tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post2181782425568021128..comments2024-03-29T10:43:26.948-05:00Comments on Althouse: "Even if I agree with you, I obviously couldn’t say anything."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-85196037485523160662016-10-05T07:12:43.512-05:002016-10-05T07:12:43.512-05:00sean said...
"Note that Prof. Althouse does n...sean said...<br />"Note that Prof. Althouse does not condemn this sort of totalitarian trampling on the right of free expression. Plausible deniability--aka cowardice--is her modus operandi. That's the kind of cowardly mentality that the tenure system attracts into the univerisity."<br /><br />Flunked her class huh.Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18002849425050900152016-10-04T20:56:31.778-05:002016-10-04T20:56:31.778-05:00Reason number 10234 why I will never give my alma ...Reason number 10234 why I will never give my alma mater a red cent.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09522744881115720982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-32268638749237517542016-10-04T20:12:25.582-05:002016-10-04T20:12:25.582-05:00@sean
You're full of shit. AA opened this s...@sean <br /><br />You're full of shit. AA opened this subject up to commentary. In no way did she do anything cowardly. She brought attention to and allowed us to comment on a ridiculous, frightening, and oppressive situation, and we should be grateful.Char Char Binks, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649888089413308406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23493563627986212132016-10-04T18:59:00.356-05:002016-10-04T18:59:00.356-05:00Note that Prof. Althouse does not condemn this sor...Note that Prof. Althouse does not condemn this sort of totalitarian trampling on the right of free expression. Plausible deniability--aka cowardice--is her modus operandi. That's the kind of cowardly mentality that the tenure system attracts into the univerisity.seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00843345930627586208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-38936516386083759032016-10-04T18:58:35.202-05:002016-10-04T18:58:35.202-05:00Reminded by Instapundit, it seems tomorrow is Vacl...Reminded by Instapundit, it seems tomorrow is Vaclav Havel's birthday (would have been 80). <br />Its just a matter of time I suppose before his works are banned in the US and preserved in Russia. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-29552010061177747122016-10-04T18:45:36.523-05:002016-10-04T18:45:36.523-05:00" it's just a question of the death toll ..." it's just a question of the death toll and how long the next dark age lasts."<br /><br />Yes.Michael Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18127450762129879267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-88661297224705737892016-10-04T17:33:10.230-05:002016-10-04T17:33:10.230-05:00First they came for the handsome, but I was not ha...First they came for the handsome, but I was not handsome, so I said nothing...Char Char Binks, Esq.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10649888089413308406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53491377034490573512016-10-04T16:57:57.627-05:002016-10-04T16:57:57.627-05:00Worse, people who should know better STILL send th...Worse, people who should know better STILL send their kids to these schools.<br /><br />Why?YeeHaw!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07248913243140614174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31938481118282457682016-10-04T16:28:20.747-05:002016-10-04T16:28:20.747-05:00"I self identify as handsome.""I self identify as handsome."Freeman Hunthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16202310075717963694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42801975636517311642016-10-04T16:27:36.412-05:002016-10-04T16:27:36.412-05:00Re: the millennial bartender who hates cultural ap...Re: the millennial bartender who hates cultural appropriation.<br /><br />Did she see what the Romans did to the Greeks? OMG!! And Arabic numerals!!! WTF!! And the Anglo Saxons and the Normans!!! Who stole from whom??? Not to mention Chipotle! And fusion cuisine!!!! And just-in-time manufacturing!! I can't stand it!!!!!!<br /><br /> There is no end to it. In most places it is considered human progress. Amadeus 48 https://www.blogger.com/profile/15907486643353591432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-75898269706024774372016-10-04T16:17:52.672-05:002016-10-04T16:17:52.672-05:00"I hope that SMOD 2016 comes down right on to..."I hope that SMOD 2016 comes down right on top of Columbia's Gender-Based Misconduct Office. It's like a giant tumor that perfectly exemplifies everything that is wrong with this annus horribilis."<br /><br />As the poet once sang, Columbia puts the "anus" in "annus". MarkJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404294796490567812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10142846588873941402016-10-04T15:10:42.316-05:002016-10-04T15:10:42.316-05:00Not available for comment--new Dean of Sensitivity...Not available for comment--new Dean of Sensitivity Programs, Mattress Girl.<br /><br />Why does Congress allow universities to enjoy federal benefits and nonprofit status when they are run this way?Brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219319435229314554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23749788739365132002016-10-04T15:10:24.234-05:002016-10-04T15:10:24.234-05:00I hope that SMOD 2016 comes down right on top of C...I hope that SMOD 2016 comes down right on top of Columbia's Gender-Based Misconduct Office. It's like a giant tumor that perfectly exemplifies everything that is wrong with this <i>annus horribilis</i>.Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16736461252925227611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84217255296623361542016-10-04T15:05:04.615-05:002016-10-04T15:05:04.615-05:00Just inform Columbia that you have decided you wil...Just inform Columbia that you have decided you will not contribute to their fund raising campaigns. Any legacy you leave will not go to Columbia. There are better things to do with your money than fund stalinists. wbwittmeyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16581226392234616329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-78515816313828845092016-10-04T14:53:05.045-05:002016-10-04T14:53:05.045-05:00"Frankly I don't see anyway out. But hey,..."Frankly I don't see anyway out. But hey, all civilizations end.... it's just a question of the death toll and how long the next dark age lasts."<br /><br />What I figured out some years ago. buwayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02388691837737324814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-92221647453910743742016-10-04T14:27:30.856-05:002016-10-04T14:27:30.856-05:00We are so screwed:
