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In reply to the discussion: Professor Bans Student for Rape Views [View all]zappaman
(20,607 posts)184. Good jury!
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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