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04-14-2016 , 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by chezlaw
Oh Trolley so you haven't got over the SMP thing, that was too much to hope for I suppose. Don't complain when I respond in future.

Sorry I'm from the UK and not all over North Carolina but my views on LGBT have been given many times so obviously I'm totally against anti-gay laws.

Hope that clears it up for you. Anything else?
What's he talking about Trolley?
04-14-2016 , 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Trolly McTrollson
Yo Alex, it's hard for me to believe that Trump supporters are victims of oppression when one of your main grievances is the lack of big titties in video games.
1- OMG where was this. Alex never fails to conform to the exact stereotype you'd have of somebody with his avatar.

2- There comes a point where trying to roast these clowns for their intellectual inconsistency gets real silly- because they're either not able or utterly unwilling to make any attempt at such. People stupid enough to hold DWM's views aren't going to be argued out of them or understand why they don't make sense. You generally don't get that hateful without starting from a pretty low place.
04-14-2016 , 11:47 AM
Last page he made two posts on safe spaces. One Trump specific, one more generalized.

They were incredible. Did you know Trump supporters face more vitriol than homosexuals could ever face? Or that liberals argue that non-minorities cant face hardship?
04-14-2016 , 12:01 PM
Oh I saw that one, it was great. I'm wondering about the video game stuff.
04-14-2016 , 12:10 PM
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Nowadays, mostly everyone agrees that we should have equality (or rather, equitability.) We believe in fairness, and want to do the right thing. Yet there is consternation in how this goal is achieved. The narratives expressed today go far beyond equality. Every advertising poster must have one of each minority figure, or you are racist. If the female character in your video game is too sexy, you are sexist. If you are not a minority, you do not understand hardship and therefore must feel guilt, check your privilege, and be open to abuse.
Def stuff he won't regret posting under his real name ten years from now.
04-14-2016 , 12:30 PM
I learned to cope with the result when you Jumping Jacks decided to take down my flag. Reducing the number of above average breasts in my favorite video games is a price I will not pay.
04-14-2016 , 12:40 PM
Oh- I was hoping he literally talked about needing big titties. That would at least have been interesting stupid.
04-14-2016 , 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking
Woah first, Is it because she supported Trump or is it for some other reason?
You even bolded the biggest clue son, she was clearly not targeted for supporting Trump.
04-14-2016 , 01:21 PM
There is a real actual dumb thing that's happening, where people are complaining about the word "Trump" being used on campus like it's a racial epitaph.

http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/...ro-trump-wall/

In a sense, they're right. It's not hard to figure out the intent here. If this was a message board I'd say "that person is obviously trolling and you should ban them because that's what a smart mod does".

But it's not, it's an actual environment where free speech applies, and you shouldn't ban speech just because you're pretty sure on the intent of the speaker.
04-14-2016 , 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Dids
There is a real actual dumb thing that's happening, where people are complaining about the word "Trump" being used on campus like it's a racial epitaph.

http://college.usatoday.com/2016/04/...ro-trump-wall/

In a sense, they're right. It's not hard to figure out the intent here. If this was a message board I'd say "that person is obviously trolling and you should ban them because that's what a smart mod does".

But it's not, it's an actual environment where free speech applies, and you shouldn't ban speech just because you're pretty sure on the intent of the speaker.
If they are using trump 2016 in place of ******s go home - they can be treated the same way.

There is no way ******s go home can be used by the frat in anything like the same way.
04-14-2016 , 01:45 PM
That's simply not an assumption you can or should make in a country protected by the 1st amendment. That's my entire point.
04-14-2016 , 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Dids

In a sense, they're right. It's not hard to figure out the intent here. If this was a message board I'd say "that person is obviously trolling and you should ban them because that's what a smart mod does".

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Liberals views on free speech [lack thereof] are truly scary. If only the right people felt threatened we could demand the left be silenced.
04-14-2016 , 04:39 PM
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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking
Liberals views on free speech [lack thereof] are truly scary. If only the right people felt threatened we could demand the left be silenced.
So just for the record, you are pro "******s go home" being ok to put up on campus?
04-14-2016 , 04:42 PM
After about ten seconds of searching, Dids has managed to find an actual example of campus censorship that isn't completely ridiculous.
04-14-2016 , 05:24 PM
I'm not even sure it's censorship. The frat claims they took the wall down on their own, obv there's video of the football team doing it. However, it's not the first story we've seen of somebody basically looking at the word "Trump" as some aggressive act and at least attempting to get their school to do something about it. Something similar popped up in the LC thread last month and pretty much every liberal poster was like "yeah that's super dumb".
04-14-2016 , 07:24 PM
DePaul banned all college chalking over this ****, which is a typical bureaucrat response to just get rid of the problem, but it's classic assistant principal behavior.
04-14-2016 , 07:26 PM
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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking
Liberals views on free speech [lack thereof] are truly scary. If only the right people felt threatened we could demand the left be silenced.
Who is stopping y'all from making that demand, Jethro? I imagine your family runs pure bitch more than a few generations deep, but you could break that streak.

Stand up and state your claim.
04-15-2016 , 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by master3004
So just for the record, you are pro "******s go home" being ok to put up on campus?
I could acquiesce as long as there was a blanket ban on the entire asterisk's category.
04-15-2016 , 08:51 AM
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Originally Posted by DeadMoneyWalking
I could acquiesce as long as there was a blanket ban on the entire asterisk's category.
Can't defend point, makes unfunny joke instead.

#standard
04-15-2016 , 11:59 AM
In honour of fold, my office at the university is now advertised as a safe space. Well, it's actually called positive space at this uni, and there is a campaign with rainbow stickers and "positive space" to be put on office doors and I added one

Because, as fun as it is to lol at people that step over the line on the laudable goal or combatting bigotry, I want my students to feel open and comfortable and able to come out of their shells during office hours, I want them to know that their professor is someone who is explciitly saying they are not judged, despite being a white straight male (they know straight as I often use my wife in self deprecating humour in class). Maybe it does nothing. And maybe it helps someone feel more comfortable. So yay safe spaces!
04-15-2016 , 12:11 PM
CODDLER! Obama is displeased!


Edit : well the Obama in foldns head anyway.
04-15-2016 , 12:52 PM
Are there any reputable, overtly conservative leaning universities? Rejecting safe spaces, teaching conservative economic theory to undergrads, student body heavily skewed by white dudes, teaching ID as plausible, etc etc?
04-15-2016 , 01:51 PM
Trump University.
04-15-2016 , 02:07 PM
I would hope that teaching ID as plausible would preclude reputability.
04-15-2016 , 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DudeImBetter
Are there any reputable, overtly conservative leaning universities? Rejecting safe spaces, teaching conservative economic theory to undergrads, student body heavily skewed by white dudes, teaching ID as plausible, etc etc?
Brigham Young?

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016...-rape-victims/

http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor...eir_rapes.html

http://wonkette.com/600708/brigham-y...old-honor-code

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love...ing-assaulted/

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/04/utah...tims-partying/

      
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