SK790 wrote:it's hard to keep up with the 3 or 4 new arguments you try to provoke with cheap shots, jeff. i'm sorry.

yes, your obsession with the ramifications of commencement speakers is every bit as important as gun control. this is the politics thread. where things of big importance in our actual world are discussed. it's not like this is the #$!&@ soccer thread or the random thoughts thread and i'm going around telling people what they're posting about is stupid(because that should be obvious). the things we usually talk about in this thread could massively change things so sorry if i think it's stupid that you want to rail on and on about the dangers of commencement speakers being protested. sorry that people protesting and commencement speakers getting offended enough to withdraw upsets you that much that you have to insult people when they tell you that it's not important.

sydnor wrote:Barry, i plan to congratulate you for the truly impressive nailing down of a job (you're going to get it), so in the meantime please stop being a douche.

mozartpc27 wrote:

drsmooth wrote:

sydnor wrote:http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20140517_Haverford_College_commencement_speaker_lambastes_students.html

Hey i got your protest right here.

zzz

"The politics of the university are so intense because the stakes are so low"

This is an A+ line, whoever came up with it originally.

pacino wrote:alright fellas, let's keep it above the belt line

jerseyhoya wrote:It obviously carries an extra bit of weight for me considering my employer is in the middle of this discussion. For everyone on the left asking who cares (while posting relentlessly about it), my Facebook over the past six weeks has been rife with anti-Rice speaking missives from people in my cohort and 'my' union was actively engaged in trying to get Rice not to speak. Obviously a few people care.