Posted on 09/08/2020 10:32:07 AM PDT by karpov
An ACLU Kentucky communications associate criticized Transylvania University on Saturday for accepting Nick Sandmann, the high school student who sued major news outlets for their coverage of a controversial interaction he and several of his classmates had with a Native American activist.
“Does anyone else think it’s a bit of a stain on Transylvania University for accepting Nick Sandman [sic]? I’m sure it’s a “both sides” defense, but it’s pretty counter to their mission and another instance of there not actually being equal sides to an issue,” ACLU’s Samuel Crankshaw said in a Facebook post first uncovered by Jonathan Turley.
“I think TU should accept anyone willing to have an open mind and engage in debate, regardless of their views. That’s how we all learn,” he continued. “But this kid clearly is a provocateur in training with no intention of learning. He exists only to troll, intimidate and play victim.”
An assistant professor and diversity scholar at the university, Dr. Avery Tompkins, commented on the post calling Sandmann’s “public behavior and rhetoric atrocious and uninformed” and saying he would closely monitor Sandmann at the school.
“We can’t not admit academically qualified students due to their political and personal views. If he ends up in my Intro class, fine. He might learn something that is actually based on research and evidence,” he said.
Tompkins said Sandmann is part of organizations with “anti-intellectualist views” and would likely “view me as part of some liberal brainwashing machine, but signing up for Transy and my class means he is required to learn that information, even if he disagrees.”
The professor continued: “If he were to cause problems by being disruptive, trolling, or engaging in unethical behavior of any kind, I would immediately document it”
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
“But this kid clearly is a provocateur in training with no intention of learning. He exists only to troll, intimidate and play victim.”
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Hmmmm...
“A goal of professional provocateurs is to provoke the campus community into trying to silence them. Think of campus trolls as schoolyard bullies. Oh, their words definitely hurt. But the real question is: How do we respond to that hurt? A troll wants you to censor them. It feeds into their power and gives them something to sell. You don’t have to play that role.”
https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/free-speech-can-be-messy-we-need-it
The authorities in power in England during Thomas Paine’s lifetime saw him as an agent provocateur
https://www.amazon.com/Rights-Common-Sense-Everymans-Library/dp/0679433147
The top one isn’t bad-looking. Now if only he could learn to smile in a non-creepy way.
“He” has that evil-smile look like Whitmer
Advanced studies in dismantling white patriarchy, supremacy, and ***-isms through the applications of quantum field theory (QFT) and non-locality and super-algebra!
Maybe he is getting ready to change pronouns? I can almost see a flash off of that smile.
Hey, that may be a new thing in that avant-garde game, not a 'gender reveal party' but a 'pronoun proclivity party'!
I was on an academic board a long time ago. They use "hu" for ambiguous genders.
How is this not creating a hostile work environment, something that is illegal under US labor law?
The lawsuits were for 800 million, and you’re saying he settled for less than a penny on the dollar?
Even if he settled for half a penny on the dollar, the only reason anyone worth 4 million dollars should go to college is if he has an interest in a particular profession, because he’s already a financial success.
I remember way back when the ACLU used to defend the discriminated little guy...yea, swallowed that propaganda way back in 70’s. Now I vomit finally.
A different perspective: by persecuting this young man as he tries to attend a nearly unheard of school ... they are bullying him. And if they make his life at the school miserable or deny him an education, he is a legitimate victim.
Shaming and shunning used to have LIMITS. You didn’t hound person after they fled town. You didn’t attack their family members or destroy their ability to earn a living.
Liberal bullies going after the relatives of their targets has become common. And they used to realize that leaving kids hungry in the dark or driving families apart created terrorists.
Background:
Courses Taught at Transy
FYS/FYRS/August Term
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Women’s Studies
Research Methods
Transgender Studies
Trans Memoir and Creative Non-Fiction
Queer Critiques
Activism and Social Media
Sociology of the Body
Politics of Identity
Contested Masculinities
And liberals give up the opportunity to “educate”. Nope, just label the 18 year old as evil and then wonder why he becomes a dedicated activist against them ...
But if he were a 20 year old Antifa rioter, they’d say forgive him, bail him out, he’s not old enough to understand what he’s doing wrong.
I may go for this next time.
American
Communist
Lieyers
United
No regard for those who disagree, not even for their lives. That’s fascism!
Oh, I truly hope that this happens.
That’s the plan. Maybe he will get free admission at re-education camp.
Good grief, what a total waste of money and oxygen
But then again, a target rich for a lawsuit
Hit em up, Nick
I like the Communist Lawyers!
The lying comes with the profession.
BTW, what the hell is a “diversity scholar?”
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