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02 Feb 2016, 1:38 pm

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Click is representative of not just feminism, but of what Sam Harris is calling 'the regressive left.' In the past, irrationality has swung between right and left cyclically; what makes me fearful now is that the left seems to be growing irrational without a concomitant swing back into sanity by the right.


At this juncture my Marxist leanings really just feel moderate.


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02 Feb 2016, 1:39 pm

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Is this the same woman who had an honorary degree in Twilight-studies, or was that a separate woman?


That's her. And a double-major in Lady Gaga studies, with a minor in Martha Stewart:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melissa_Click


How can you major in studying a celebrity? That sounds creepy to me.



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02 Feb 2016, 1:46 pm

We have professorial scandals like this all the time where I live. Obviously I'd never want to meet this lady but I can't say I see the point of criticizing her work when I've never read it. Seems to me lots of people today are getting caught up defaming each other rather than exploring the useful aspects of what they know.


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02 Feb 2016, 2:02 pm

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It wasn't just her, I was all those other protesters on the footage that were obstructing journalists from doing their work, being smug and righteous about it.
if you're referring to the sports reporter, he was the one obstructing.

https://youtu.be/1S3yMzEee18?t=35s at 36seconds he starts pushing into their line and then asks not to get pushed.



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02 Feb 2016, 4:06 pm

Fugu wrote:
0_equals_true wrote:
It wasn't just her, I was all those other protesters on the footage that were obstructing journalists from doing their work, being smug and righteous about it.
if you're referring to the sports reporter, he was the one obstructing.

https://youtu.be/1S3yMzEee18?t=35s at 36seconds he starts pushing into their line and then asks not to get pushed.


Teacher is very unprofessional, placing the students in a position of choosing a side between her and the reporters. You can tell some of the students are laughing. Even they know that she is out of line. Reporter just thinks he is doing his job and is genuinely feeling rather hurt and self-righteous. I think both sides are acting like little babies kind of. But we were all babies once so it makes sense.



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02 Feb 2016, 4:38 pm

goofygoobers wrote:
Darmok wrote:
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Is this the same woman who had an honorary degree in Twilight-studies, or was that a separate woman?


That's her. And a double-major in Lady Gaga studies, with a minor in Martha Stewart:

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Melissa_Click


How can you major in studying a celebrity? That sounds creepy to me.


It looks like a lot of people are assuming that a course about a celebrity is at the level of gossip, but there could be more substance to it than that. Without seeing the syllabus, it's not fair to say.

Potentially, such a course could cover how celebrities market themselves. The logistics of the pop industry. How the pop industry is structured to favor the kinds of performers it does, and why. The ideological functions of pop stars. How you might write about mass culture from different angles. Things like that.



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02 Feb 2016, 4:53 pm

heavenlyabyss wrote:
Fugu wrote:
0_equals_true wrote:
It wasn't just her, I was all those other protesters on the footage that were obstructing journalists from doing their work, being smug and righteous about it.
if you're referring to the sports reporter, he was the one obstructing.

https://youtu.be/1S3yMzEee18?t=35s at 36seconds he starts pushing into their line and then asks not to get pushed.


Teacher is very unprofessional, placing the students in a position of choosing a side between her and the reporters. You can tell some of the students are laughing. Even they know that she is out of line. Reporter just thinks he is doing his job and is genuinely feeling rather hurt and self-righteous. I think both sides are acting like little babies kind of. But we were all babies once so it makes sense.
i'm curious how a SPORTS reporter is doing his job covering a protest?



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02 Feb 2016, 5:09 pm

I think it is safe to say that Ms. Click has stolen a fair sum of money from the taxpayers of Missouri

there really needs to be easier ways of getting these people fired, they do it to other people so I guess no **** they insulate themselves in their own little contained worlds. That's why they can't have "safe spaces", they're adults and should be treated like everyone else, they should reap what they sow. I wonder how a Starbucks barista(I'm using another profession that would fit her educational background) would be treated if they ordered "muscle" on to a customer?

I can't believe this country pays thousands of freaks like this all over this country, academia in America right now is an abomination.



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02 Feb 2016, 5:15 pm

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I think it is safe to say that Ms. Click has stolen a fair sum of money from the taxpayers of Missouri

there really needs to be easier ways of getting these people fired, they do it to other people so I guess no **** they insulate themselves in their own little contained worlds. That's why they can't have "safe spaces", they're adults and should be treated like everyone else, they should reap what they sow. I wonder how a Starbucks barista(I'm using another profession that would fit her educational background) would be treated if they ordered "muscle" on to a customer?
good point, abolish protesting! who needs social reform anyway, big brother will take care of us, right?

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academia in America right now is an abomination.
you can thank shortsighted politicians for the funding cuts to education http://www.cbpp.org/research/most-state ... -recession



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02 Feb 2016, 5:18 pm

Jacoby wrote:
I think it is safe to say that Ms. Click has stolen a fair sum of money from the taxpayers of Missouri

there really needs to be easier ways of getting these people fired, they do it to other people so I guess no **** they insulate themselves in their own little contained worlds. That's why they can't have "safe spaces", they're adults and should be treated like everyone else, they should reap what they sow. I wonder how a Starbucks barista(I'm using another profession that would fit her educational background) would be treated if they ordered "muscle" on to a customer?

I can't believe this country pays thousands of freaks like this all over this country, academia in America right now is an abomination.


Forgive me, but it seems as though a lot of people in this thread are making a lot of assumptions about this individual. How do you know she's tried to get people fired, or what she thinks about safe spaces?

Does anyone know specifically what they were protesting?



