Posted on 10/04/2016 7:16:48 PM PDT by Leaning Right
tudent leaders of this year’s freshman orientation at James Madison University were given a list of 35 things they should avoid saying, including phrases such as “you have such a pretty face,” “love the sinner, hate the sin,” “we’re all part of the human race,” “I treat all people the same,” “it was only a joke,” “I never owned slaves,” and “people just need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps,” among other expressions.
Those phrases and others on the list “widen the diversity gap” and do not “create a safe and inclusive environment,” according to the seven-page handout, a copy of which was provided to The College Fix by a campus spokesman.
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“we’re all part of the human race,”
How is it the Pinkos find THAT to be harmful?
Ten commandments (Exodus 20:1–17), ten beautiful precepts, 313 words. James Madison University posts seven pages of pure crap. Does anyone wonder why college graduates learn nothing other than being useful idiots?
See... see... they didn’t want diversity after all.
Well now the students know exactly what to say....: )
So why shouldn’t we all be Jewish?
The full list of 35 “dumb” expressions is:
1. “Some of my best friends are …”
2. “I know exactly how you feel.”
3. “I don’t think of you as …”
4. “The same thing happens to me too.”
5. “It was only a joke! Don’t take things so seriously.”
6. What do ‘your’ people think.”
7. “What are you?” or “Where are you really from?”
8. “I don’t see color” or “I’m color blind.”
9. “You are so articulate.”
10. “It is so much better than it used to be. Just be patient.”
11. “You speak the language very well.”
12. Asking black people about their hair or hygiene.
13. Saying to LBGTQ people “what you do in the privacy of your own bedroom is your business.”
14. “Yes, but you are a ‘good’ one.”
15. “You have such a pretty face.”
16. “I never owned slaves.”
17. “If you are going to live in this country, learn to speak the language!”
18. “She/he is a good person. She/he didn’t mean anything by it.”
19. “When I’ve said the same thing to other people like you, they don’t mind.”
20. Calling women “girls, honey, sweetie pie” or other familiar terms.
21. When people of color say, “It is not the same thing.”
22. When people of faith say, “Love the sinner, hate the sin.”
23. When white men say, “We are the ones being discriminated against now!”
24. Referring to older people as “cute.”
25. Asking a transgender person, “What are you really? A man or a woman?”
26. Referring to the significant other, partner, or spouse of a same gender couple as their “friend.”
27. “Why do ‘they’ (fill in the blank) always have to sit together? They are always sticking together.”
28. “People just need to pick themselves up by their bootstraps.”
29. People with disabilities are “courageous.”
30. “That’s so gay/queer. That’s so retarded.”
31. “I don’t see difference. We are all part of the same race, the human race.”
32. I don’t care if you are pink, purple or orange, I treat all people the same.”
33. Asking a transgender person, “Have you had the operation.”
34. Saying to a Jewish person, “You are so lucky to have ‘your’ Christmas spread over a week!”
35. “Here’s another book on political correctness.”
I guess asking to be judged by the “content of your character rather than the color of your skin” is out too.
We are all equal. But those with historic grievances are more equal than the rest. So those of you with "privilege", don't you dare group yourself with the oppressed.
And how Ironic - this takes place at college named after James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” writer of the Bill of Rights, and founder of the idea of “nullification.”
“we’re all part of the human race,” yea remember that when a muslim is slitting your throat.
What happened to healthy rebellion?
What happened to "Hell, no"?
This is just so ridiculous. Who the hell are these people to censor free speech, particularly this list of entirely innocuous phrases.
The "Hell, no" folks would get suspended, and then expelled. No one wants to be a kamikaze.
Solzhenitsyn wrote about that very same thing. He said that the Soviet state would have collapsed if all those who were visited by the police would have resisted. But no one resisted. All were lead away, hoping that they would eventually be pardoned.
It's part of the human condition, wanting to avoid being a dead (or expelled) martyr. It's something the fascists take full advantage of.
Bingo! Sure glad I perused the thread before posting.
I hate stepping on another’s great post. I wonder
if the students at James Madison have any clue about
this man.
We can thank V.P. Biden for that one being on the list.
Regards,
Guess my saying to both of my grandsons, as I am known to do frequently, “Hey snowflake, suck it up” probably wouldn’t be acceptable.
Perhaps the University should refer back to some of the comments of their founder.
Liberty may be endangered by the abuse of liberty, but also by the abuse of power. James Madison
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