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[Cackalacky]

This is crazy...

 

[T Town Tommy]

There is, as it turns out, no hard evidence of the poopstika. Do not rule out this entire episode being a UVA-style hoax.

Something smells with this....

 

[IrishLax]

There is, as it turns out, no hard evidence of the poopstika. Do not rule out this entire episode being a UVA-style hoax.

You don't say...

How do we know the swastika wasn't a false flag drawn by a black student?!?!?

I'm joking, but that's the thing about sensationalized cases of racism where no one gives a fuck about proving anything. All that matters is the feelings/opinion of the "oppressed" and anyone who challenges the veracity of the issue is labeled racist.

The NAACP white woman pretending to be black sent herself hate mail and fabricated all kinds of other racism (which she reported to officials) in order to give her agenda some substance.

Nailed it.

But it's not about the discreet event, it's about perceived culture. And that's where all of this gets ridiculous. Tim Wolfe didn't actually do anything wrong. No one did, except that one professor who assaulted a student reporter... but she gets to keep her job.

 

[T Town Tommy]

You don't say...



Nailed it.

But it's not about the discreet event, it's about perceived culture. And that's where all of this gets ridiculous. Tim Wolfe didn't actually do anything wrong. No one did, except that one professor who assaulted a student reporter... but she gets to keep her job.

If it doesn't emit... you must acquit....

 

[T Town Tommy]

You don't say...



Nailed it.

But it's not about the discreet event, it's about perceived culture. And that's where all of this gets ridiculous. Tim Wolfe didn't actually do anything wrong. No one did, except that one professor who assaulted a student reporter... but she gets to keep her job.

Fake Hate: 9 False Discrimination Stories the Media Ran With

It happens.

 

[Bubbles]

There is, as it turns out, no hard evidence of the poopstika. Do not rule out this entire episode being a UVA-style hoax.

I prefer the term 'swastikrap'

 

[FearTheBeard]

This is fucked. Im not defending anyone yelling racial slurs but watching some of the videos of students yelling at wolfe is insane. The dude answers a question about systematic oppression perfectly and students yell and completely ignore what he says and tries to make him sound terrible.

2 jobs/ careers were greatly affected by this, i guess the students wanted them personally patrolling campus and locking people up who say racial stuff. I cant believe this happened this is just sad.

 

[BGIF]

Missouri assistant professor resigns after dramatic confrontation with journalist caught on video | Fox News

An assistant communications professor at the Missouri School of Journalism resigned Tuesday after she was caught on video in a confrontation between a student journalist and protesters attempting to block him from shooting photos on a public quad.

The video, showing University of Missouri protestors and Assistant Professor Melissa Click, was posted on YouTube shortly after University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe resigned following a week of protests over his perceived lack of response to a series of racially charged incidents. The Los Angeles Times reported that Tim Tai, a 20-year-old senior at the university working on a freelance assignment for ESPN, went to the protesters' tent encampment to document their reaction to the news.

Shortly after Tai arrived and began to take photos, the protesters formed a ring around the encampment and began to push away the assembled media. Tai refused to budge.

In the video, Tai tells one demonstrator that he has "a job to do! I'm documenting this for a national news organization. This is the First Amendment that protects your right to stand here and mine!"

One school administrator, identified as Janna Basler, the school's director of Greek life and leadership, is seen on the video confronting Tai. When he asks her name, Basler says, "I am Concerned Student 1950," a reference to the name of the African-American group leading the protests.

Near the end of the video, another adult, identified as Click, tells another reporter, "You need to get out," before asking other protesters for help.

"Who wants to help me get this reporter out of here?" she asks, adding as the video ends, "I need some muscle over here."

Dean of the Missouri School of Journalism David Kurpius announced Click's resignation on his Twitter account late Tuesday.

Kurp @Kurp
While the J-School faculty were meeting, Dr. Melissa Click resigned her courtesy appointment with the School. #Mizzou @mojonews
7:51 PM - 10 Nov 2015 · Missouri, USA, United States

Click issued an apology after reviewing the video, saying she “reached out to the journalists involved to offer my sincere apologies and to express regret over my actions.”

