tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post554809990485049469..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: University tells students to report ‘incidents of discomfort’ to campus policeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-63801770869575613702016-02-18T17:10:27.630-05:002016-02-18T17:10:27.630-05:00Anon, yer a douche. By which I mean you wash away...Anon, yer a douche. By which I mean you wash away natural protections from our mucous membranes, leaving us open to infection.Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26208283718536529192016-02-17T18:23:35.471-05:002016-02-17T18:23:35.471-05:00Right, because Conan the Grammarian is his given n...Right, because Conan the Grammarian is his given name.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85286324395838266552016-02-17T14:04:15.519-05:002016-02-17T14:04:15.519-05:00"Incidents of Intolerance" - you mean li..."Incidents of Intolerance" - you mean like the cafeteria cheaping out by getting mild cheddar with its much higher lactose content compared to aged cheddar?Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20923091048736007062016-02-16T18:10:55.071-05:002016-02-16T18:10:55.071-05:00The assumption that you didn't know what you w...The assumption that you didn't know what you were talking about on account of the instructor's supposition about your race is pretty terrible. Why should we try to educate ourselves about what is happening in the world when our ideas and interpretations can be blithely dismissed with reference to one's cultural background?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48205022869587331642016-02-16T17:42:50.656-05:002016-02-16T17:42:50.656-05:00Chiltepin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0...Chiltepin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-mi0r0LpXoConan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1402397435921318412016-02-16T17:07:33.739-05:002016-02-16T17:07:33.739-05:00Hey, look, Conan! You've got an anonymous cow...Hey, look, Conan! You've got an anonymous coward who hates you! Now you really belong to College Misery. Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9533773629128142972016-02-16T16:35:06.665-05:002016-02-16T16:35:06.665-05:00Ahh, Conan the Grammarian--who was recently celebr...Ahh, Conan the Grammarian--who was recently celebrating the special snowflake treatment s/he got recently--is now worried about liberals making special pleas. Swing and a miss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64069341989463138522016-02-16T16:26:06.311-05:002016-02-16T16:26:06.311-05:00what, like this?
http://www.up.edu/inclusion/defa...what, like this?<br /><br />http://www.up.edu/inclusion/default.aspx?cid=13407&pid=8619&gd=yesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24507475572681729042016-02-16T16:12:33.381-05:002016-02-16T16:12:33.381-05:00Good question. Things sometimes come out badly gar...Good question. Things sometimes come out badly garbled after being run through the right-wing media machine (okay, sometimes the left-wing one, too; wings tend to be hard on good journalism). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43038233764822648702016-02-16T15:29:13.750-05:002016-02-16T15:29:13.750-05:00Where's the actual interactive snitch page? Th...Where's the actual interactive snitch page? The misery link goes to The College Fix ("Your Daily Dose of <em>Right</em>-Minded News and Commentary") and that has links to a student editorial on microaggressions and a PDF of the 45-page Department of Public Safety Crime & Fire Report for 2014. Frankiehttp://frankiebow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83396169886047932802016-02-16T14:29:53.962-05:002016-02-16T14:29:53.962-05:00Please pardon my typos.Please pardon my typos.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29062440444715399222016-02-16T14:28:14.999-05:002016-02-16T14:28:14.999-05:00My name is Grumpy Sergeant. Sorry if this posts an...My name is Grumpy Sergeant. Sorry if this posts anonomously. <br /><br />I once was "reported" in a similar way a few years ago (at a different college) for comments I made as a student in an online course on Africa. We were asked the question, "What are the biggest problems facing Africa today?" One of the issues I mentioned was Islamist terrorism in several countries and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53861695319692809222016-02-16T13:22:56.890-05:002016-02-16T13:22:56.890-05:00There are undoubtedly multiple definitions out the...There are undoubtedly multiple definitions out there of "victim culture." All I know is that, to paraphrase <a href="http://web.stanford.edu/class/fs101/quotes.html" rel="nofollow">Rebecca West</a>, on the (relatively few) occasions somebody has accused me of trying to portray myself as a victim, I have been expressing sentiments that pointed out privilege and/or power structures whichContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31052730755742208742016-02-16T10:16:06.418-05:002016-02-16T10:16:06.418-05:00Where did I deviate from what I had said before?Where did I deviate from what I had said before?Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42671016954220019732016-02-16T10:12:52.066-05:002016-02-16T10:12:52.066-05:00Eventually, you may learn to apply your definition...Eventually, you may learn to apply your definitions consistently.Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-55547132505301829802016-02-16T09:31:17.442-05:002016-02-16T09:31:17.442-05:00Ho. Lee. Crap. Orwell is centrifuging in his grav...Ho. Lee. Crap. Orwell is centrifuging in his grave right now. <br /><br />The GogThe Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-45973880563425099142016-02-16T09:16:47.595-05:002016-02-16T09:16:47.595-05:00As a prolific homosexual, I have every reason to r...As a prolific homosexual, I have every reason to resent the Christian structure in this country. But that's neither hither nor thither. Victim/honor/dignity culture is about how an INDIVIDUAL responds to perceived aggression.Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2648378654221673732016-02-16T09:14:54.982-05:002016-02-16T09:14:54.982-05:00Swing and a miss. That's not what victim cult...Swing and a miss. That's not what victim culture is. We can trace the ways that humans have responded to confrontation and aggression back centuries. Up until the mid-1800's we had honor culture which involved confronting every perceived offense. Now we have dignity culture which entails ignoring little offenses, confronting your aggressor over larger offenses, and calling the Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40290595232014632422016-02-16T09:02:19.229-05:002016-02-16T09:02:19.229-05:00"This fucking mess" isn't caused by ..."This fucking mess" isn't caused by liberals, either, except in the sense that they (broadly speaking) are trying to actually highlight issues that do actually hurt real people in real ways. <br /><br />And the whole "conservatives aren't victim culture" thing is ahistorical claptrap: conservativism <i>started</i> as victim culture, the idea that change was threateningJonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9360588760047577862016-02-16T08:27:43.938-05:002016-02-16T08:27:43.938-05:00Very liberal students, faculty, administrators at ...Very liberal students, faculty, administrators at a very liberal university in a very liberal city create a system based on values expressed by very liberal third wave feminists. Watch out for those fuckin conservatives, though. Can't trust them! Give me a break, man.Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80868183475182079022016-02-16T08:23:03.338-05:002016-02-16T08:23:03.338-05:00I don't like getting into political banter her...I don't like getting into political banter here, but I love how even when liberals are the problem, conservatives are the problem. Let's maintain a level of intellectual honesty and admit to ourselves that conservatives did not cause this fucking mess and that, despite their many flaws, do not typically subscribe to victim culture and so would NOT be problem students here.Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-29498704802210268952016-02-16T08:19:03.569-05:002016-02-16T08:19:03.569-05:00Your intolerance of this idea is making me uncomfo...Your intolerance of this idea is making me uncomfortable!<br /><br />Mommy! Jimmy won't stop looking at me!<br /><br />Don't make me stop this car.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37776613899970802602016-02-16T05:49:10.414-05:002016-02-16T05:49:10.414-05:00Such a bad idea! Wait until conservative/Christian...Such a bad idea! Wait until conservative/Christian/male/white students report "incidents of discomfort" due to discussions on campus about feminism, sexual assault, LGBT rights, white privilege and racism, politics and religion in the Middle East, etc...J Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08070000686133103346noreply@blogger.com