Posted on 02/17/2014 8:14:07 AM PST by grundle
A student at McGill University in Montreal, Canada was forced to issue a formal apology for emailing a picture of President Obama kicking open a door–all because some students thought the image was somehow racist.
Another student issued a formal complaint against Farnan for committing a “micro-aggression.” For those not up-to-date on the PC lexicon, “micro-aggression” is the latest phrase of choice for leftist radicals seeking to blame racism for common annoyances suffered by people of all races. Minority activists at the University of Michigan, for example, have insisted that trivial slights, such as “Having your opinion second-guessed in a group assignment,” are micro-aggressions that betray the campus as a hostile place for students of color.
The .gif of Obama kicking a door was racist because of the “cultural, historical and living legacy surrounding people of color—particularly young men—being portrayed as violent,” according to the apology letter that Farnan was forced to write.
Technically, Farnan got off easy. Under the McGill student government’s Orwellian “equity policy,” Farnan could have been suspended or even dismissed from his position as vice president in the organization. The decision to force Farnan to apologize was apparently made by an “equity commissioner,” whose will can only be overturned by a two-thirds majority of the student government.
Like a true victim of the thought police, Farnan was forced to denounce his heretical email.
“Despite the innocent intentions influencing my decision to use this particular image, I have come to recognize the negative implications of adding the .GIF image within this given context,” he said. “By using this particular image of President Obama, I unknowingly perpetuated this living legacy and subsequently allowed a medium of [Student Society of McGill University] communication to become the site of a microaggression; for this, I am deeply sorry.”
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It was a Jimmy Kimmel bit. I don’t believe he got in any trouble for it.
Teach your kids to shove the Prof’s PC agenda where the sun don’t shine.
“I don’t own your perception problems, and I’m NOT sorry for anything!”
Americans need to get over these allegations of racism by the communists all of the time. It’s their best weapon against us. If you refuse to allow those allegations to affect you, YOU WIN.
He’s not the president of Canada, yet. The university in question is in Canada.
These rediculous accusations do have positive points:
1. They identify the accuser as one who most probably shouldn’t be in college for any reason whatsoever due to weak intellect and poor self-esteem.
2. They also identify the user as pursuing an academic “major” that should more probably have been covered in sixth grade.
3. However, they do provide your local coffee joints with lists of future baristas.
4. And - of most imporance - they identify that college as one of N (where N is a very large number) that has questionable academic standards...and no moral ones.
Oops, I had a Obama moment...that’s “ridiculous”, not “rediculous”.
Should read my teleprompter “mo betta”.
“Racism because...? Oh, that’s right. Any negative about O is racism...”
If you don’t like the pattern on Obama’s necktie, you are a racist. If you comment on many of his public flubs, you are a racist. If you disagree with his policies, you are a racist. Meanwhile you are considered a patriot and fine upstanding citizen if you show a photo of any one of the opposing party in the sites of a rifle or with a Hitler moustache, etc.
What incredibly oppressive stamp mills the so-called institutions of higher learning have become. When even the video of real events is suppressed because the academic overlords just don't want to see it, it is no wonder that dreck like the intellectual effluent of "Global Warming" and "Grievance Studies" are their products.
Yes....yes it has.
I would therefore issue a "micro-apology".
H0lder is a major source of Macro-aggression.
Be careful there - A specialist in microaggression would point out that your use of “N” to represent a large number is evidence of your deeply ingrained racism.They would perceive it as a subtle reference to the “n” word and would excoriate you for it.
That gif/video was sent out after the Seal Team killed Bin Ladin, and was supposed to portray O positively.
This is just a bunch of grievance mongers looking for something to be offended by.
It’s just another act of imposing supremacy.
- “Nudger” - Cass Sunstein
These people are going to be sooOOooo well prepared for entering the workplace ;)
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lol
The prevalence of ignorance is growing rapidly. To truly intelligent people, it is getting quite scary. I want to leave this “Titanic” like society and be among normal common sense people again before it sinks. But where is that?
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