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SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIORS ARE THE REASON DONALD TRUMP EXISTS
Claremont Independent ^ | April 5 2016 | STEVEN GLICK AND MEGAN KELLER

Posted on 05/21/2016 10:11:15 PM PDT by WilliamIII

Over the past couple weeks, students at colleges across the country have retreated into their safe spaces to protest the “hate speech” that is Donald Trump’s name.

Never to be left out of a big PC trend, the Claremont Colleges have seen plenty of oversensitivity to Trump as well. Students and administrators at both Scripps College and Pitzer College have referred to the phrases “#Trump2016” and “Make America” as “harassment,” “intimidation,” and “racism,” among other things. What these students seem to be missing is that their outrage is exactly what has made Trump’s candidacy so successful.

Political correctness has reached a point where it is essentially impossible to have an honest, open conversation about sensitive issues. Trump’s rise is nothing more than a direct response to the growing trend of language policing, and nowhere has this pattern of offense-taking victim culture been more evident than right here in Claremont.

At Pomona College, students protested an America-themed party because they felt that it supported “imperialism, violence, and racist power structures.” A mad scientist-themed party was opposed because the student government felt that the party’s name—“Mudd Goes Madd”—“trivializes mental health and disability issues.”

At Pitzer College, the Student Senate rejected a proposed Yacht Club because they thought that the word “yacht” was offensive to low-income students. Just weeks later, that same Student Senate did not approve a student’s request to start a campus branch of the national DreamCatcher Foundation—an organization that helps to give happy experiences to terminally ill hospice patients—because, even though the Student Senators believed that it “seems like a worthy organization in their goals and mission,” they were concerned that the word “DreamCatcher” was a form of cultural appropriation. This despite the fact that the CEO of the national organization is Native American herself.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2016issues; education; pc; trump
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1 posted on 05/21/2016 10:11:15 PM PDT by WilliamIII
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To: WilliamIII

Trigglypuffs need to be replaced by patriots


2 posted on 05/21/2016 10:23:10 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: WilliamIII

I think that most people, when confronted with the utterly absurd BS that is PC, have the following completely normal reaction: “GMAFB!!!”


3 posted on 05/21/2016 10:23:26 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: WilliamIII

Shaun King wants to buy one of those hats: “America was never great. Would he have been better as a slave in this country or a cannibal in the old?


4 posted on 05/21/2016 10:23:27 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: WilliamIII

To wrap it up: Don’t try...success sucks. People who don’t think exactly like you are scary and should be banned.


5 posted on 05/21/2016 10:26:52 PM PDT by BookmanTheJanitor
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6 posted on 05/21/2016 10:33:56 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: WilliamIII

Let them retreat to, and stay in, their safe spaces. They will not be missed. Those that went along to get along with their tyranny of pity-partying will now be free to get an education, wake up, discuss opposing or unknown ideas, and maybe even ask a girl out without fear of thought police swarming.


7 posted on 05/21/2016 10:34:41 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: chris37

Eye bleach the thread now please.


8 posted on 05/21/2016 10:36:25 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: chris37
If only we could harness the energy from this rightlefteously indignant Special Snowflake's armflapping, we could power the whole planet. Well, at least she stopped eating twinkies for a few seconds.
9 posted on 05/21/2016 10:39:33 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: OldNewYork

Hey, good lookin'

10 posted on 05/21/2016 10:40:28 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: WilliamIII
image
how do you print screen


11 posted on 05/21/2016 10:43:08 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors)
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To: WilliamIII

WTF is wrong with these kids this is beyond normal.


12 posted on 05/21/2016 10:45:13 PM PDT by The Cuban
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To: OldNewYork

Probably going to get in trouble for this.

13 posted on 05/21/2016 10:45:37 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: OldNewYork
Eye bleach the thread now please.

Okay. Now you can cleanse the image of an ugly pig with the image of a beautiful dog:

.


14 posted on 05/21/2016 10:46:07 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: chris37

Well done. But more will be needed for a couple of jokers’ responses on here.


15 posted on 05/21/2016 11:01:56 PM PDT by OldNewYork (Operation Wetback II, now with computers)
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To: WilliamIII

Ahh, Claremont, the city where a church decided to have Jesus depicted by Trayvon. A city which has tied the hands of the water provider so securely that when they priced in the additional costs for all the stupidity, the city decided to take the water system.

A city that had one of the three best engineering colleges in the country, and progressively turned it into a social justice nirvana, even banning a geek party called ‘Mudd goes Madd’ as it was offensive to those who have mental illnesses.

That there’s a couple sane voices left, cautioning their liberal brethren, will be as useful as trying to solve a racial hate crime caught on campus surveillance, perpetrated by the professor who made the complaint about the racial slurs carved into her car.


16 posted on 05/21/2016 11:14:15 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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17 posted on 05/21/2016 11:14:45 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: WilliamIII

War Against Fools!
Go Trump!!


18 posted on 05/21/2016 11:17:30 PM PDT by 4Liberty (We can't say 'property' with Rights, but we must say 'social' (collectivism) with "Justice.")
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To: WilliamIII

While I was (& remain) ambivalent about Trump, the sight of the people in back of Bernie & Hillary (particularly the former) was enough to send me in his direction. God help us all if these people get into office.


19 posted on 05/21/2016 11:22:04 PM PDT by MoochPooch (I'm a compassionate cynic.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Is that a Kangal or an Anatolian?
Still a noble beauty whatever breed.


20 posted on 05/21/2016 11:33:45 PM PDT by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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