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In reply to the discussion: Professor Bans Student for Rape Views [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)70. So in an AA studies class, if a person was disrupting by dismissing the experiences of blacks
you'd be totally fine with that? If someone was denying the existence of racism and a racist culture in the US, that would be okay? If what was said was making other students uncomfortable and harming productive discussion?
(And before you say it, yes, making other students uncomfortable is not okay. This is a class where there's probably quite a few people who have been raped--see Post 29 for why that's not going to fly: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026385811#post29)
Denying the existence of a culture of sexism is sexism. Denying the existence of a culture of racism is racist. There's no way to get around that.
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When I Googled the student's name, I found this petition he has posted on Change.org
deutsey
Mar 2015
#4
The central question seems to be which of these salient points makes more sense
Major Nikon
Mar 2015
#50
False choice- as always. LOL. Both the culture and the rapists should be condemned. Easy!
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#167
Some people think that women being underpaid and under represented in government
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#171
Lol, luckily no one is fooled by anyone who pretends to be progressive yet vehemently argues against
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#175
no, you will not continue to alert.... at least for 24 hours. ya, betty is alert stalked. we saw
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#193
Between the sexists, the racists and the watermelon joke lovers, I am fucked, LOL.
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#206
The professor should make clear before the start of class which views are acceptable to air,
Nye Bevan
Mar 2015
#5
and after you have refuted and debunked the garbage, should the professor and students
KittyWampus
Mar 2015
#145
Should a college course on calculus also be equally accepting of all opinions?
stone space
Mar 2015
#118
At this rate, next thing we know, creationism will be denied in science classrooms.
LanternWaste
Mar 2015
#54
Free though is great. Provided you're not still thinking about it after class ends, apparently. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#13
telling rape survivors their experience in being raped isn't real or is exaggerated
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#23
So, you assume the man is telling nothing but the truth and assume the women
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#55
ALL of his classmates were disturbed, so they stood up to his bullshit. Not"too delicate to survive"
bettyellen
Mar 2015
#162
the fact that the entire class refused to go forward with him present indicates he was
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#90
comparing rape survivors to mentally unstable creationists, stay classy 'Men's Group' host nt
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#40
Personally, I think facts and statistics should be admissible in college.
lumberjack_jeff
Mar 2015
#51
ah, yes. lumberjack does like to call rape victims mentally unstable, as a few others do.
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#156
amazing how many people are willing to take this guy's account at face value.
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#22
So in an AA studies class, if a person was disrupting by dismissing the experiences of blacks
F4lconF16
Mar 2015
#70
So the standard of debate is that you can never make anyone uncomfortable? Really?
hack89
Mar 2015
#77
There's a difference between offering an opinion and intentionally being inflammatory.
alp227
Mar 2015
#102
I'm very interested in the answer to your question, because I think denier professors cant be fired
stevenleser
Mar 2015
#121
I remember many years ago in an undergrad class that was going to discuss abortion
tammywammy
Mar 2015
#48
I don't like this view that people need to be protected from things that make them "uncomfortable."
alarimer
Mar 2015
#35
Yes, it's not a therapy session for this dude to sit there and talk at everyone
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#154
Trumad should wear that hide with pride. Proof that DU's jury system is completely broken.
backscatter712
Mar 2015
#143
Our poli-sci class had Socialist Workers Party members, the son of Havana's police chief...
Eleanors38
Mar 2015
#75
The strategic thinking at UF was maybe an on-campus beer bar would tone down demonstrations...
Eleanors38
Mar 2015
#95
classrooms often, if not consistently have restricted bounds, am i not correct?
seabeyond
Mar 2015
#194
Some of this stuff has been discussed ad nauseam for years, I'll not go through it again....
Eleanors38
Mar 2015
#204
So, being able to harass women for not wanting to be raped or assaulted is the new Men's Right(TM).
backscatter712
Mar 2015
#88
What this thread doesn't tell me is what the class is and what the discussion subject was...
brooklynite
Mar 2015
#100
it's intro Humanities, apparently involving breakout sessions or 'conferences'
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#104
either that, or too much leeway was granted to the students in your examples
geek tragedy
Mar 2015
#103
People don't really seem to understand that colleges have codes of conduct.
Starry Messenger
Mar 2015
#112
So even when you have valid stats, you get kicked out when your opinions don't match others?
davidn3600
Mar 2015
#150
It was a "behavior" issue, not the free speech issue that dumbassed kid is hiding behind...
Blue_Tires
Mar 2015
#198