarlsonTV (@ChloeCarlsonTV) 1598234780
The protestor had come to campus, which is near the State House, carrying a sign that declared "BLM are racist thugs," while yelling on a loudspeaker. Hogan, who is a freshman and member of the school's band, became a part of a growing group of students who peacefully surrounded and protested the actions. Many chanted "Black Lives Matter" in response.
At one point, Hogan blew his trombone, and after encouragement from others, continued to blow it in an effort to drown out the rhetoric. The resulting video went nationally viral with people offering to send him pizza as well as cash -- he denied the money but was up for the pizza. In the wake of the video blowing up, Hogan joined Twitter to watch all the action.
\u201c@_dariusyork literally just got twitter to see peoples post about me \ud83d\ude02\u270a\u201d— Trey (@Trey) 1598038475
This of course isn't the first time something like this has happened. Last year a set of street performers decided to drown out a homophobic streetside preacher. Their weapons of choices: saxophones.
Can somebody turn that up!
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