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The Coddling of the American Mind

To clarify, im not talking about her hypocrisy, i'm talkng about her requesting media attention.
 
myDeaconmyhand said:
I've seen a few responses from people who seem to be up in arms about this tactic, and I dont understand why. Why wouldnt you want as much attention as possible for the protest? Isn't getting attention the point?
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But when you get that attention, you then ask for muscle to remove them from a public space while publicizing your event. You don't see the hypocrisy here?

I saw your response. I don't think there anything wrong with trying to get attention. The hypocrisy just points out the hyper political correctness and coddling of the easily offended masses by somebody who should be a leading voice.
 
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Posted this on the sports thread but I'll post it here too: not knowing the specifics of the employment contracts for university presidents, it's certainly curious the people who are now saying "OMG the president was forced out by a mob? This is mob mentality and shouldn't stand" are the same people who generally support a business' right to terminate employees within the at-will system and will defend owners' right to fire whoever they want when it makes business sense. Here it seems clear that even if the president didn't do anything egregiously wrong that the perception was he did and the "market" spoke.
 
ChrisL68 said:
But when you get that attention, you then ask for muscle to remove them from a public space while publicizing your event. You don't see the hypocrisy here?
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Not if you want publicity for one thing but not for something else.
 
You can't talk about freedom of speech and the press, then ask for the press to cover your event, then try and dictate the narrative of what the press reports. Some people might want to write stories about the protest, other people might want to write stories about the great wall of dumb, some people might just want to be on campus and public area because they are writing a completely different story.
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Posted this on the sports thread but I'll post it here too: not knowing the specifics of the employment contracts for university presidents, it's certainly curious the people who are now saying "OMG the president was forced out by a mob? This is mob mentality and shouldn't stand" are the same people who generally support a business' right to terminate employees within the at-will system and will defend owners' right to fire whoever they want when it makes business sense. Here it seems clear that even if the president didn't do anything egregiously wrong that the perception was he did and the "market" spoke.
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The market response would be where students decided that since this university did not provide a "safe environment", they would attend a different university. The school board would then dismiss the president as attendance fell.

This was a bunch of kids flexing muscle with little regard to fact or damage.
 
ThinkingWithMyDeac said:
You can't talk about freedom of speech and the press, then ask for the press to cover your event, then try and dictate the narrative of what the press reports. Some people might want to write stories about the protest, other people might want to write stories about the great wall of dumb, some people might just want to be on campus and public area because they are writing a completely different story.
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sure you can, he just did
 
The market response is that consumers express their displeasure with a product and the provider of that product makes the changes necessary to keep the consumer base.

And that's what happened.
 
PhDeac said:
The market response is that consumers express their displeasure with a product and the provider of that product makes the changes necessary to keep the consumer base.

And that's what happened.
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Just out of curiosity, do you consider picketing in front of a store, boycotts, and strikes "market forces"?
 
So consumer dissatisfaction with a product is not part of the market?
 
Most likely bye bye bitchy professor.

The Missouri School of Journalism is proud of photojournalism senior Tim Tai for how he handled himself during a protest on Carnahan Quad on the University of Missouri campus.

University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe and University of Missouri-Columbia Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin both resigned on Nov. 9 after complaints and protests of their leadership. Tai was covering the event as a freelancer for ESPN when protesters blocked his access through physical and verbal intimidation.

The news media have First Amendment rights to cover public events. Tai handled himself professionally and with poise.

Also, for clarification, Assistant Professor Melissa Click, featured in several videos confronting journalists, is not a faculty member in the Missouri School of Journalism.

She is a member of the MU Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Science. In that capacity she holds a courtesy appointment with the School of Journalism. Journalism School faculty members are taking immediate action to review that appointment.

The events of Nov. 9 have raised numerous issues regarding the boundaries of the First Amendment. Although the attention on journalists has shifted the focus from the news of the day, it provides an opportunity to educate students and citizens about the role of a free press.
 
ThinkingWithMyDeac said:
You can't talk about freedom of speech and the press, then ask for the press to cover your event, then try and dictate the narrative of what the press reports. Some people might want to write stories about the protest, other people might want to write stories about the great wall of dumb, some people might just want to be on campus and public area because they are writing a completely different story.
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lol this happens hundreds of times per day in corporate america with press releases and official statements

just bc this prof was a donk doesn't make it hypocrisy

the media is a mouthpiece for the public at large and how well you use it to control your message is up to you as a brand
 
PhDeac said:
So consumer dissatisfaction with a product is not part of the market?
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How is some random person yelling a racial slur related to the product that the University of Missouri is providing?

The people absolutely have the right to do that. But they aren't free from being called out for the stupidity of it all.
 
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ChrisL68 said:
How is some random person yelling a racial slur related to the product that the University of Missouri is providing?

The people absolutely have the right to do that. But they aren't free from being called out for the stupidity of it all.
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The University of Missouri selects the people who attend the university. If they're selecting people who yell racial slurs at minority students, that's definitely part of the product. Don't you judge your time at Wake at least somewhat based on your interactions with other students?
 
Wakeforest22890 said:
Yes? How wouldn't it be considered market forces?
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Would you consider someone from an organization that benefits the disenfranchised asking for a donation from a major corporation with the implied threat that an answer of no would be followed by picketing and boycotts okay?

These tactics are to free markets what bullies in a schoolyard are to a free lunch program.
 
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