Finally Some Common Sense: You Do Not Have The Right To Be Unoffended

[Ame®icano]

lol, conservatives bitch about what they call PC at American schools,

and then they happily send their kids to those same schools.

Happily? No.

As long we're paying for it, we have a right to bitch all we want.

 

[koshergrl]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

They work great if you're a majority. Which you are not, as was exemplified by the epic failure of the chick fil a boycott, and the recent ousting of three Knoxville city council members who forgot they were nit elected to cave to lefty extremists.

 

[koshergrl]

Fine .

When is the right tolerant of anything that's not in thier wheelhouse ?


How about an example ? Just one!

How about you provide evidence of our non tolerance. I know what you will do...you'll cite rightwing objection to lefty tyranny, and claim it's evidence of intolerance.

So go ahead. Provide a specific, recent example of our intolerance.

 

[Arianrhod]

So who's going to break the news that "You don't have a right to be unoffended" to the Starbucks coffee cup crybabies?

 

[Valerie]

Are you really that dense. The quote is what caused the SJW bullies to go ballistic. They are protesting that she defended Freedom of Speech and said it wasn't her business to tell students what HALLOWEEN COSTUMES they could wear.

are you saying students don't have a right to assemble in protest?

No, absolutely not. But I suggest you watch the video and then think about what they are really doing.

funny, you actually think the incidentals will change my opinion of the principles involved.

i suggest you read my previous posts in this thread which clarify my view on those principles, which if YOU "grokked" you would realize they do not stand to change based on the incidentals of any given news story you wish to hide behind.


Deep background: Just before Halloween, Burgwell Howard, the Dean of Yale College, sent round an email urging caution in the matter of Halloween costumes. It was an extraordinary document, disseminated by the “Intercultural Affairs Office” and signed by the Dean, representatives of Yale’s “LBGTQ Resources” office, the “Native American Cultural Center,” etc., etc. Although allowing that “students, undergraduate and graduate, definitely have a right to express themselves,” the email asked that they “actively avoid those circumstances that threaten our sense of community or disrespects, alienates or ridicules segments of our population based on race, nationality, religious belief or gender expression.” Only that?



The...document continues (original punctuation, diction, and grammar preserved):


The culturally unaware or insensitive choices made by some members of our community in the past, have not just been directed toward a cultural group, but have impacted religious beliefs, Native American/Indigenous people, Socio-economic strata, Asians, Hispanic/Latino, Women, Muslims, etc. [Et Cetera!] In many cases the student wearing the costume has not intended to offend, but their actions or lack of forethought have sent a far greater message than any apology could after the fact…


There is growing national concern on campuses everywhere about these issues, and we encourage Yale students to take the time to consider their costumes and the impact it may have.




looks like the university simply asked the student body to think twice and have some common decency...

the letter written by the dean clearly acknowledged students' right to free expression.

but that didn't stop the (liberal) professor from being offended...ala 'free speech' derpa derpa ^

no shit, people are free to lack consideration for others but that doesn't mean communities can't seek higher standards.

 

[boedicca]

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

The "offended" don't respond, they go running to complain about it, or they try to get enough people together to shout down the other side, not discuss with them, or respond.

The Progs would rather live in "The Land of the Offended" than in "The Land of the Free".

BOYCOTT TARANTINO!

Signed,

Not Progressives

Sorry, but who's suggesting any sort of organized boycott of Tarantino in order to silence him? I don't personally watch the man's movies, because he annoys me. It has never occurred to me to demand that other people avoid his movies.

If he wants to be a jackass, and can get other people to contribute money to support him being a jackass, more power to him. Whatever.

I don't watch Quentin's movies because they SUCK. He couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it.

 

[RWNJ]

Right on, Prof. Mike Adams! He melted a few special snowflakes with his introductory lecture at UNC-Wilmington.


Welcome back to class, students! I am Mike Adams your criminology professor here at UNC-Wilmington. Before we get started with the course I need to address an issue that is causing problems here at UNCW and in higher education all across the country. I am talking about the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being offended. If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society there will soon be a majority of young people who will need to walk around in plastic bubble suits to protect them in the event that they come into contact with a dissenting viewpoint. That mentality is unworthy of an American. It’s hardly worthy of a Frenchman.

Let’s get something straight right now. You have no right to be unoffended. You have a right to be offended with regularity. It is the price you pay for living in a free society. If you don’t understand that you are confused and dangerously so. In part, I blame your high school teachers for failing to teach you basic civics before you got your diploma. Most of you went to the public high schools, which are a disaster. Don’t tell me that offended you. I went to a public high school.

