Block, Siteadmin, SkipCaptcha, Upload, Automoderated users, Check users, delete, edit, move, oversight, protect, rollback, Administrators
51,035
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Line 58:
Line 58: +
→Re-doing the analysis
:::::So, colleges can't invite conservative speakers, even "mainstream" conservatives such as Ann Coulter or Betsy DeVos? Isn't it sad (from a leftist perspective, I must clarify) that a conservative Christian university that accepts YEC and whose president was a strong supporter of Trump is able to invite numerous left-wing speakers every year, including Bernie Sanders, and not have to shut down the events or cancel the speakers because of riots; but at the same time, supposedly "open-minded" and "tolerant" liberal universities (public universities, I should add) can't tolerate non-leftist speakers? It's the Left that's doing this. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:11, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:::::So, colleges can't invite conservative speakers, even "mainstream" conservatives such as Ann Coulter or Betsy DeVos? Isn't it sad (from a leftist perspective, I must clarify) that a conservative Christian university that accepts YEC and whose president was a strong supporter of Trump is able to invite numerous left-wing speakers every year, including Bernie Sanders, and not have to shut down the events or cancel the speakers because of riots; but at the same time, supposedly "open-minded" and "tolerant" liberal universities (public universities, I should add) can't tolerate non-leftist speakers? It's the Left that's doing this. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:11, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::::::I think you forget that [http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/milo-yiannopoulos-harassed-a-trans-student-at-uw-milwaukee.html Milo was invited and ''did speak'' at the college]. And DeVos literally [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/10/alumni-others-deliver-petitions-demanding-historically-black-university-drop-betsy-devos-as-commencement-speaker/ just gave a speech] at BCU. Now, after you come back with the 'But the students booed her! Look! Censorship!' let me respond: DeVos equivocated herself with BCU's founder, something very offensive to the students and those familiar with Mrs Bethune's legacy. In addition, DeVos called Bethune a 'pioneer in school choice'. Think about that. A ''pioneer'' in ''school choice'', though the university was founded as a necessity to the fact that segregation kept black students out of white colleges. Such choice they had, being blocked out of choice because of the colour of thier skin. [[User:Koidevelopment|Vive]] [[User talk:Koidevelopment|Liberté!]] 22:25, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
::::::I think you forget that [http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/milo-yiannopoulos-harassed-a-trans-student-at-uw-milwaukee.html Milo was invited and ''did speak'' at the college]. And DeVos literally [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2017/05/10/alumni-others-deliver-petitions-demanding-historically-black-university-drop-betsy-devos-as-commencement-speaker/ just gave a speech] at BCU. Now, after you come back with the 'But the students booed her! Look! Censorship!' let me respond: DeVos equivocated herself with BCU's founder, something very offensive to the students and those familiar with Mrs Bethune's legacy. In addition, DeVos called Bethune a 'pioneer in school choice'. Think about that. A ''pioneer'' in ''school choice'', though the university was founded as a necessity to the fact that segregation kept black students out of white colleges. Such choice they had, being blocked out of choice because of the colour of thier skin. [[User:Koidevelopment|Vive]] [[User talk:Koidevelopment|Liberté!]] 22:25, 15 May 2017 (EDT)
:::::::Berkley disinvited Milo after the students there threw their temper tantrum. This was in January of this year. It also disinvited Coulter. It's true that black people did not have much of a choice back in the 19th century, but they created an alternative form of education, one that exists to this day, after segregation has ended on college campuses (even though it [http://www.breitbart.com/california/2017/05/14/militant-black-student-group-threatens-more-campus-takeovers-at-uc-santa-cruz-if-new-demands-not-met/ might come back]). There is some truth in DeVos's comments: the system does not work for you, so put matters into your own hands. Offensive comments like that do not warrant immature behavior on the part of the students. She says something they don't like, OK, but don't shut down the speaker because of it. I think there was more to their opposition than any alleged respect for the historical accuracy of their school's founder. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 22:48, 15 May 2017 (EDT)