Topic: What Is A Social Justice Warrior (SJW)? - page 9. (Read 43317 times)
Updated: Free speech lawsuit against UNM tossed
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A University of New Mexico student has lost her lawsuit against the school in which she claimed her professor violated her free speech rights by kicking her out of class for criticizing lesbianism in an essay.
Monica Pompeo and her attorney, Bob Gorence, have filed an appeal to the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.
Her First Amendment violation lawsuit received national attention when she filed in it 2013.
Based on initial court documents filed in the case, civil rights and free speech advocates slammed UNM’s treatment of the student.
A federal judge initially refused UNM’s request to dismiss the case, further fueling criticism of the university’s free speech practices.
But that same judge, M. Christina Armijo, said in her dismissing order in September that at that time she had not seen Pompeo’s paper or the professors’ responses and that the court “erred” in denying the university’s first request to dismiss the case.
Armijo wrote that the further investigation into the case showed Pompeo’s professors offered her numerous opportunities to rewrite her essay to adhere to academic standards or to take alternative academic routes to achieve her class grade.
The dismissal also says that Pompeo’s professor, Caroline Hinkley, was “personally offended” by Pompeo’s views, but that the law was not clear enough to allow the court to decide if that “subjective hostility to a student’s viewpoint” was within the scope of teaching.
Pompeo originally claimed she had been ostracized, even kicked out of class, after she expressed anti-gay views in an essay about a lesbian film as part of an upper-level film critique class. She claimed the professor refused to grade her paper.
The dismissal order shows Pompeo, Hinkley, and her boss, Susan Dever, went through numerous rounds of emails, meetings and phone calls.
The professors attempted to explain to Pompeo that her assertions in her “critical and analytic paper” needed to be substantiated in accordance with academic standards. Otherwise, they remained opinions, and the assignment was not an opinion paper.
For example, the ruling shows that in Dever’s professional suggestions to Pompeo on rewriting her paper, Dever suggested Pompeo change the word “barren” in her paper to “childless” as Pompeo described the “wombs” of the lesbians in the film.
Dever said “childless” had a less derogatory tone, to which Pompeo replied, “And I will probably use the word ‘BARREN’ it is my choice; I don’t like to be told what words I may and may not use, ever.”
And Hinkley asked Pompeo to back up her statements about homosexuality, writing on the margin on Pompeo’s paper: “Why is attraction to the same sex perverse? This is a strong statement that needs critical backup. Otherwise it’s just inflammatory.”
At one point, Hinkley told Pompeo that some of her language in the paper could be considered hate speech, according to court documents. And Pompeo told Hinkley that some of the films in the class were “unendurable,” to which Hinkley replied there would likely be more such films. Pompeo reported this made her feel she was being pressured out of the class.
Armijo ultimately ruled that the professors’ conduct and attempts to change how Pompeo used her language was, to summarize the ruling, within the scope of teaching and was not a violation of her constitutionally protected right to free speech but noted the law was vague on the issue.
The federal appeal has been filed and is currently in the mediation stage, according to court records. The next hearing in the case is set for January.
http://www.abqjournal.com/696925/news/students-free-speech-lawsuit-dismissed.html
I saw a picture on facebook yesterday and damn if I can't find it now, but this large woman (probably just triggered someone to run to their safe-space) had scrawled words across her body to push this idea that if a woman is denied sex presumably due to her not being "attractive", this now should also be considered "rape". This thinking is beyond insane.
just my thoughts, but i think its a matter of insecurity, compensation for said insecurities, and a ridiculous sense of entitlement. there's a limit to how delusional the common person can be (excluding completely looney outliers), and there's no way all these people completely delude themselves into thinking jelly rolls, cellulite, and really bad body odor are attractive to a normal human being. instead they try to create some sort of widespread case of stockholm syndrome by aggressively forcing their thoughts on others, and sadly, this is working to some degree (nazi feminists being allowed to speak at the UN, really now...). combine that along with this delusional sense of entitlement that festers in the heads of these people and eventually these attention whores get around to actually thinking their delusional beliefs should be the norm for everything else around them. if that wasnt enough, these people embody the very definition of the lack of self control and determination. lets take the obese feminist in your post as an example. lets take a quick look. said feminist is downright unattractive to say the least. how does said person of a more round shape begin to remedy this? go to the gym or something. but lets face it, going to the gym is some fucking hard work; your body is going to be sore in the morning, lifting is exhausting, fat people dont have stamina, eating right means you don get your 40 boxes of chocolate a day, not to mention the 2 cakes and 3 tubs of ice cream, and the list goes on. instead of taking it upon themselves to improve, they find it easier (necessary, even) to force everyone else to change their way of thinking over changing themselves. these people would rather spend a good portion of their life campaigning for something they know deep inside is complete bullshit rather than go through some physical work. imagine if they put the effort they put into spreading social cancer into actually improving themselves. same goes for the safe space keyboard warriors, they would rather put forth the effort into changing the way an entire society thinks over just dealing with things or ideas they might not like. theyre actively (either knowingly or unknowingly) attempting to remodel society into one where every person must agree with everything completely and at all times. it may be some sort of utopia in their sheltered heads, but any realist knows complete hivemind - level agreement is detrimental to the growth and survival of a society, nothing would ever get accomplished. this post was articulated rather poorly, my bad.