“I regret the language and strategies I used, and sincerely apologize to the MU campus community, and journalists at large, for my behavior, and also for the way my actions have shifted attention away from the students’ campaign for justice,” she wrote in her statement.

“From this experience I have learned about humanity and humility. When I apologized to one of the reporters in a phone call this afternoon, he accepted my apology,” Click said. “I believe he is doing a difficult job, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to speak with him.”

Earlier on Tuesday, Kurpius lambasted Click while lauding the photojournalist.

"The Missouri School of Journalism is proud of photojournalism senior Tim Tai for how he handled himself during a protest on Carnahan Quad on the University of Missouri campus," Kurpius said in Tuesday's statement.

"The news media have First Amendment rights to cover public events," Kurpius said. "Tai handled himself professionally and with poise."

Kurpius said Click, who was a member of the MU Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Science, held a "courtesy appointment with the School of Journalism."

Tom Warhover, the executive editor of the Columbia Missourian, a university newspaper, told the Times he was "pretty incensed" about Tai's treatment.

"I find it ironic that particularly faculty members would resort to those kinds of things for no good reason. I understand students who are protesting and want privacy. But they are not allowed to push and assault our photographers -- our student photographers."

Tai told the Los Angeles Times the situation resembled last year's protests in Ferguson, Mo., which he also covered. The only difference, he said, was "it was the police doing it then."

 

[kmoose]

Missouri assistant professor resigns after dramatic confrontation with journalist caught on video | Fox News

If I read this right, the woman is still a professor at the University. According to an article that I saw earlier this week: Click's position as a professor is actually in the School of Communications. But she had a courtesy appointment to the School of Journalism. It appears to me like all she did was end any affiliation with the School of Journalism. But it doesn't appear that that action would negate her position in the School of Communications. Pathetic reporting by Fox News. They clearly are "telling" the reader that this woman no longer has a job at the University of Missouri. But I obviously don't know all of the details.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Click is getting lambasted for this, and rightfully so. But I'm not sure she should lose her job over it.

 

[kmoose]

Click is getting lambasted for this, and rightfully so. But I'm not sure she should lose her job over it.

Why not? If losing your job was good enough for the President.............

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Why not? If losing your job was good enough for the President.............

I haven't followed enough to know what I think of that. From my uninformed perspective, that may have been hasty. But the argument is that his actions represented a long pattern of ignoring concerns (you can certainly argue whether that's true or not). She's on video for about 15 seconds. Her actions, while seemingly well intended, were dumb and I am totally on the reporter's side here. But I don't think it's grounds for termination.

 

[BGIF]

If I read this right, the woman is still a professor at the University. According to an article that I saw earlier this week: Click's position as a professor is actually in the School of Communications. But she had a courtesy appointment to the School of Journalism. It appears to me like all she did was end any affiliation with the School of Journalism. But it doesn't appear that that action would negate her position in the School of Communications. Pathetic reporting by Fox News. They clearly are "telling" the reader that this woman no longer has a job at the University of Missouri. But I obviously don't know all of the details.

I had just read that in a morning article and was going to post it when I saw your correct reading of events. She still has her job.

... and her paycheck. Apparently at MU the former President should have called for "muscle"to throw the demonstrators off campus rather trying dialogue.



University of Missouri students report threats of violence; police quell rumors - CNN.com

During the height of the protests this week, professor and demonstrator Melissa Click was filmed grabbing a journalist's video camera, telling him he had no right to be there. She then asked for "muscle" to have him removed from the scene.

Click, to many people's surprise, was a professor of mass media.

After video of her outburst spread across social media, Click publicly apologized.

She also resigned her courtesy appointment with the journalism school, said the school's dean, David Kurpius.

That doesn't mean Click is out of a job. She is still an assistant professor at the communication school, but the courtesy appointment gave her the ability to work with journalism doctoral students in topics that fall into her area of research, Kurpius said.

