Originally Posted By utahjosh So what say you? The president stepped down. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/us/missouri-football-players-protest-president-resigns/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/...dex.html</a> Also of interest are the ignorant protesters seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlRAyulN4o
Originally Posted By utahjosh So what say you? The president stepped down. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/us/missouri-football-players-protest-president-resigns/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/09/...dex.html</a> Also of interest are the protesters seen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlRAyulN4o
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Not sure. The president stepping down was the right thing to do. On the other hand, this thing didn't really take off until the football team threatened not to play. Do we really want to give college athletes that kind of power? I know... big time college sports have created the monster and now they have to deal with it. But the potential for abuse is scary as hell.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck Will the next President need to be approved by the football team and Black Student's Union?
Originally Posted By ecdc Glad the protests worked and the president resigned. I also think students setting up in the middle of a public square and labeling it a "safe space" is beyond ridiculous, and I don't know a single person who feels differently. But of course, this incident will be used to "prove" that all liberals hate free speech. So those students are making the rest of us look bad. They're embarrassing themselves.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 If it was the cross country or golf teams that threatened to forfeit it would be a big deal to the University. When the University stands to lose 1 million (this is what they would have made going to BYU) it shows the power football has, even a bad team like Missouri.
Originally Posted By ecdc The concerned students group welcomed press and gently chided those who had barred them. The professor on the video has since unequivocally apologized. Now, Mizzou campus is shut down and the tents and protesters are gone because of multiple threats against black students, including video footage of people shouting racial epithets. In other words: when liberals get out of hand, they're hypersensitive, when conservatives get out of hand, they're completely racist and nuts.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip All sides seem to be over-reacting with reckless abandon. That seems to be the "American Way" today. <<COLUMBIA, Mo. - Free speech advocates are expressing concern that instructions from University of Missouri police on how students should report "hateful and/or hurtful" speech could stifle legitimate differences of opinion. A campus email sent Tuesday instructs recipients to call university police as soon as possible and notes that while such speech isn't always illegal, students can nonetheless be punished by the Office of Student Conduct. The university's student conduct code prohibits harassment, which it defines as "unwelcome verbal or physical conduct" against "actual or perceived membership in a protected class ... that creates a hostile environment." The conduct code also forbids bullying, retaliation and threatening or intimidating behaviors. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri responded with a statement calling for the university to not compromise the right to free expression in its efforts to fight racism. Its statement says, "Mistakenly addressing symptoms - instead of causes - and doing it in a way that runs counter to the First Amendment is not the wise or appropriate response." A University of Missouri police official referred questions about the email to the university's media relations office, which did not immediately respond.>> Source: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.ky3.com/news/local/free-speech-advocates-worried-about-mu-police-instructions/21048998_36389798">http://www.ky3.com/news/local/...36389798</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The ACLU is completely right on this. This just isn't a problem on campuses either, but society in general. It's the idea that (and I can be guilty from time to time) you can't have a different opinion from someone else. And if you do well then that person is offended. Tolerance isn't just a one way street we should all take heed of that.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 An interesting read <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://j.school/post/133025099640/crying-wolfe-exposes-real-problem">http://j.school/post/133025099...-problem</a>
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 An interesting read <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://j.school/post/133025099640/crying-wolfe-exposes-real-problem">http://j.school/post/133025099...-problem</a>
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Also interesting to note that the hunger striker is the son of a railroad vice president worth over $20 million dollars and grew up in a home valued at $1.3 million. That's a pretty danged fancy house in Omaha, Nebraska. To tell you the truth, I think I'd trade all my white privilege that he denounces for a little of that $20 million privilege.
Originally Posted By ecdc So wealthy people can't be victims of racism? Unfortunately, our double-whammy of not taking poor people or black people seriously means that it's usually well-off African Americans who end up taking a stand. It's a non sequitur to bring his wealth into a discussion of race.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 Here's a correct take on the whole campus culture <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/opinion/mizzou-yale-and-free-speech.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11...tml?_r=1</a>