I saw a picture on facebook yesterday and damn if I can't find it now, but this large woman (probably just triggered someone to run to their safe-space) had scrawled words across her body to push this idea that if a woman is denied sex presumably due to her not being "attractive", this now should also be considered "rape". This thinking is beyond insane.
ABC: US deliberately ignoring social-media posts in visa vetting
Want to guess why five government agencies missed Tashfeen Malik’s social-media postings that declared her intent to conduct violent jihad on behalf of radical Islam? It turns out that they didn’t miss it at all. The Department of Homeland Security has a deliberate policy of not checking social media when vetting visa applications, ABC News reported this morning.
Want to guess why that policy exists? Again, three guesses and the first two don’t count:
Fearing a civil liberties backlash and “bad public relations” for the Obama administration, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson refused in early 2014 to end a secret U.S. policy that prohibited immigration officials from reviewing the social media messages of all foreign citizens applying for U.S. visas, a former senior department official said.
“During that time period immigration officials were not allowed to use or review social media as part of the screening process,” John Cohen, a former acting under-secretary at DHS for intelligence and analysis. Cohen is now a national security consultant for ABC News.
One current and one former senior counter-terrorism official confirmed Cohen’s account about the refusal of DHS to change its policy about the public social media posts of all foreign applicants.
While ABC names Johnson as the man who perpetuated this policy, it didn’t start with him, and Malik came in before this decision. The policy in place at that time would have been set by Janet Napolitano, who should not escape scrutiny for this nonsensical approach to national security. This failure might come as a big surprise to Congress, members of which have already begun to ask to expand vetting to social media after the terror attack in San Bernardino:
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., demanded Sunday that the U.S. immediately initiate a program that would check the social media sites of those admitted on visas.”
“Had they checked out Tashfeen Malik,” the senator said, “maybe those people in San Bernardino would be alive.”
Maybe so, but then DHS might have experienced “bad public relations.” When people say that political correctness kills, this is exactly the kind of consequence they mean.
The notion that this would be a civil-liberties issue is equally absurd. The Constitution does not cover visa applications from foreigners; there is no right to a visa. Furthermore, social media statements are public in nature, not private, so reading them and considering them in terms of security concerns for entry into the US has no civil-liberties involvement either. Public declarations of support for jihad should be not just acceptable criteria for vetting, it should be a no-brainer as an automatic denial of the visa application in an age of global Islamist terrorism.
This demonstrates a shocking lack of seriousness about the war on terror by the Obama administration, albeit part of an overall pattern. They are literally more concerned about public relations than security in the visa application process, according to ABC’s report. It comes as Barack Obama and the Democrats have attempted to change the subject to gun control in the wake of the San Bernardino attack, and to climate change when it comes to the spread of ISIS. This administration clearly has its own priorities, and getting serious about national security ranks lower than their need to engage in political correctness.
http://hotair.com/archives/2015/12/14/abc-us-deliberately-ignoring-social-media-posts-in-visa-vetting/
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Political correctness kills. 14 victims as proof.
So when do we get to deny women the fruits of men's labors as unfair appropriation of masculine culture? Sorry honey, but that toilet was invented by a man, you will have to go outside... and leave the toilet paper too... you cultural thief!
You can't say that to her: women invented the Patriarchy. You should feel lucky you can still breathe Mother Nature's air...
So when do we get to deny women the fruits of men's labors as unfair appropriation of masculine culture? Sorry honey, but that toilet was invented by a man, you will have to go outside... and leave the toilet paper too... you cultural thief!
hahah I always knew the evil is found in yoga.
But it is true that people just look for something to bitch about and before you know it a UN commission pops up to tell you stop selling certain pastries because they're racist somehow.
