TOTALLY GEEKED!

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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So some stupid drunks said things and people shouted the N word out the window and they saw some cars with Confederate flags. Oh ok. Ok, there are racists in the world. Now what?

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 Now we terrorize the white president of the university until he resigns.

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 Now the President ignores the issues...

flan

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 How?  He said he was working on a new plan for diversity and tolerance - that doesn't sound like he was ignoring anything.   What?  You think he should be able to snap his fingers and make racism disappear instantly?  Why don't you try that?  Why hasn't Obama done that if it's so easy? 

By your OWN logic - the racism still existing in this country is all Obama's fault and he should resign.

Apparently this all started because a student who has been there for 7 YEARS heard the N word. 7 years? Um, yeah. And, how are all this big whiny babies going to function in the real world? We are raising a generation of helpless losers.

When the president of the University of Missouri finally stepped down, graduate student Jonathan Butler – who had been on a hunger strike for a week – insisted that people not focus on him but instead on the issues that made students feel this action was necessary.

“Please stop focusing on the fact of the Mizzou hunger strike itself,” Butler told a crowd of students and reporters Monday. “Look at why did we have to get here in the first place. And why the struggle and why we had to fight the way that we did.”

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The resignation of Missouri president Tim Wolfe came after months of protest by Butler and a group called Concerned Student 1950, a reference to the first year black students were accepted by the university.
Butler, 25, is a graduate student at Missouri where he also completed his undergraduate work.

In an interview with The Washington Post he said he studied business administration as an undergraduate and is pursuing a master’s degree in educational leadership and policy.

He told the Post he traveled to Ferguson, Missouri following the shooting of a black man by a white police officer, and was energized by the protests there.

READ MORE: Missouri university president resigns amid complaints of racism

The Concerned Student 1950 protest began in September, after a series of racially charged incidents on the overwhelmingly white campus. There were complaints of racial slurs and in one case a student made a swastika out of human feces on the floor and wall of a dormitory.

Protesters led by Butler confronted Wolfe at the university’s homecoming parade on Oct. 10 over perceived inaction from administration to alleged racist incidents.

Butler announced his hunger strike in a letter on Nov.2, declaring that he would not eat food or any other nutritional supplement until either Wolfe is removed from office or, until his “internal organs fail and my life is lost.” The blossoming activist who made international headlines told CNN that since he arrived at Missouri he felt “unsafe.”


“I felt unsafe since the moment I stepped on this campus,” he said. “My first semester here, I had someone write the n-word on my wall. I’ve been, physically, in altercations with white gentleman on campus.”

Wolfe later responded to the hunger strike in separate statements on Nov. 3 and Nov. 6, saying he was concerned for Butler’s health and acknowledged the existence of racism on Missouri’s campus, but refused to resign.
At a news conference Monday, head football coach Gary Pinkel and athletic director Mack Rhoades said that more than 30 player on the team were concerned with the health of Jonathan Butler.
globalnews.ca/news/2330325/who-is-jonathan-butler-the-man-at-the-centre-of-mizzou-protests/


“They’ve never seen a person dying in front of them,” Rhoades told reporter. “We had a discussion, and it wasn’t about any one person resigning. It was about what can we do to make sure that Jonathan Butler eats.”

Donald Cupps, chair of the University of Missouri Board of Curators, issued a statement in the wake of Wolfe’s resignation and apologized to the students of Missouri.

“To those who have suffered, I apologize on behalf of the university for being slow to respond to experiences that are unacceptable and offensive in our campus communities and in our society,” Cupps said. “Significant changes are required to move us forward. The board is committed to making those changes.”

*With files from the Associated Press

Sooo, they have the privilege of going to University, and somehow they are the afraid and downtrodden? Oh, sure.

Lawyerlady wrote:

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Soooo, the president resigned so the hunger strike kid would eat?

Do you think if I went on a hunger strike, Obama would resign?

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 I'll give you $5.00 to try!

But please adhere to the criteria!

 

Butler announced his hunger strike in a letter on Nov.2, declaring that he would not eat food or any other nutritional supplement until either Wolfe is removed from office or, until his “internal organs fail and my life is lost.”

flan

I've said it before and I'll say it again. If we, as a society want to get rid of racism, we have to stop giving it a voice. Acknowledge it, sure. But don't make it a big deal. Someone slings a racial slur? Ignore them. Don't give that ignorant person power by harping over them using a racial slur. Racial slurs only have power if we let them.

Oh, please. That stupid saying was NEVER true.

WORDS HURT. They always have.

flan

Ahhhh, our little hunger strike "victim". 

 

flan327 wrote:

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When are you starting your hunger strike, LL?



flan

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 We both know I'm too white to be paid any mind.  They would let me die.

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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When are you starting your hunger strike, LL?



flan

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 We both know I'm too white to be paid any mind.  They would let me die.

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 But you could claim you were Black! LOL

flan

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 I am part Native American - but that hardly matters, we know how they get treated.

flan327 wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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OK? And, what? Some drunk shouted some slurs? A swastika has to do with African Americans how? Confederate flags? Do other students not have first amendment rights? Guess what College Kids, there are a lot of *******s in the world. Wah, wah.

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 I don't think the First Amendment was intended to protect racists.

And, actions have consequences.

flan

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 I haven't read thru all the comments, but I have to disagree.  The First Ammendmnet is for every legal American!

flan327 wrote:

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Domestic Engineer wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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OK? And, what? Some drunk shouted some slurs? A swastika has to do with African Americans how? Confederate flags? Do other students not have first amendment rights? Guess what College Kids, there are a lot of *******s in the world. Wah, wah.

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 I don't think the First Amendment was intended to protect racists.

And, actions have consequences.

flan

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 I haven't read thru all the comments, but I have to disagree.  The First Ammendmnet is for every legal American!

