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SecularMotion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 06:34 AM Original message |
Grad student suspended after pro gun rights e-mail |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
1. After a brief look at the site, it appears that FIRE actually IS non-partisan |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. What utter crap! So much for Universities being a place of HIGHER learning and DEBATE!~ |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Did you read the e-mails? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #6 |
21. Making sexist and racist comments doesn't make you unstable |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:29 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. did you read the emails? they struck me as unstable. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. Racist. Sexist. Angry. Packing |
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comtec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:38 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. I take back my earlier statements, knee jerk reaction... I have now read his Emails |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
11. universities have an obligation to keep campus safe for students too |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Amen! That's exactly what I think about my coworkers too. n/t |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I think that's wrong. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:45 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. sorry but as the president of an institution safety of students and faculty is a concern |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:22 AM Response to Reply #15 |
22. If you think that justifies suppressing free speech rights |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:18 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. "Angry and racist" may not equal "crazy or dangerous"... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. dramatic much? i believe someone who rants and raves that everythign is someone elses fault |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:23 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. "free speech rights" |
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Somawas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:46 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Suspending the guy and making him have psych testing |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 10:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Many folk here is gonna blow. I totally understands. So why the hell can't I bring my gun to school? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
50. So you're one of those guys who thinks... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. The guy's a racist and sexist. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 12:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. he's a lunatic racist with anger problems and he wants to bring a gun to campus |
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Sneaky Sailor (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
44. I forgot, rascists and sexists cant get an education |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. racists and sexists who are coming apart and are angry and want to bring a gun to school |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:00 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. You should do like comtec did and read the e-mails. |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Are you actually trying to argue for racism and sexism? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:36 PM Response to Reply #44 |
51. You got it... |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
34. No, if the guys emails appeared mentally disturbed and the school didn't |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 07:54 AM Response to Original message |
3. sounds like was suspending for sending racist and sexist emails. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. if he spells "truly" as "truley" what is he doing in graduate school...I know |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. there are several spelling errors in his superior race emails. |
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Irreverend IX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. The guy's email comments don't do much to endear me to him... |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:10 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. if someone claimed superior race and then wanted to bring a gun to school |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. I truly believe that if his email had been calm and lucid and he had |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. i agree. this was not a rational debate for guns on campus |
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Dhalgren (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:10 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I agree completely. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
9. His 'superior white, male as victim' rants are enough for me to support the university's |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. exactly what i thought. the guys needs a psych evaluation |
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wicket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 08:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. This part of the 2nd email is what really got to me: |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
18. Hamline has the right to suspend any student, any time it wants |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. did you read the emails? i would have suspended him too. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
23. I read the emails, the guy sounds unhinged and on the edge |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 02:40 AM Response to Reply #23 |
40. I neednt read any other posts .... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
46. That's quite a compliment, Trajan! |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
26. "victim disarmament zones" |
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SyntaxError (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
27. How the hell did he get into graduate school with such poor grammar and spelling? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 09:34 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. I worked as Basic Writing tutor when I was an undergraduate at UCSD |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Emails |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-11-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The degree of hostility is alarming |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 04:14 AM Response to Reply #35 |
42. He sounds quite a bit like "that Asian guy" himself n/t |
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sasquatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 12:52 AM Response to Original message |
39. Overreaction, the school needs to apologize and move on |
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mac56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 07:03 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. They didn't overreact, and have nothing to apologize for. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 02:39 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Based on...? |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 05:09 PM Response to Reply #39 |
55. If I were a faculty member at Hamline, I would not that guy on campus |
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Brrrp (124 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 06:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
56. As a liberal , I am shocked that so many ppl in this thread |
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Autobot77 (343 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-12-07 03:32 AM Response to Original message |
41. The "liberal" media strikes again |
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DuaneBidoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 03:56 PM Response to Original message |
53. He doesn't sound mentally healthy, but then again he sounds like a typical conservative. |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
54. Something non-Minnesotans may not know |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:08 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. As do 48 out of the 50 states... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 09:35 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I think he was suspended for being a hate-ridden nutcase, since |
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tomg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
59. This really is a rock and a hard place. |
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KingFlorez (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-18-07 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
60. This goes beyond free speech |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Oct-19-07 02:43 AM Response to Original message |
61. I don't care if they suspend him |
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