The problem lies in half the planet accepting these thinly veiled attempts to move towards a world where they are on top, because basically that's all it is.
I think it's just a trend because these people have nothing else to do, hipsters grrr! Give em war and they're the first to perish after they poop their panties.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
But it is true that people just look for something to bitch about and before you know it a UN commission pops up to tell you stop selling certain pastries because they're racist somehow.
The problem lies in half the planet accepting these thinly veiled attempts to move towards a world where they are on top, because basically that's all it is.
I think it's just a trend because these people have nothing else to do, hipsters grrr! Give em war and they're the first to perish after they poop their panties.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
After Seven Years, Free Yoga Classes At University Of Ottawa Cancelled For Being “Cultural Appropriation”…
Student leaders have pulled the mat out from 60 University of Ottawa students, ending a free on-campus yoga class over fears the teachings could be seen as a form of “cultural appropriation.”
Jennifer Scharf, who has been offering free weekly yoga instruction to students since 2008, says she was shocked when told in September the program would be suspended, and saddened when she learned of the reasoning.
Staff at the Centre for Students with Disabilities believe that “while yoga is a really great idea and accessible and great for students … there are cultural issues of implication involved in the practice,” according to an email from the centre.
The centre is operated by the university’s Student Federation, which first approached Scharf seven years ago about offering yoga instruction to students both with and without disabilities.
The centre goes on to say, “Yoga has been under a lot of controversy lately due to how it is being practiced,” and which cultures those practices “are being taken from.”
The centre official argues since many of those cultures “have experienced oppression, cultural genocide and diasporas due to colonialism and western supremacy … we need to be mindful of this and how we express ourselves while practising yoga.”
The concept of cultural appropriation is normally applied when a dominant culture borrows symbols of a marginalized culture for dubious reasons — such as the fad of hipsters donning indigenous headdresses as a fashion statement, without any regard to cultural significance or stereotype.
But Scharf, a yoga teacher with the downtown Rama Lotus Centre, said the concept does not apply in this case, arguing the complaint that killed the program came instead from a “social justice warrior” with “fainting heart ideologies” in search of a cause celebre.
“People are just looking for a reason to be offended by anything they can find,” said Scharf.
http://www.ottawasun.com/2015/11/20/free-ottawa-yoga-class-scrapped-over-cultural-issues
10/10
The most accurate description of Bitcointalk yet. Good read.
that aside, the same people are pulling shit like this, and its actually apalling to me that people around my age (give or take a few) are dumb enough to pull stunts like this, in a library, where people are trying to fucking study.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAuVQlLxD0
exactly what do these shits think they'll achieve with a stunt like this? get hated by every student in that library for ruining their study time?
Well, so much for keeping my blood pressure in a healthy range today...
These kids are so deluded, I'm really curious to see how they function and integrate themselves into society once they're out of college and not receiving student loan money.
10/10
The most accurate description of Bitcointalk yet. Good read.
that aside, the same people are pulling shit like this, and its actually apalling to me that people around my age (give or take a few) are dumb enough to pull stunts like this, in a library, where people are trying to fucking study.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAuVQlLxD0
exactly what do these shits think they'll achieve with a stunt like this? get hated by every student in that library for ruining their study time?
What idiots. Someone actually thought it was a good idea to upload that video? I wonder how they feel when they look at all the thumbs down.
10/10
The most accurate description of Bitcointalk yet. Good read.
that aside, the same people are pulling shit like this, and its actually apalling to me that people around my age (give or take a few) are dumb enough to pull stunts like this, in a library, where people are trying to fucking study.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAuVQlLxD0
exactly what do these shits think they'll achieve with a stunt like this? get hated by every student in that library for ruining their study time?
And sadly, this is not far from what we are actually witnessing. I'd like to see the reactions of some of the stars of the recent videos we've seen from Yale and Missouri as they watched this film.
spot fucking on. kinda scary that, as exaggerated as that 10/10 skit was, universities are actually trending towards this "equality / safe space / sjw haven" ideology.
also, south park was pretty spot on as always, pretty much predicted the future with what went on over at mizzou:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXQkXXBqj_U
also, south park was pretty spot on as always, pretty much predicted the future with what went on over at mizzou:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXQkXXBqj_U
Unsafe space: Fascist Missouri protesters physically remove reporter from public demonstrations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRlRAyulN4o
"I need some muscle over here..."
https://twitter.com/DylanByers/status/663873070126362624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Reading through that account made me sick and enraged, these SJW's are warped beyond belief.
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