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Where rock do these nasty scumbags crawl out from under?
"KU student body president says ‘death to America.’ Might such rhetoric accomplish that?
"Condemnation was swift and torrential, but consequences are unlikely, for the University of Kansas student body president who retweeted Sept. 3, “happy friday everybody. death to America.”
Niya McAdoo’s bizarre retweet, from a Twitter account called @comradeSYX, brought a perfect storm of outrage not just to her, but to KU. “Donors, Alumni Enraged by University of Kansas Student Government’s ‘Death to America’ Message,” read the headline at national columnist Todd Starnes’ article on the episode.
“It is ironic that she’s endorsing death to America,” says state Sen. Kellie Warren, Republican of Leawood, “when America’s liberties are what give her the freedom of speech to say such outrageous things in the first place.” Warren called for civility at KU, and for students not to “elect student government leaders who further incite the very hatred and division they claim to oppose.......”
Is this a misogynistic comment, or is there sometime else about her appearance that you're generalizing about?
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Originally Posted by fishbrains
She could lose her job as student body president, as that would fall under employment law.
Most student body officers are elected by the student body. It's not usually a job in the traditional sense. Officers may receive a stipend from the university, but that doesn't make them employees.
Almost mine, I was kind of expecting koolaid colored hair to go with the obvious obesity....seriously, why are young people so overweight, disgustingly ignorant.
Why am I ever surprised when folks don't even read a little bit about a subject before knee-jerk reacting?
She has every bit the right to say that as any other student could say "I hate Black people". And neither would be more or less offensive generally.
The Chancellor (white man) and the head of the Regents (Black woman) disagreed with the message but supported her right to say it.
It would be incumbent on the KU student body to get her to resign, not the University leadership.
KU has a student body that is ~5% Black. Kansas is ~6% Black. The Prez is majoring in Af-Am studies. I suppose we'll find out her career path at the end of the school year.
Why am I ever surprised when folks don't even read a little bit about a subject before knee-jerk reacting?
She has every bit the right to say that as any other student could say "I hate Black people". And neither would be more or less offensive generally.
The Chancellor (white man) and the head of the Regents (Black woman) disagreed with the message but supported her right to say it.
It would be incumbent on the KU student body to get her to resign, not the University leadership.
KU has a student body that is ~5% Black. Kansas is ~6% Black. The Prez is majoring in Af-Am studies. I suppose we'll find out her career path at the end of the school year.
Anyone that said "I hate black people" would be expelled and jailed and you and every liberal on this thread would be demanding an end to that person's free speech and freedom and most likely to be hanged.
I have an idea why dont we buy these two fat digusting pigs airline tickets straight to Iran and tell them to chant F--- Iran and see what happens to them . The kU should remove her from school forever . No more coming back from that one .
She could lose her job as student body president, as that would fall under employment law. It depends on how KU, or the KU student association, structured the position. Courts have found that corporations, even government corporations such as universities, can control the speech of their employees when they are speaking in their role as employees.
But expulsion would be a violation of the 1st Amendment. She is permitted to say what she wants as part of her free speech rights, and as KU is a government entity, they cannot penalize people for exercising 1st Amendment rights.
I hope you support her constitutional rights.
Really? What about the First Amendment rights of a white person who says something racially offensive? As Mimi Groves found out, there is very much a double-standard at work:
Really? What about the First Amendment rights of a white person who says something racially offensive? As Mimi Groves found out, there is very much a double-standard at work:
I think the university was wrong in that case, although it is a slightly different set of circumstances. The OP cited a case where the student in question is currently attending the university and is in the middle of the course of study. The case you cite is for a student admitted, but not yet attending.
Again, I am not a supporter of public universities punishing students for saying things on their own time.
Anyone that said "I hate black people" would be expelled and jailed and you and every liberal on this thread would be demanding an end to that person's free speech and freedom and most likely to be hanged.
I'm not a liberal.
What would be different about the freedom of the speech in the 2 incidents?
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