Of course, your high school might not be the problem. It is entirely possible that the main reason why so many of you are confused about free speech is that piece of paper hanging on the wall right over there. Please turn your attention to that ridiculous document that is framed and hanging by the door. In fact, take a few minutes to read it before you leave class today. It is our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is “respectful.” That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire.

One of my grandfathers served in World War I. My step-grandfather served in World War II. My sixth great grandfather enlisted in the American Revolution when he was only thirteen. These great men did not fight so we could simply relinquish our rights to the enemy within our borders. That enemy is the Marxists who run our public universities. If you are a Marxist and I just offended you, well, that’s tough. I guess they don’t make communists like they used to....

Professor’s EPIC Class Intro Has Gone VIRAL; Here’s Why

NAILED IT!

 

[boilermaker55]

Sure, like the whiner cry-baby Indiana pizza shop that won't cater gay weddings. They are tough as nails and they never whine. People offended him now didn't they.
What a crock that this so-called professor wrote.

He's right . But he forgets that people do have the right to respond to those who offend them.

So respond. Running to complain and try to get them silenced is not "responding".

Sure it is ! Ever here of boycotts .

Boycotts are not the same as demanding censorship. We are all free to associate or not with others. You loons on the left are the ones who want to FORCE OTHERS into your preferred associations or avoidances.

 

[boedicca]

lol, conservatives bitch about what they call PC at American schools,

and then they happily send their kids to those same schools.

Happily? No.

As long we're paying for it, we have a right to bitch all we want.

We have every right to complain about PC crap under both the 1st Amendment as well as the Prog Right to be Unoffended. I am offended by PC crap. PC crap violates my right to be Unoffended. Oh.Teh.Horror.

 

[Arianrhod]

I don't watch Quentin's movies because they SUCK. He couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it.

How do you know?

 

[boedicca]

I don't watch Quentin's movies because they SUCK. He couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it.

How do you know?

I watched one once. It was horrible. I now do not watch his movies.

 

[Valerie]

"the growing minority of students who believe they have a right to be free from being offended.
If we don’t reverse this dangerous trend in our society..."

that poofessor employs a simpleton strawman as if anyone believes in a right to not be offended.

oooh the dangerous PC trend in America is just SO dangerous...?


"...[look at] our campus speech code. It specifically says that there is a requirement that everyone must only engage in discourse that is “respectful.” That assertion is as ludicrous as it is illegal. I plan to have that thing ripped down from every classroom on campus before I retire."




community standards of mutual respect are SO offensive, we must commence with disrespecting others pronto!

FTR this article does not OFFEND, he has every right to his opinion, but pardon me while i laugh hysterically at him and the rest of you who take this anti PC rhetoric so seriously...

 

[NYcarbineer]

lol, conservatives bitch about what they call PC at American schools,

and then they happily send their kids to those same schools.

Happily? No.

As long we're paying for it, we have a right to bitch all we want.

Then what are you bitching about?

 

[NYcarbineer]

Peaceful Muslims who just want to live their lives without killing or subjugating non-Muslims are just fine with us.

There is the Lie of the Year.

 

[Arianrhod]

I don't watch Quentin's movies because they SUCK. He couldn't make a decent movie if his life depended on it.

How do you know?

I watched one once. It was horrible. I now do not watch his movies.

Not a big fan of Tarantino films myself.

 

[BlindBoo]

Yeah so the next time that minimum wage clerk tells you "Happy Fucking Holidays" remember not to yell at him/her for attacking Xmas.

 

[Ame®icano]

lol, conservatives bitch about what they call PC at American schools,

and then they happily send their kids to those same schools.

Happily? No.

As long we're paying for it, we have a right to bitch all we want.

Then what are you bitching about?

That's your claim, not mine.

 

[Ame®icano]

Yeah so the next time that minimum wage clerk tells you "Happy Fucking Holidays" remember not to yell at him/her for attacking Xmas.

Assuming that clerk wishing "Happy Holidays" was his idea, and not because he has to.

 

[TemplarKormac]

For all the sissies whining when some inkling of their feelings are hurt, three words:

Grow a spine.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Everyone has the right to feel offended whether they're liberals or conservatives. However, you have to understand that you can't dictate discourse based on what offends you. Freedom of speech means just that, and when you're using the authority of whatever college or university you happen to be attending in an attempt to eliminate what offends you, free speech goes away. Your so-called right not to be offended has infringed on the right of the rest of the student body to free speech.

Free speech isn't something to hide behind, it's a right that everyone should enjoy.