And then one day for no particular reason, we became offended by everything.
Posted on 11/07/2015 10:16:13 AM PST by CorporateStepsister
This video shows the moment dozens of students encircled a Yale University official and screamed at him for sending an email telling them to ignore people dressed in offensive Halloween costumes.
Nicholas Christakis, the master of Silliman College at Yale, was surrounded after telling students to allow others to exercise free speech by wearing what they wanted on Halloween.
He was shouted down as he tried to explain why he believed students should be able to wear what they want, with one young woman yelling at him and telling him to 'shut the f*** up'.
The email - sent by associate master Erika Christakis, Mr Christakis' wife - said: 'If you don't like a costume someone is wearing, look away, or tell them you are offended.
'Talk to each other. Free speech and the ability to tolerate offence are the hallmarks of a free and open society.'
However, some students saw this as a free pass for people to wear offensive costumes that could be seen as discriminatory.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Problem is these students are set up to be our future leaders.
I am glad the college professors are getting the results of their indoctrinations too
I was thinking “good for them” on the basis of the headline alone, then I read the article.
GROW UP!
And then one day for no particular reason, we became offended by everything.
MIT and Caltech are still what they used to be, as far as I know.
This is how the cultural revolution in China started. Students were going after their teachers for not being radical enough.
Why don’t universities expel these fools? It’s not like the universities need their tuition money. There is probably a long list of people who would pay for the education - and abide by the rules.
And to train their successors.
Lather, rinse, repeat.
at Mao’s urging ...
I have no idea anymore; if I had access to the resources of Yale, I would be doing projects, projects that would build my resume and make certain that I’m gaining references as well. These spoiled sh**s are using university as a playground and disrupting the learning environment.
Screaming obscenities isn’t offensive?
Of course not. Didn’t you see that oh-so-cute anti-Trump video?
I nearly spit my drink when I saw that!
Yale, begin a private university, can expel students for unruly behavior. I don’t suppose there will be any move in that direct, though.
This is why colleges don’t expel these communists.
http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness/
I doubt most of the protestors even have to pay tuition. If they did they wouldn’t be wasting their time.
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