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 Yes, but I was referring to the intentions of the Founding Fathers.

flan

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You do realize that most of the founding fathers were slave owners, right?  And that they wanted the Indians wiped out... 

Domestic Engineer wrote:

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flan327 wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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OK? And, what? Some drunk shouted some slurs? A swastika has to do with African Americans how? Confederate flags? Do other students not have first amendment rights? Guess what College Kids, there are a lot of *******s in the world. Wah, wah.

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 I don't think the First Amendment was intended to protect racists.

And, actions have consequences.

flan

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 I haven't read thru all the comments, but I have to disagree.  The First Ammendmnet is for every legal American!

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 I have to disagree, too.  The First Amendment is specifically to protect speech people DON'T like.  We don't need protection for speech everyone likes.

What college student protest was forcing the media to leave this morning? Did anyone see that on the news?

I thought it was asinine that the protest was lead by student media specialists on Second Amendment rights. And here they were suppressing those same rights in the media.

cadiver wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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What college student protest was forcing the media to leave this morning? Did anyone see that on the news?

I thought it was asinine that the protest was lead by student media specialists on Second Amendment rights. And here they were suppressing those same rights in the media.

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 This morning?

There was an assistant professor Click two days ago.  She resigned.

 

Schierbecker: I’m media. Can I talk to you?
Click: No, you need to get out! You need to get out!
Schierbecker: No I don’t.
Click: You need to get out.
Schierbecker: I actually don’t.
Click: Alright. [Turns to the crowd and shouts]. Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here? I need some muscle over here! Help me get him out. Who’s gonna help me? [Turns back to Schierbecker]. You need to get out. You need to get out.
Schierbecker: This is public property.
Click: [In a mocking voice]. I know. That’s a really good one. I’m a communications faculty and I really get that argument. [Serious voice returns] But you need to go! You need to go. You need to go.

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Yes, that's the one. My gosh, who the heck does she think she is? Glad she resigned, she's a flippin' failure at understanding what free speech and a free media entails. 

Ohfour wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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cadiver wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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What college student protest was forcing the media to leave this morning? Did anyone see that on the news?

I thought it was asinine that the protest was lead by student media specialists on Second Amendment rights. And here they were suppressing those same rights in the media.

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 This morning?

There was an assistant professor Click two days ago.  She resigned.

 

Schierbecker: I’m media. Can I talk to you?
Click: No, you need to get out! You need to get out!
Schierbecker: No I don’t.
Click: You need to get out.
Schierbecker: I actually don’t.
Click: Alright. [Turns to the crowd and shouts]. Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here? I need some muscle over here! Help me get him out. Who’s gonna help me? [Turns back to Schierbecker]. You need to get out. You need to get out.
Schierbecker: This is public property.
Click: [In a mocking voice]. I know. That’s a really good one. I’m a communications faculty and I really get that argument. [Serious voice returns] But you need to go! You need to go. You need to go.

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Yes, that's the one. My gosh, who the heck does she think she is? Glad she resigned, she's a flippin' failure at understanding what free speech and a free media entails. 

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She actually didn't resign. She resigned her leadership of a certain function, but she is still an assistant professor... 

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She needs to be fired. 

Lawyerlady wrote:

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I don't think she needs to be fired because she didn't want to talk to the press and wanted them to go away.

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She would have been smarter to walk away then. Telling the media to leave a public avenue is stupid on her part. Shows she lacks good judgment, IMHO. 

Free speech is endangered, IMHO.

It seems just being offended by someone else's speech can get anyone fired now.

The fear of the few is now in control of free speech, because, well, they are offended.

Lawyerlady wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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I don't think she needs to be fired because she didn't want to talk to the press and wanted them to go away.

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She would have been smarter to walk away then. Telling the media to leave a public avenue is stupid on her part. Shows she lacks good judgment, IMHO. 

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 Oh well.  If they have freedoms, so does she - and she could have told them to f off for all I care.

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 I have no problem with her standing there yelling at the guy, I think she crossed the line when she called for muscle.

flan327 wrote:

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

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OK? And, what? Some drunk shouted some slurs? A swastika has to do with African Americans how? Confederate flags? Do other students not have first amendment rights? Guess what College Kids, there are a lot of *******s in the world. Wah, wah.

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 I don't think the First Amendment was intended to protect racists.

And, actions have consequences.

flan

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Yes, it does. The type of free speech that needs protected IS OFFENSIVE speech. Hello. Otherwise we wouldn't need free speech rights.

Where do you draw the line? When are racial slurs "acceptable?"

This country fought a war because human beings were bought & sold like animals.

flan

flan327 wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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Soooo, the president resigned so the hunger strike kid would eat?

Do you think if I went on a hunger strike, Obama would resign?

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 I'll give you $5.00 to try!

But please adhere to the criteria!

 

Butler announced his hunger strike in a letter on Nov.2, declaring that he would not eat food or any other nutritional supplement until either Wolfe is removed from office or, until his “internal organs fail and my life is lost.”

flan

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         Does anyone here watch this douche on the news?  Butler announced he "prepared" way ahead of time for the hunger strike by over eating and packing on the weight.            He sure showed them.

cadiver wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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just Czech wrote:

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Lawyerlady wrote:

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I don't think she needs to be fired because she didn't want to talk to the press and wanted them to go away.

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She would have been smarter to walk away then. Telling the media to leave a public avenue is stupid on her part. Shows she lacks good judgment, IMHO. 

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 Oh well.  If they have freedoms, so does she - and she could have told them to f off for all I care.

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 I have no problem with her standing there yelling at the guy, I think she crossed the line when she called for muscle.

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 Meh.  More words.  Muscle didn't actually come, they weren't her staff.