Posted on 11/18/2016 8:43:22 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
To all the people associated with Lafayette College:
We are each of us suddenly confronted with one of the most important questions of our lives: what will the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States mean?
We, the undersigned faculty members of the college, are deeply concerned that our country now faces an unprecedented threat, and that without organized collaboration and resistance this election may lead America toward the dawn of a dangerous and institutionalized form of reactionary authoritarianism.
The campaign alone has already mobilized and legitimized long-standing politics based on white supremacy, nativism and patriarchy, resulting in physical and verbal attacks against: people of color, Muslims, Latinos, immigrants, the disabled, LGBTQ people, Jews and all women within and beyond these overlapping groups.
In electing Donald Trump, citizens of our country now face a clear and present danger, as this movement will soon gain access to the full power of the federal government.
We must be ready to resist before the promised mass round-ups, internment and expulsion of our Muslim and undocumented sisters and brothers begin—exponentially worsening what has already been, under the outgoing administration, the largest wave of deportations in American history.
If we wait to act until police are ordered to violently end all protests and occupy our “inner cities” while the hard-fought gains for LGBTQ, women’s and workers’ rights are rolled back, it will be too late.
One cannot face these grave threats alone and unprepared. We are dedicated to ensuring that Lafayette actively denounces and rejects racism, bigotry, misogyny and any kind of discrimination, without hesitation.
We will host an open meeting to discuss how and when and where organization should take place on Monday, Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. in Farinon. We invite you all to participate.
(Excerpt) Read more at lafayettestudentnews.com ...
“...one of the most important questions of our lives...”
Seriously? Buck up buttercup...
This is very funny summary of the election - https://youtu.be/BXpi3F0E5ro
Should be required viewing for all college students.
Wow, this reads like a parody.
The constitution means nothing to the lunatic left, only their own power base. Maybe some play dough will make them feel better?
“...We must be ready to resist before the promised mass round-ups...”
As the Rev. Al would say: “Resist, we much...”
This is so ridiculous it is laughable. Internment camps? Really?
They have created an image of Trump for themselves, and made themselves believed it. Now they are acting on that image.
Insanity is a complete disconnect from reality.
They don’t think leftism is authoritarian.
I thought YOU wrote the letter on the faculty’s behalf for a minute!!
I was going to ask you to change your last name out of embarrassment to our ancestors :)
A lot of delicate flowers out there these days.
They didn’t write any letters about those raped and murdered and beaten and robbed by illegals though.
Funny.
Appears to be a formal declaration of sedition and the criminal custody of students.
It would be fun just to drive there and pretend to round them up for giggles. What are they going to resist with? Throw pillows and glitter bombs?
“The constitution means nothing to the lunatic left, only their own power base. Maybe some play dough will make them feel better?”
The sad fact is that this IS what’s going on at virtually all colleges and universities across the country save places like HIllsdale College, Liberty University and Brigham Young. When I read this stuff it takes me to the movie “The Scent of a Woman” where Al Pacino tells the assembled student body that “if he were the man he used to be, he’d take a flamethrower to this place!”
I stopped my donations to colleges! Now known as lower education.
For crying out loud.
Hey how come I have to obey the law when illegal aliens don’t?
Oh right - because I’m white.
That’s white privilege for you. :)
I love Obamaland. Where else can anti-Trumpers riot and beat up everyone they disagree with and still write articles about how they’re the victims?
Black girls at Yale and Harvard lecturing unemployed whites in flyover country about how easy those with a light skin shade have it without ever considering the irony.
Millionaire athletes out there protesting the anthem without ever voting themselves.
Twitter is packed with angry libs threatening to kill everyone who voted against them.
The Electoral college is being deluged with death threats should they vote against Hillary. Electors names and addresses and phone numbers are being posted online for the world to see.
But Donald Trump is the problem?
Hillary Clinton: A political candidate who lies, cheats, breaks the law and still gets away with it.
You college faculty types, with your cushy jobs can go to Hell.
I guess colleges are now purveyors of emotional cripples and social misfits instead of diverse opinions and experiences – how sad that “education” has come to mean left-wing intolerance and being oh-so-scared of the Boogeyman.
Your institution is stealing from those who pay for an education. Be ashamed – very ashamed that your staff has zero coping skills with disappointment except for inciting others to do your dirty work for you.
I noticed that there are a few that disagree with the faculty on this one.
I posted the below. It is “awaiting moderation” (cough).
“Suck it up, snowflakes.
Those of us on the other side were bummed out when your empty suit won in 2008, based on skin color alone. We didn’t riot in the streets, vandalize property, call for assassination of the New Guy, or Brown Shirt those who didn’t agree with us.
When you rubbed our noses in it in 2012, we didn’t hold “grief therapy sessions” with Play-Doh and coloring books, “therapy dogs”, “safety pins”, Cry-Ins”, or other moronic Drama Queen performances.
We didn’t do anything but grit our teeth and promise, like the old Dodgers fans, “Wait ‘till next time”.
Now, One of Ours beat out the designated loser, Jeb Bush, plus 19 other Establishment hacks (for the most part), and won the nomination. Then during the Main Event, he exposed the Media for the political presstitutes they had become and flummoxed all the self-appointed elites and their bogus polls.
What the devil did your people ever accomplish? And you carry on like those bawling econuts on YouTube, sobbing and wailing over dead trees? Please.
As I said in the beginning, “Suck it up, snowflakes”. Wait until you see what the Real World has waiting for you.”
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