Police: No proof the KKK is on campus
Weimer said officers went to where the KKK was reported to be -- and found nothing.

"We have found no evidence of anything related to the KKK on campus," he said.


Student Body President Payton Head had already posted about it on Facebook.

"Students please take precaution. Stay away from the windows in residence halls. The KKK has been confirmed to be sighted on campus," Head wrote in a post that has since been deleted. "I'm working with the MUPD, the state trooper and the National Guard."

The police spokesman said the National Guard was not on campus, "nor have they been called to assist."

Head quickly apologized for spreading the rumor.

"I'm sorry about the misinformation that I have shared through social media," he posted on Facebook.

"The KKK has been confirmed sighted on campus. ... I'm working with ... the National Guard."


More hyperbole or just more lies from the boy who cried wolfe?

 

[BGIF]

I haven't followed enough to know what I think of that. From my uninformed perspective, that may have been hasty. But the argument is that his actions represented a long pattern of ignoring concerns (you can certainly argue whether that's true or not). She's on video for about 15 seconds. Her actions, while seemingly well intended, were dumb and I am totally on the reporter's side here. But I don't think it's grounds for termination.

I haven't followed enough to know what I think of that.

But that won't stop you from skewing events that way you accused Breitbart of doing yesterday. Contrary to your mispresentation, Wolfe had publicly stated that there was racism on campus. He had met with protestors, he had formulated a program last summer, he had required diversity training for faculty AND students.

Her actions, while seeminghly well intended ...

Yes, the call for muscle to stifle the media, IDENTIFIED STUDENT MEDIA, definitely is well intended. It's S.O.P. for a Hoffa union organizer. A long time ago I was a card carrying Teamster. I know the drill.

But I don't think it's grounds for termination.

Of course you don't. Just hum a few bars from "Look for the union lable" and turn your back on the only documented call for violence in this saga.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

But that won't stop you from skewing events that way you accused Breitbart of doing yesterday. Contrary to your mispresentation, Wolfe had publicly stated that there was racism on campus. He had met with protestors, he had formulated a program last summer, he had required diversity training for faculty AND students.

Yes, the call for muscle to stifle the media, IDENTIFIED STUDENT MEDIA, definitely is well intended. It's S.O.P. for a Hoffa union organizer. A long time ago I was a card carrying Teamster. I know the drill.

Of course you don't. Just hum a few bars from "Look for the union lable" and turn your back on the only documented call for violence in this saga.

Just a really unfair representation of anything I've said. What exactly did I skew? She thought she was doing right by the students who were protesting. I obviously think she was wrong. I stand by my opinion that Breitbart's interpretation may have a right-wing perspective.

I also didn't defend the firing of Wolfe. I simply stated what I understand to be the reasoning behind his firing.

I have no idea what Hoffa or unions have to do with any of this. She did a dumb thing. She'd being rightly criticized for it. I don't think it rises to the level of firing.

 

[kmoose]

I haven't followed enough to know what I think of that. From my uninformed perspective, that may have been hasty. But the argument is that his actions represented a long pattern of ignoring concerns (you can certainly argue whether that's true or not). She's on video for about 15 seconds. Her actions, while seemingly well intended, were dumb and I am totally on the reporter's side here. But I don't think it's grounds for termination.

A Communications School professor who actively encouraged students to use physical force to suppress the media for seemingly no reason other than to be rebellious? Yeah, that's the kind of person I want to pay tens of thousands of dollars to have my kids learn from....

 

[Bluto]

A Communications School professor who actively encouraged students to use physical force to suppress the media for seemingly no reason other than to be rebellious? Yeah, that's the kind of person I want to pay tens of thousands of dollars to have my kids learn from....

The African American protestors should be pissed because some batty white lady has co-opted the entire discussion. Lol.

 

[T Town Tommy]

I had just read that in a morning article and was going to post it when I saw your correct reading of events. She still has her job.

