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Old 05-08-2015, 09:27 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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There should always be a zero tolerance approach to white supremacy. It wasn't just a song, it was organizational racism.
Didn't block anyone's ingress/access to class. Period.

Get over what people do in private. Or do you wish to regulate everyone's private sexual acts, as well?
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:33 AM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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They should have been expelled. Period. The University of Oklahoma students were expelled for merely singing a song, not for blocking students from attending class. Interfering with a student's ability to attend class creates a hostile learning environment. Those students should be expelled for creating a hostile learning environment, PRONTO!!!

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Blocking students from attending class. That's a hostile learning environment. Expel them.
I dont think the kids as OU should have been expelled, but stop trying to minimize what they did by saying they were "simply singing a song".

Further more, the article doesnt say who was assaulted, as far as you know, someone who disagreed with them could have been the one assaulting the protesters.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:34 AM
 
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One word...... taser.
i prefer pepper spray, though 800,000 volts does sound intriguing though.

i would try to find another way around the protest, but if i couldnt, i would try to go through as politely as possible. if someone choose to assault me, i would retaliate using as minimal of force possible, usually a shot to the knee ends any issues.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:38 AM
 
Location: Pine Grove,AL
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Didn't block anyone's ingress/access to class. Period.

Get over what people do in private. Or do you wish to regulate everyone's private sexual acts, as well?
the gate is made up of 3 opening, the students were blocking the main one in the middle. if the people who felt that they were obstructed from walking to class had simply walked 2 feet in either direction, they could have been on their merry way.

Also, this gate is where the university holds a lot of the major on campus events and most protest, people are used to it being crowded and blocked entirely, not just partially.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:43 AM
 
Location: East Bay Area
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As the UCPD spokesperson pointed out “It may have been inconvenient, but people did at least have a way to get aroundâ€

Anyone who knows the campus knows that blocking Sather Gate would not stop anyone from getting to or from class.


There are several routes around the Sather Gate entrance.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:45 AM
 
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They should have been expelled. Period. The University of Oklahoma students were expelled for merely singing a song, not for blocking students from attending class. Interfering with a student's ability to attend class creates a hostile learning environment. Those students should be expelled for creating a hostile learning environment, PRONTO!!!

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Blocking students from attending class. That's a hostile learning environment. Expel them.
Expelled for exercising their First Amendment rights?!

Ha. Ha.

University of Oklahoma students were singing a heinous song that was offensive to other students. There is no equivalency.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:46 AM
 
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Protesting is acceptable. Blocking ingress/access to class is not. Simple solution: protest on the sidelines while not blocking anyone's passage.
Obviously you don't protest. Protesting is supposed to be inconvenient for people. That's how the message gets across.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:48 AM
 
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Expelled for exercising their First Amendment rights?!
protesting is one thing, creating a hostile environment, and forcibly blocking people from passing through the gate, and using violence to prevent said people from passing through the gate, THAT would be why these students should be expelled.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:52 AM
 
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protesting is one thing, creating a hostile environment, and forcibly blocking people from passing through the gate, and using violence to prevent said people from passing through the gate, THAT would be why these students should be expelled.
There is nothing hostile about holding a sign up in a public space.
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Old 05-08-2015, 09:56 AM
 
Location: Los Awesome, CA
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Didn't block anyone's ingress/access to class. Period.

Get over what people do in private. Or do you wish to regulate everyone's private sexual acts, as well?
You missed my point. Those kids singing racist songs deserved to be expelled. This has nothing to due with them blocking anyone's access to class. Totally different situation.
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