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The University of Mizzou student protests

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  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,727 Standard Supporter
    It would be awesome if a graduate of the alleged finest school of journalism in the country would report what the fuck went down at Missouri.

  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club

    PurpleJ said:

    I don't see much racism here. Much less institutional racism. If anything, the only institutional racism is against whites.

    Lol, but troll on dawg.
    You lost me with the big words man. It was my only choice. I called this guy a sniveling little pussy who needs perspective. That's all I wanted to say.
  • doogsinparadisedoogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320

    It would be awesome if a graduate of the alleged finest school of journalism in the country would report what the fuck went down at Missouri.

    Yeah, I was pretty disgusted with how the journalists from the student paper were treated. I never call for people to be fired, but if anyone deserves it, it would be the professor of media that threatened the newspaper photographer on the quad.

    Look @PurpleJ, I feel you on that, the guy isn't a squeaky clean. But isn't that sort of a Maoist critique, that he's too rich?
  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club
    I don't know about that story, but if the rich hunger strike kid was white, he'd be getting crucified right now. THAT is racism. Good day sir.
  • doogsinparadisedoogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    I don't follow.
  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club
    If a white son of a railroad exec held a hunger strike to protest anti-white racism.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,727 Standard Supporter
    Here's another disconnect.

    If Mizzou is such a racist intolerant place, how was Michael Sam supposedly tolerated as a gay black man in private for quite a while before that became a national thing?

  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club

    Here's another disconnect.

    If Mizzou is such a racist intolerant place, how was Michael Sam supposedly tolerated as a gay black man in private for quite a while before that became a national thing?

    How do we know no one ever should have said anything hurtful to him?
  • dhdawgdhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited November 2015
    I have no doubt that there is racism at the University of Missouri, it's fucking Missouri after all. That doesn't mean UM upper campus was magically supposed to eliminate it. You can't have a no tolerance policy, that shit doesn't work. Holding campus-wide discussions about fake outrage over racial extremism would have maybe satisfied protesters but it wouldn't have done shit to solve the problem.
  • PurpleThrobberPurpleThrobber Member Posts: 44,727 Standard Supporter
    PurpleJ said:

    Here's another disconnect.

    If Mizzou is such a racist intolerant place, how was Michael Sam supposedly tolerated as a gay black man in private for quite a while before that became a national thing?

    How do we know no one ever should have said anything hurtful to him?
    Should have or did?

    Everything I've read said he was pretty happy in Columbia.
  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club

    PurpleJ said:

    Here's another disconnect.

    If Mizzou is such a racist intolerant place, how was Michael Sam supposedly tolerated as a gay black man in private for quite a while before that became a national thing?

    How do we know no one ever should have said anything hurtful to him?
    Should have or did?

    Everything I've read said he was pretty happy in Columbia.
    Gay means happy, you know.
  • doogsinparadisedoogsinparadise Member Posts: 9,320
    PurpleJ said:

    If a white son of a railroad exec held a hunger strike to protest anti-white racism.

    My man, you have to deal with the cases that confront you. This goes back to what I was talking about with the left and right speaking in entirely different registers. The debate that I've been hearing all week has been whether there's an illiberal left that seeks to constrain speech. You undoubtably have heard a different narrative.

    What I can say is that is it coincidental that there haven't been any white sons of white railroad executives in the media recently?
  • dhdawgdhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited November 2015
    as long as the students feel safe and the complaints are being dealt with that's good enough for me.
    And by safe I do not mean the emotional bullshit that people want to claim nowadays. Saying free speech on what you can wear for Halloween is threatening their safety does not count.
  • PurpleJPurpleJ Member Posts: 37,511 Founders Club

    PurpleJ said:

    If a white son of a railroad exec held a hunger strike to protest anti-white racism.

    My man, you have to deal with the cases that confront you. This goes back to what I was talking about with the left and right speaking in entirely different registers. The debate that I've been hearing all week has been whether there's an illiberal left that seeks to constrain speech. You undoubtably have heard a different narrative.

    What I can say is that is it coincidental that there haven't been any white sons of white railroad executives in the media recently?
    I haven't heard any narrative. Hadn't actually been following the story. Couldn't care less. That kid is a drippy cunt, though.
  • sarktasticsarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    PurpleJ said:

    Here's another disconnect.

    If Mizzou is such a racist intolerant place, how was Michael Sam supposedly tolerated as a gay black man in private for quite a while before that became a national thing?

    How do we know no one ever should have said anything hurtful to him?
    well... it was never reported if it happened...
  • sarktasticsarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    dhdawg said:

    as long as the students feel safe and the complaints are being dealt with that's good enough for me.
    And by safe I do not mean the emotional bullshit that people want to claim nowadays. Saying free speech on what you can wear for Halloween is threatening their safety does not count.

    I don't give a fuck if the students "feel" safe or not. The University seems to be providing plenty of security so those 'feeling' at risk need to grow up... or LEAVE the University.
  • dhdawgdhdawg Member Posts: 13,326
    edited November 2015

    dhdawg said:

    as long as the students feel safe and the complaints are being dealt with that's good enough for me.
    And by safe I do not mean the emotional bullshit that people want to claim nowadays. Saying free speech on what you can wear for Halloween is threatening their safety does not count.

    I don't give a fuck if the students "feel" safe or not. The University seems to be providing plenty of security so those 'feeling' at risk need to grow up... or LEAVE the University.
    If students are facing threats (which I doubt many are) that is serious and needs to be dealt with. These assholes who want to censor everything are not what I'm talking about
  • Fire_Marshall_BillFire_Marshall_Bill Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 24,399 Founders Club

    So the kid who did the hunger strike against white privilege has a daddy who makes 8 million a year.

    Down with the struggle, yo

    I'm sure he's had a rough life being rich and having Affirmative Action and plenty of scholarships available.
  • sarktasticsarktastic Member Posts: 9,208
    dhdawg said:

    dhdawg said:

    as long as the students feel safe and the complaints are being dealt with that's good enough for me.
    And by safe I do not mean the emotional bullshit that people want to claim nowadays. Saying free speech on what you can wear for Halloween is threatening their safety does not count.

    I don't give a fuck if the students "feel" safe or not. The University seems to be providing plenty of security so those 'feeling' at risk need to grow up... or LEAVE the University.
    If students are facing threats (which I doubt many are) that is serious and needs to be dealt with. (which is why a police department and court system exists already)These assholes who want to censor everything are not what I'm talking about
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