Rahmat Wibowo titled a video on a student protest 'Demo Mahasiswa Ternak Drama' ('students farming drama'), naming BEM UI vice-chair Fathimah Azzahra, telling the students 'your brains aren't', calling them 'people farming drama' who 'chase virality' and accusing her of manipulating public opinion 'for her own benefit'

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Rahmat Wibowo titled a video on a student protest 'Demo Mahasiswa Ternak Drama' ('students farming drama'), naming BEM UI vice-chair Fathimah Azzahra, telling the students 'your brains aren't', calling them 'people farming drama' who 'chase virality' and accusing her of manipulating public opinion 'for her own benefit'

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He published it on YouTube on 21 August 2026. Minute links open the video at that point.

  • “Your brains aren’t.” Critiquing the 18 August student protest, he tells the University of Indonesia student executive (BEM UI) “you may be critical, but your brains aren’t”, and calls them “incapable people, people farming drama”, “chasing virality, chasing sensation” (minute 0, 3). His proposed fix is that students send the president a somasi with a deadline before any protest (minute 2, 7–9).
  • A student named in the title. He names BEM UI’s vice-chair Fathimah Azzahra in the title and says the protest’s demands were drowned out because “Fathimah Azzahra got the stage” after a viral argument at the protest, which he calls “manipulating public opinion for her own benefit” (minute 3–4, 8).

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[YouTube video, "Kritik Demo Mahasiswa 18 Agustus 2026 Kepada BEM UI dan Fathimah Azzahra Demo Mahasiswa Ternak Drama", 21 August 2026, 13 minutes. Excerpts from YouTube's automatic captions.] [0:00] Ini kalian tuh terutama BEM UI gitu ya, kalian tuh apa ya? Kalian bisa saja kritis gitu, tapi kalian otaknya enggak (You, especially BEM UI, what are you? You may be critical, but your brains aren't) [3:00] jangan ini orang-orang yang enggak capable, orang-orang ternak drama, jadinya lu lagi lu lagi nyari ini itu nyari viral gitu kan nyari sensasi (not these incapable people, people farming drama, so it's you again and again chasing this and that, chasing virality, chasing sensation) [8:00] Jangan sampai jadinya yang viral malah ditunggangi jadi viral lagi kayak Fathimah Azzahra ini kan jadi kasih panggung lagi jadi viral gitu followernya banyak gitu. Ah, manipulasi itu mah, manipulasi opini publik untuk menguntungkan diri sendiri. (Don't let what goes viral be hijacked to go viral again, like this Fathimah Azzahra, giving her a stage again, going viral, lots of followers. Ah, that's manipulation, manipulating public opinion for her own benefit.)