jjamie12 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Regarding the Marquette situation that TYTT referenced earlier. George Orwell Call Your Office: Marquette Demands Ritual Apology From Embattled Professor There’s nothing like a good show trial to build confidence in the academy’s commitment to academic freedom. Marquette University is demanding that embattled professor John McAdams apologize for criticizing a colleague as a condition for keeping his job. And what outrage did McAdams commit? He tried to protect the academic freedom and free speech of conservative students: . You read that correctly. Rather than discipline the instructor who silenced a conservative student, the university suspended the whistleblower. Now it’s reportedly extending the suspension through the fall 2016 semester and demanding that he apologize as a condition of returning to work. My former colleagues at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) are right to label the forced apology “an age-old inquisitorial tactic used to violate freedom of conscience through compelled speech.” McAdams — to his immense credit — is not backing down. Here’s his response: I would say that it’s astonishing that a Catholic university punish a professor for defending the right of students to advocate the church’s teaching on marriage, but politically correct nonsense is par for the course even (especially) at many religious colleges. McAdams should be applauded — and supported — for his lonely, courageous stand. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/433430/george-orwell-call-your-office-marquette-demands-ritual-apology-embattled-professor Are we SURE that the reason for the punishment from the university is for defending the right of the conservative student to express his opinion? Something just seems kind of fishy... For example, I COULD see the university taking this action if the discipline is for something like 'outing' a colleague on the basis of an illegally recorded conversation. I'll point out that I don't really know what the actual stated *reason* from the university is for the discipline, but that I could understand the action if my 'scenario' was the reason. I DO know that I don't care enough about this to try and find out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 http://nypost.com/2016/03/31/black-woman-goes-off-on-white-guy-with-dreads/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 http://nypost.com/2016/03/31/black-woman-goes-off-on-white-guy-with-dreads/ I think that whole thing is a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I think that whole thing is a fake. Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Agreed. First thing I thought too. She's a media major and he's in a band. Figures that she would be the terrible actress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 I think that whole thing is a fake. William Shatner says the kid with the dreads is overacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 William Shatner says the kid with the dreads is overacting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 William Shatner says the kid with the dreads is overacting. "Stop! Hammingitup! Kid!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 First thing I thought too. She's a media major and he's in a band. Figures that she would be the terrible actress. I'm trying to figure out if their intention is to mock all of the people with the safe spaces and micro aggressions and whatnot or if it is to mock the people that end up using their fake incident as evidence of how ridiculous things have gotten. I hope it is the former but I fear it is the ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 I'm trying to figure out if their intention is to mock all of the people with the safe spaces and micro aggressions and whatnot or if it is to mock the people that end up using their fake incident as evidence of how ridiculous things have gotten. I hope it is the former but I fear it is the ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 All across the country, on every campus................... #TheChalkening. Not everyone doing it is a Trump fan, by any means, but all are supporters of free speech — and of tweaking college crybullies. I recommend that you click on it. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azalin Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 All across the country, on every campus................... #TheChalkening. Not everyone doing it is a Trump fan, by any means, but all are supporters of free speech — and of tweaking college crybullies. I recommend that you click on it. . Some funny comments in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 If chalk is outlawed, only outlaws will have chalk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Glad to see this! Freedom of speech!" #TheChalkening, students awaken! https://youtu.be/24e_aF9CKVQ " http://disq.us/9fpeo9 I survived #TheChalkening one of the most deadly and widespread terrorist attacks in the history of the United States............. Even the squirrels on campus are traumatized. #TheChalkening pic.twitter.com/lzvVDTn6J5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyst Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 http://nypost.com/2016/03/31/black-woman-goes-off-on-white-guy-with-dreads/ i'm hoping both can be charged with something. if we can make the charges stick for something like enticing a riot or somethign taht would be great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 (edited) College Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member, Panic http://bit.ly/1RXZ6ia "Everyone (Hoosiers) mistook a priest for a KKK member last night" http://thetab.com/us/indiana/2016/04/05/last-night-white-robed-priest-mistaken-armed-kkk-klansman-1804 … My favorite part is mistaking the (standard) rope belt for a "whip" Indiana University’s annual tuition for non-residents, combined with room and board, is $44,764. . Edited April 6, 2016 by B-Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I'm certain that a great many of secularists do consider the Rosary a weapon. They probably hold Priests in the same contempt that they do Klansmen too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 College Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member, Panic http://bit.ly/1RXZ6ia Some of these on Twitter are pretty funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Majority of College Students Afraid to Speak Freely Because They Might Be Offensive: http://www.activistpost.com/2016/04/survey-college-students-afraid-to-speak-freely-because-they-might-be-offensive.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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