... and her paycheck. Apparently at MU the former President should have called for "muscle"to throw the demonstrators off campus rather trying dialogue.



University of Missouri students report threats of violence; police quell rumors - CNN.com







"The KKK has been confirmed sighted on campus. ... I'm working with ... the National Guard."


More hyperbole or just more lies from the boy who cried wolfe?

This story just keeps giving. It would be comical at this point but people's lives and character were ruined by it.

 

[Irish#1]

There is, as it turns out, no hard evidence of the poopstika. Do not rule out this entire episode being a UVA-style hoax.

Well crap!

 

[connor_in]

There is, as it turns out, no hard evidence of the poopstika. Do not rule out this entire episode being a UVA-style hoax.

"Some people think its funny, but its really soft and runny..."

 

[drayer54]

Ithaca College appoints Diversity Officer amidst controversy over racism on campus | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | WSTM

"We will be walking out for all the injustices students of color face on this campus and other colleges nationally. With University of Missouri's president stepping down, we demand (Ithaca President Tom) Rochon to do the same," the post read.

 

[drayer54]

Fragile Snowflakes or Manipulative Narcissists? | Intellectual Takeout

The article by Dr. Gray goes on to argue that many of these problems may have their roots in poor parenting, particularly helicopter parenting.

Helicopter parenting, of course, refers to those parents who are active in nearly every part of their children’s lives. When anything appears to go wrong, they swoop in to help. Everything is about the success of the child, through which the parent seems to live vicariously.

Interestingly, these kids often demand the world change to meet their needs. Didn’t do well on a test? Change the grade or I might threaten suicide. That idea made me uncomfortable? Make me safe or I’ll get you fired.

It would be shocking to me if helicopter parenting is the "problem" with the Mizzou football team.

Nothing to do with their inability to pass, catch, and block....

However, I think it has a lot to do with the mindset of the special snowflakes who are pushing this "cause."

I think the article brings up several valid points about a generation who has been coddled and has absolutely no resiliency.

 

[Grahambo]

Just a really unfair representation of anything I've said. What exactly did I skew? She thought she was doing right by the students who were protesting. I obviously think she was wrong. I stand by my opinion that Breitbart's interpretation may have a right-wing perspective.

I also didn't defend the firing of Wolfe. I simply stated what I understand to be the reasoning behind his firing.

I have no idea what Hoffa or unions have to do with any of this. She did a dumb thing. She'd being rightly criticized for it. I don't think it rises to the level of firing.

And Wolfe didn't need to lose his job either.

 

[Wild Bill]

And Wolfe didn't need to lose his job either.

He had to pay for his crimes. Being white and having a dick is a serious offense.

 

[Grahambo]

He had to pay for his crimes. Being white and having a dick is a serious offense.

Good thing the $20 million hunger strike worked out then.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

And Wolfe didn't need to lose his job either.

As I said before, I don't know enough about the situation to argue one way or another about his firing. That's why I didn't try to.

 

[T Town Tommy]

Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam

Now apparently a professor resigns due to pressure for not cancelling an exam. It's only getting worse at Mizzou.

 

[BeauBenken]

Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam

Now apparently a professor resigns due to pressure for not cancelling an exam. It's only getting worse at Mizzou.

How many people are forced to resign until the population start thinking this is a joke? Sorry, #ConcernedStudent1950, but you may be ruining your own message.

 

[kmoose]

How many people are forced to resign until the population start thinking this is a joke? Sorry, #ConcernedStudent1950, but you may be ruining your own message.

That ship has already sailed..........

 

[pkt77242]

Mizzou prof. resigns following outrage over his refusal to cancel exam

Now apparently a professor resigns due to pressure for not cancelling an exam. It's only getting worse at Mizzou.

At the end of the story, it says that

According to KOMU, a spokesperson for the University of Missouri said the school will not accept Dr. Brigham's resignation.

This post in no way endorses nor condones what is going on, as I don't have enough info to make a decision one way or the other.