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Hissyspit

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17. Give me a break.

Reply to pscot (Reply #16)

Fri Feb 1, 2013, 11:48 PM

Feb 2013

What the guy said was ignorant as hell. And we've heard it before. Same higher education-as-business Fox News, teabagger B.S. that the Bush administration tried to pull. He's backtracking on his dogwhistles now that he's been called out on it. Why are you defending it?

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Gov. Pat McCrory's comments on liberal arts elicit firestorm of debate [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2013 OP

Your headline seems a tad misleading, no? pscot Feb 2013 #1

It's taken word for word from the linked article's headline, no? Lex Feb 2013 #4

Doh pscot Feb 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Hissyspit Feb 2013 #13

The unemployment rate in NC for college graduates with a BA is less than 4%. Lex Feb 2013 #2

As a proud graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, this saddens me. UNC has always been... CurtEastPoint Feb 2013 #6

Me too. Bill Friday is Lex Feb 2013 #7

I knew they'd destroy the Triangle's proud education system. ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #20

I would like to see the result of enlightenment Feb 2013 #3

That's not what the guy said pscot Feb 2013 #8

I know. enlightenment Feb 2013 #9

I saw Rashomon at a tender age pscot Feb 2013 #10

McCrory knows how to use the "dog whistle" approach Lex Feb 2013 #11

Actually we know exactly what the guy was saying. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #14

There are no gray areas, are there? pscot Feb 2013 #16

Give me a break. Hissyspit Feb 2013 #17

From a faculty list-serv today. Here's what we're dealing with: Hissyspit Feb 2013 #18

I have no idea what your point is pscot Feb 2013 #19

If you are talking about post secondary education... mwooldri Feb 2013 #12

Exactly. enlightenment Feb 2013 #15

I once dated a girl who did nothing but STEM bluevoter4life Feb 2013 #21