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Eh, I wouldn't call this social media ... this was around long before the standard iterations of the term.
More college kids getting coddled and protected from the 1st and 2nd amendments.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...ward-university-receives-racist-death-threat/
Eh, I wouldn't call this social media ... this was around long before the standard iterations of the term.
a platform for idiots and losers who previously wouldn't have gotten any attention as they yelled at the shadows.
Self-fulfilling prophesy. Driving all of the nutcases, losers and attention seekers out of the woodwork.
Bingo....from both sides.Self-fulfilling prophesy. Driving all of the nutcases, losers and attention seekers out of the woodwork.
I guess you could always become a community organizer and ride that gravy train as long as it last.
Well with a law degree and a passion for advocating change it certainly appears to be a long gravy train for the right people.
On our campus, I would say sentiment is firmly in support of the Mizzou/Yale students. The forcefulness of it makes me uncomfortable. One of my classmates posted this on Facebook today re: a planned protest by wearing black:
"Hey, people at XXX School not wearing black today, feel free to not talk to me for the full extent of the day. Why? Simply put, you've made your choice where you stand on issues of racism and intimidation and I want to express to you my strongest disagreement. Ignorance is no excuse. There were emails announcing the blackout from a lot of the organizations at school; and I know you guys get the emails because I see you at every free lunch event during the week. Standing in solidarity with my brothers and sisters of color across the nation is about more than dressing up; it's also about confronting apathy and being unwilling to tolerate people's lack of care. Be clear friends, I don't hate you for not blacking out today. I'm just disappointed. #ConcernedStudent1950
I am firmly behind anti-racism, but the Yale protest trying to get a professor fired for writing a very thoughtful letter is way over the line for me. And I don't feel right wearing black or getting involved in this as long as that's still a goal
On our campus, I would say sentiment is firmly in support of the Mizzou/Yale students. The forcefulness of it makes me uncomfortable. One of my classmates posted this on Facebook today re: a planned protest by wearing black:
"Hey, people at XXX School not wearing black today, feel free to not talk to me for the full extent of the day. Why? Simply put, you've made your choice where you stand on issues of racism and intimidation and I want to express to you my strongest disagreement. Ignorance is no excuse. There were emails announcing the blackout from a lot of the organizations at school; and I know you guys get the emails because I see you at every free lunch event during the week. Standing in solidarity with my brothers and sisters of color across the nation is about more than dressing up; it's also about confronting apathy and being unwilling to tolerate people's lack of care. Be clear friends, I don't hate you for not blacking out today. I'm just disappointed. #ConcernedStudent1950
I am firmly behind anti-racism, but the Yale protest trying to get a professor fired for writing a very thoughtful letter is way over the line for me. And I don't feel right wearing black or getting involved in this as long as that's still a goal
Solid millennial work by him/her to use intimidation and intolerance to decry intimidation and intolerance. Between these idiots and Obamacare, this country is truly fucked.
From Facebook:
"Someone told me to 'give it the old college try,' so I crumbled into an incoherent mess the moment I heard an opinion that differed from mine."
On our campus, I would say sentiment is firmly in support of the Mizzou/Yale students. The forcefulness of it makes me uncomfortable. One of my classmates posted this on Facebook today re: a planned protest by wearing black:
"Hey, people at XXX School not wearing black today, feel free to not talk to me for the full extent of the day. Why? Simply put, you've made your choice where you stand on issues of racism and intimidation and I want to express to you my strongest disagreement. Ignorance is no excuse. There were emails announcing the blackout from a lot of the organizations at school; and I know you guys get the emails because I see you at every free lunch event during the week. Standing in solidarity with my brothers and sisters of color across the nation is about more than dressing up; it's also about confronting apathy and being unwilling to tolerate people's lack of care. Be clear friends, I don't hate you for not blacking out today. I'm just disappointed. #ConcernedStudent1950"
I am firmly behind anti-racism, but the Yale protest trying to get a professor fired for writing a very thoughtful letter is way over the line for me. And I don't feel right wearing black or getting involved in this as long as that's still a goal
that writer needs to get a grip. What if someone doesn't have black clothing? I wear plenty now, but in college I owned almost nothing black.
Friedersdorf's response to the Cobb NYT article above. Long, but worth a read if you're following the Missouri / Yale stories:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/11/race-and-the-anti-free-speech-diversion/415254/
More college kids getting coddled and protected from the 1st and 2nd amendments.
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/...ward-university-receives-racist-death-threat/
Piggybacking on this, here's a column from Geoff Stone, big boss on free speech in legal academia, and former Provost of University of Chicago. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-r-stone/understanding-the-free-sp_b_8535304.html
Stone doesn't say anything new or radical there. But it's at least a perspective from a campus administrator who's been dealing with these issues for 30+ years.
But mostly Obamacare.