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7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:08pm EDT

re: And fresh

And fresh wrote:
Luv the Guv wrote:
I posted earlier on this thread. It was a link to a photo of Alabama Governor George Wallace blocking the door of the University of Alabama in 1963 in an effort to keep certain individuals from registering for school. While Wallace had state troopers backing him Attorney General Robert Kennedy had National Guard Army troops.
My post was to show that the situation questioned "Cram it" has already occurred in this country- not only with Wallace in Alabama but also in Mississippi where James Meredith lost his life for simply attempting to enroll at Ole Miss.
A post may be deleted but history can not. Nor do the masses learn from it.
I was taught that the folks involved were wrong. Have I been mistaken?

No. Wallace, the Board of Trustees that supported him, the folks that elected him, the residents of Mississippi with the same agenda, and prior to that the school board in Little Rock, AR were wrong. Sadly it takes federal government intervention to force change.

(I do see that this user name would make me appear pro-Wallace, that is not the case. It was selected only because I read it on a bumper sticker)

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:11pm EDT

re: Luv the Guv

Luv the Guv wrote: My post was to show that the situation questioned "Cram it" has already occurred in this country- not only with Wallace in Alabama but also in Mississippi where James Meredith lost his life for simply attempting to enroll at Ole Miss.

James Meredith is still alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meredith

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:23pm EDT

re: Phil Fondacaro

Phil Fondacaro wrote:
Luv the Guv wrote: My post was to show that the situation questioned "Cram it" has already occurred in this country- not only with Wallace in Alabama but also in Mississippi where James Meredith lost his life for simply attempting to enroll at Ole Miss.
James Meredith is still alive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meredith

And a long time Republican.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:26pm EDT

re: Cram it

I went to Berkeley and am Latino but would have bitch slapped these people.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:31pm EDT

re: Phil Fondacaro

Phil Fondacaro wrote:
Luv the Guv wrote: My post was to show that the situation questioned "Cram it" has already occurred in this country- not only with Wallace in Alabama but also in Mississippi where James Meredith lost his life for simply attempting to enroll at Ole Miss.
James Meredith is still alive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Meredith

Yes, sorry. Without checking I confused Meredith Hunter killed at the Rolling Stones ill-fated Altamont show with those killed in Mississippi during the riots when James Meredith enrolled. Accept my apology for confusing- but not deleting- history.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:36pm EDT

re: Cram it

Already happened, bro. Google brown vs board of education.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 4:41pm EDT

re: `

` wrote:
Anyway, I don't think I'm twisting things to fit a narrative, just as I'm sure you don't think you're twisting things to fit a narrative. We agree that people should be judged by their actions, I think we've just each seen/experienced discrimination against different groups. You haven't seen discrimination against anyone except straight white males; I've seen less against that group than against other groups. I disagree that straight white males are minorities now, because they still hold a lot of power left over from back when people were not standing up against them (and, mathematically, because there are more straights than gays, more white Americans than any other ethnic group, and as many men as women). Maybe we're seeing media reports on discrimination against straight white males because it's so out of the ordinary, whereas discrimination against the groups traditionally thought of as minorities is so normal that it's not newsworthy.

No, you ARE twisting things to fit a narrative instead of the truth. This is an example - you are telling me that I haven't seen discrimination against anyone except straight white males. I never said that so you are just making things up.

Your concept of minority is wrong. Straight white males do not hold a majority in this country against non straight white males. You are mathematically wrong.

Powerwise, being a minority has nothing to do with power. It has to do with population numbers. Straight white males do not have any more power than anyone else. The poor straight white male working at McDonald's getting foodstamps has no more power than anyone else.

The news people are about ratings and spreading a political narrative. They aren't concerned with the truth. If they were, they wouldn't be supporting this false idea of police killing black people. They should all be ashamed of themselves. Police are killing whites more than blacks. Whites and blacks have equal chances of being killed by police. It is not a race issue. It is a police brutality issue.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 5:19pm EDT

re: Maybe Uninformed

Maybe Uninformed wrote:
Juan Pancho wrote:
Very primitive attempt to mark clan territory. So much for inclusion. When will we ever learn?
I guess maybe my college wasn't as "Progressive" as Cal but I'm confused as to this safe space thing they're protesting. It sounds like from the article that the safe space is only for trans, gay, or minority students. What exactly is the deal with that. Is that just an area on campus that only students who meet that criteria can go to. If so that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of.
If those groups want to be treated the same as everyone else why should they expect their own area certain students can't access. That seems like it actually hurts their objectives of inclusion.
How absurd is it that a group is given their own space on campus that other students aren't allowed to access and rather than be happy with what they're allotted, since I'm sure they aren't giving others a special safe place, they say the space isn't good enough or whatever and we're going to punish other for that.

I think I understand it about the way you understand it, which means to say I don't understand it in any common sense terms. Not many people ever really wanted equality i the history of the earth , we are way too competitive for that. You can have a Ghandi or a MLK, but eventually the dynamics with shift to group struggle for power and control.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 5:31pm EDT

re: Cram it

Cram it wrote:
Imagine the media furor... The 24/7 national coverage from CNN, MSNBC, the federal government coming in to stop the vile white, homophobic, racists from not allowing minority students, and gays from getting to class.....
Meanwhile over at UC Berkeley....
White students blocked from class, harassed, by minorites and gays, and have to cross a stream by jumping from rock to rock just to get to class..a
http://reason.com/blog/2016/10/26/video-uc-berkeley-protesters-built-a-hum

UCB is a sh*t hole of a school. Berkeley is a sh*tty little town.

7 years ago 10/29/2016 5:52pm EDT

re: Cal Toilet Bowl

Cal is a great school. It is better than 99.5% of other schools.

The town is far too liberal for my taste though.

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