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02 Feb 2016, 5:27 pm

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Jacoby wrote:
I think it is safe to say that Ms. Click has stolen a fair sum of money from the taxpayers of Missouri

there really needs to be easier ways of getting these people fired, they do it to other people so I guess no **** they insulate themselves in their own little contained worlds. That's why they can't have "safe spaces", they're adults and should be treated like everyone else, they should reap what they sow. I wonder how a Starbucks barista(I'm using another profession that would fit her educational background) would be treated if they ordered "muscle" on to a customer?

I can't believe this country pays thousands of freaks like this all over this country, academia in America right now is an abomination.



Forgive me, but it seems as though a lot of people in this thread are making a lot of assumptions about this individual. How do you know she's tried to get people fired, or what she thinks about safe spaces?

Do you know specifically what they were protesting?


Complete nonsense they were protesting, nonsense that didn't even make sense, why should the university president resign? Because racism exists in the world? What? The hunger strike kid that organized it by the way is the child of millionaires and he's crying about white privilege? Overprivileged children threatening to hold their breath until they get their way is what this is. I would of told these idiots to pound sand and turn the sprinklers on.



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02 Feb 2016, 5:45 pm

Jacoby wrote:
Nebogipfel wrote:
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I think it is safe to say that Ms. Click has stolen a fair sum of money from the taxpayers of Missouri

there really needs to be easier ways of getting these people fired, they do it to other people so I guess no **** they insulate themselves in their own little contained worlds. That's why they can't have "safe spaces", they're adults and should be treated like everyone else, they should reap what they sow. I wonder how a Starbucks barista(I'm using another profession that would fit her educational background) would be treated if they ordered "muscle" on to a customer?

I can't believe this country pays thousands of freaks like this all over this country, academia in America right now is an abomination.



Forgive me, but it seems as though a lot of people in this thread are making a lot of assumptions about this individual. How do you know she's tried to get people fired, or what she thinks about safe spaces?

Do you know specifically what they were protesting?


Complete nonsense they were protesting, nonsense that didn't even make sense, why should the university president resign? Because racism exists in the world?
you should have gone with "because racism exists on that campus", it would have been accurate and not an obvious strawman
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What? The hunger strike kid that organized it by the way is the child of millionaires and he's crying about white privilege? Overprivileged children threatening to hold their breath until they get their way is what this is. I would of told these idiots to pound sand and turn the sprinklers on.
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02 Feb 2016, 5:58 pm

My father didn't make 6 million dollars last year, if he did I don't think I'd have any place talking to anybody about how they are privileged. The racism in U of M was imaginary, in some cases false flags done by these same protesters which is usually the case now at these college campuses. It does not matter either way, the university president didn't have anything to do with it. Back in my day, yeah, these are my peers but we weren't privileged so our worlds are a little different. Most of my peers that I grew up with are either dealing drugs, doing drugs, in jail, the ones that really had it together usually had a kid too early and are stuck working fast food, not a lot of Division I college graduates. ****, not a lot of high school graduates. Like I said, academia in this country is an abomination and the idea that these idiots somehow represent anything is a joke.



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02 Feb 2016, 6:01 pm

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My father didn't make 6 million dollars last year, if he did I don't think I'd have any place talking to anybody about how they are privileged. The racism in U of M was imaginary, in some cases false flags done by these same protesters which is usually the case now at these college campuses. It does not matter either way, the university president didn't have anything to do with it. Back in my day, yeah, these are my peers but we weren't privileged so our worlds are a little different. Most of my peers that I grew up with are either dealing drugs, in jail, had a kid too early and are stuck working fast food, not a lot of Division I college graduates. ****, not a lot of high school graduates. Like I said, academia in this country is an abomination.
ooh false flags huh. do you have any proof of that?
also most of the people you grew up with probably didn't have to contend with Reagan's War on Black people Drugs either. you're just making the "well back in my day...." argument again with no new information



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02 Feb 2016, 6:07 pm

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My father didn't make 6 million dollars last year, if he did I don't think I'd have any place talking to anybody about how they are privileged. The racism in U of M was imaginary, in some cases false flags done by these same protesters which is usually the case now at these college campuses. It does not matter either way, the university president didn't have anything to do with it. Back in my day, yeah, these are my peers but we weren't privileged so our worlds are a little different. Most of my peers that I grew up with are either dealing drugs, in jail, had a kid too early and are stuck working fast food, not a lot of Division I college graduates. ****, not a lot of high school graduates. Like I said, academia in this country is an abomination.
ooh false flags huh. do you have any proof of that?



http://www.naturalnews.com/051933_MIZZO ... ation.html

Also just follow up an almost any story about a swastika and noose on campus, it's almost always the victim themselves looking for attention. That is more common than actual incidence of that kind of wanton racism. Nonsense pure nonsense.



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02 Feb 2016, 6:11 pm

Fugu wrote:
Jacoby wrote:
My father didn't make 6 million dollars last year, if he did I don't think I'd have any place talking to anybody about how they are privileged. The racism in U of M was imaginary, in some cases false flags done by these same protesters which is usually the case now at these college campuses. It does not matter either way, the university president didn't have anything to do with it. Back in my day, yeah, these are my peers but we weren't privileged so our worlds are a little different. Most of my peers that I grew up with are either dealing drugs, in jail, had a kid too early and are stuck working fast food, not a lot of Division I college graduates. ****, not a lot of high school graduates. Like I said, academia in this country is an abomination.
ooh false flags huh. do you have any proof of that?
also most of the people you grew up with probably didn't have to contend with Reagan's War on Black people Drugs either. you're just making the "well back in my day...." argument again with no new information


ugh my peers were I guess according to the census are about 45% black, in public school it was more like 70%

I aint no suburb kid

yes, I am WELL aware of the war on drugs and what do you think those people in jail for that I know? These college crybabies, they don't represent us. I've been been roughed up by the police too, I hate these pigs as much as anyone