Worst political class in histo...We are so screwed:<br /><br />Worst political class in history<br />Worst citizenry, responsible for above<br />Unsustainable amounts of ever increasing debt<br />Increasingly hostile, erratic world<br /><br />Frankly I don't see anyway out. But hey, all civilizations end.... it's just a question of the death toll and how long the next dark age lasts.TBlakelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08732805926655873985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-39530875753663463472016-10-04T14:21:39.331-05:002016-10-04T14:21:39.331-05:00From the words of the letter, it sure looks to me ...From the words of the letter, it sure looks to me like the teacher herself made the complaint. Hard to say what really was going on, but in my experience, no teacher likes a class clown. (We all know who's the real butt of his humor.)<br /><br />If he really was trying to flirt or appear to flirt with her, and she was, say, a Chinese woman raised in a that culture, maybe her taking him aside was a way to get him to cut it out. When he treated that as a joke, I could imagine her taking it to the official level. Not saying that any of this PC enforcement belongs in a higher ed environment, but I still wonder about the real world interactions that we're only hearing one side of.robotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04158315485808195005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-52813443904631041652016-10-04T14:11:01.923-05:002016-10-04T14:11:01.923-05:00He never quite says so in his article, but he has ...He never quite says so in his article, but he has obviously learned that the best way to deal with these inane aspects of university life is mockery and publicity. It's Kafka's trial re-imagined as a farce set in a university not to be named -- because, of course, it could be any of them. An anonymous complaint (just try to picture the complainant and who would play the part in a movie!) that he called himself handsome results in re-education at the Office of Multi-Gender Silliness. It's quite the hoot, at least now in the retelling if not at the time, and as the re-education sessions play out, even the enforcers of the PC regime couldn't take it seriously. <br /><br />Remind me again about who was getting re-educated.Richard Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12735773524374061429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86046667622675953642016-10-04T14:04:11.667-05:002016-10-04T14:04:11.667-05:00He should have just asked each person he was requi...He should have just asked each person he was required to talk to about this, "Are you saying I'm unattractive?". That he didn't do that makes me wonder if there's more to the story than we're reading now. (I still think it's stupid, just that there may be context that we aren't getting because none of it makes any sense.)MBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681108069735169017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-90932255125379006892016-10-04T14:03:03.167-05:002016-10-04T14:03:03.167-05:00I really am mad as hell and I really will not stan...I really am mad as hell and I really will not stand for it anymore.Roughcoathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12669030540648967376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31175016891365368512016-10-04T14:01:35.895-05:002016-10-04T14:01:35.895-05:00Kid ought to sue. FIRE would back him up, I'm ...Kid ought to sue. FIRE would back him up, I'm sure.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06759123995199859080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46455134142143862482016-10-04T13:48:33.959-05:002016-10-04T13:48:33.959-05:00"Esta su casa?
How dare you assume I have a ..."Esta su casa?<br /><br />How dare you assume I have a house!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68588833850046061642016-10-04T13:15:09.961-05:002016-10-04T13:15:09.961-05:00DKWalser said "...Your kids never would have ...DKWalser said "...Your kids never would have had the opportunity to stand up in support"<br />As I read the article, the kid shortly told some of the people in the Chinese class what had happened. That is when the opportunity to stand with the guy arose. Virgil Hiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725950903829582668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16061996166193077502016-10-04T12:56:57.415-05:002016-10-04T12:56:57.415-05:00Essentially the judges are afraid of retribution. ...Essentially the judges are afraid of retribution. As well they should be. <br /><br />This is why the call for "due process" in campus adjudications is not going to solve the problem of bias in favor of the accuser. If the judges and gatherers of facts who inform the judges are too weak or indoctrinated or vulnerable to act with vigor and impartiality, the mechanism is still corrupted.<br /><br />Right now the culture is one of inquisition. It won't take long before the Baby Torquemadas figure out how to cover their Inquisition with a robe of due process.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-30247614589180405952016-10-04T12:55:01.649-05:002016-10-04T12:55:01.649-05:00...Had one of my kids been in this class, they wou...<i>...Had one of my kids been in this class, they would have stood up and yelled (ala I am Spartacus) "I am handsome too, in fact I may be a damn site more handsome than this other dude."...</i><br /><br />Your kids never would have had the opportunity to stand up in support of the guy about whom the complaint was made. These complaints and the resulting investigations are made in secret. Often, the target of the investigation is warned not to discuss the matter with anyone. If they do speak up, they are further investigated for "retaliation". In this case, the guy didn't come forward with his story until after graduation -- a full two years after the incident. <br /><br />Secrecy is allegedly required to protect both the accuser and the accused, but it also works to prevent other students from rising up in defense of their fellow students.DKWalserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109083129540090218noreply@blogger.com