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‘Hump Day’ event cancelled after students claim bringing a camel to campus was racist
campusReform ^
| May 15, 2014
| Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Posted on 10/04/2015 5:48:08 PM PDT by Daffynition
Students at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota have cancelled an event to celebrate the end of the year after complaints that bringing a camel on campus could offend those of Middle Eastern cultures.
The “Hump Day” event, put on by the Residence Hall Association (RHA), was supposed to be “a petting zoo type of atmosphere” in which students could hang out and take photos with a live camel. According to Aaron Macke, the group’s advisor, the camel is owned by a local vendor and trained for special events.
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To: Patriot Babe
Beatles also recorded that.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:14:25 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:15:37 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: DemforBush
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:16:28 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
Come on! I mean, that’s just MEAN....parading a muzzie girlfriend around campus like that
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:17:09 PM PDT
by
i_robot73
("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
To: Daffynition
Do they give any reason that camels on campus would offend Muslims? Sorry but it is so stupid I can’t click on it.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:18:38 PM PDT
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: Daffynition
But, sir, the men ride the camel into town to visit the local ladies.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:19:01 PM PDT
by
Bob
(No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
To: knarf
Get on the microagression bandwagon
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:20:08 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:21:08 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: i_robot73
I think you are goating someone. ;)
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:21:35 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
what a GREAT IDEA...
that it had to be scrubbed due to WHINER claims of Microagression is really terribly funny and unspeakably SAD... at one and the same time.
Freegards!!
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:21:55 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Bob
The ladies with camel toes?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:23:48 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: MeshugeMikey
Hey darling! Good to cybercya!
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:25:22 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Ditter
Out there....somewhere....the former mayor of Camel is smiling.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:27:18 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:28:48 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Weren't they very lucky that Dr. Palmer was out of town, at the time?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:31:46 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:33:38 PM PDT
by
Ditter
(God Bless Texas!)
To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Cheers!
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:34:04 PM PDT
by
Daffynition
(*We are not descended from fearful men*)
To: Daffynition
Wow! Entire species of animals can be racist? Who knew?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:34:16 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!Just read)
To: Daffynition
I’m offended by the anti-camel bias at this campus.
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:34:34 PM PDT
by
Calpublican
(Boehner Down! Lots more to go....)
To: Daffynition
Hmmm...which race are camels in? And how do we know they are offended?
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posted on
10/04/2015 6:35:09 PM PDT
by
mtrott
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