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Boston University law students offered therapy in response to recent Supreme Court decisions

ralfy said:
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Boston University law students offered therapy in response to recent Supreme Court decisions

Boston University School of Law's student government sent an email informing students of mental health wellness options and therapy after bombshell Supreme Court rulings.
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Good idea, sound mental health is even more important during times of attempted insurrection, Nazi uprising and SCOTUS being usurped.

I stand with mental health and availability of mental healthcare!
 
RetiredUSN said:
As far as the student loans go.......

Some kids came back from the Iraq/Afghan in a casket.

Others came back from the Iraq/Afghan missing legs and arms.

Others came back mentally damaged for life.

Many of those kids enlisted for the sole purpose of using the GI Bill to go to college, so please excuse us if we can't wrap our minds around some whiny ****'s "rough time"
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Don’t you give me this shit. They volunteered
 
Odds are Boston University already offered mental health options for their students, regardless of what the Supreme Court has been doing, this was clearly a political stunt with a determined denounce effort and not surprisingly the opposition took the bait.
 
Jason Warfield said:
For those of you on the right who like bashing these students over this, might I remind you that you guys went apes*** over wearing a mask on your face, crying about how oppressed you were, that your rights were being violated...over a mask...man, I still remember you guys screaming at me and losing your s*** when I asked you guys to put on a mask during the early days of COVID...pack of entitled little children...

Or how about the time you guys got red in the face when Obama...wore a tan suit that one time. Gasp!!!

Or my personal favorite, another oldie but goodie....when you lost your goddamned minds when Starbucks didn't put Christmas symbols on their cups one year.

You guys may want to think about that before you point a finger and call someone a snowflake.....
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trouble13 said:
Maybe law is the best vocation for someone to pursue if they find they need to seek out therapy when the courts rule against them.
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The students didn't seek out therapy, and the school didn't offer it in response to the SC decisions, the SGA merely reiterated resources already available for students for any mental health issues they may face as students.

The BU Law Student Government Association's (SGA) [a student board is the entity that contacted the students].

The university's law school is not offering specialized counseling for its students, but the SGA recommended resources that are already available.

Two of the resources were BU Behavioral Medicine and BU Student Wellbeing. According to its website, BU Behavioral Medicine offers therapy, on-call service for mental health emergencies and mental health diagnoses, among other services.

www.foxnews.com

Boston University law students offered therapy in response to recent Supreme Court decisions

Boston University School of Law's student government sent an email informing students of mental health wellness options and therapy after bombshell Supreme Court rulings.
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As an enlightened, sane, rational, intelligent person I fail to see any issue with any of this.
 
LouC said:
The students didn't seek out therapy, and the school didn't offer it in response to the SC decisions, the SGA merely reiterated resources already available for students for any mental health issues they may face as students.


As an enlightened, sane, rational, intelligent person I fail to see any issue with any of this.
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The subtext to this isn't hidden. It's obvious they are telling students that if they are upset with the courts that mental health services are available. The school understands how these latest rulings could damage your mental health.

A lawyer who can not mentally handle a ruling they don't like should not be a lawyer.
 
trouble13 said:
The subtext to this isn't hidden.
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However the truth is there is no evidence that the STUDENTS sought the mental health help, despite any "subtext" that you feel is exposed.
trouble13 said:
It's obvious they are telling students that if they are upset with the courts that mental health services are available.
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Well, it is obvious the SGA is reminding the STUDENTS that mental health help is available for STUDENTS that are stressing over anything, including the recent SCOTUS rulings.
trouble13 said:
The school understands how these latest rulings could damage your mental health.he
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The SGA MEMO did not come from the University aka the School and was not any part of anything the University aka the School did or did not understand as they had no hand in it.
trouble13 said:
A lawyer who can not mentally handle a ruling they don't like should not be a lawyer.
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Those STUDENTS the MEMO was distributed to are not lawyers, they are merely law STUDENTS in unknown capacities of course completion. To target the STUDENTS for ridicule, for an act they did not ask for, nor did they produce, is idiotic at best, as well as insulting.

Recent statistics show that approximately 28% of licensed attorneys experience depression, 19% suffer from anxiety, 21% qualify as problem drinkers, 61% are concerned about their mental health and 63% report that it negatively affects their work.

Almost 50% of law STUDENTS report experiencing mental health problems.

This statistic is a stark reminder of the prevalence of mental health issues among law students. It highlights the need for greater awareness and support for those studying law, as well as the need for more research into the causes and effects of mental health problems in this population. It also serves as a call to action for law schools and legal professionals to take steps to ensure that law students have access to the resources, they need to manage their mental health.

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But hey, let us make a jape of it and ridicule students who are struggling to better themselves and be productive and needful members of society!

Right?

RIGHT!
 
Years ago, at UMBC, I remember counselors visiting dorms and conservative groups who asked for counseling when Clinton was elected to office.

Just saying.
 
LouC said:
However the truth is there is no evidence that the STUDENTS sought the mental health help, despite any "subtext" that you feel is exposed.

Well, it is obvious the SGA is reminding the STUDENTS that mental health help is available for STUDENTS that are stressing over anything, including the recent SCOTUS rulings.

The SGA MEMO did not come from the University aka the School and was not any part of anything the University aka the School did or did not understand as they had no hand in it.

Those STUDENTS the MEMO was distributed to are not lawyers, they are merely law STUDENTS in unknown capacities of course completion. To target the STUDENTS for ridicule, for an act they did not ask for, nor did they produce, is idiotic at best, as well as insulting.


But hey, let us make a jape of it and ridicule students who are struggling to better themselves and be productive and needful members of society!

Right?

RIGHT!
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If they behave like a snowflake on the the taxpayers dime they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers
 
ralfy said:
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The students who did not wish to "hear" the speech could have simply walked out and left those who DID wish to hear the speech participate.

That Mr. Foss(?) Jr. should know better. The "Hecker's veto" is not valid speech, as it is an action/reaction solely taken to shut someone else's freedom to speak down. Those same people are often the first to react in violence (pushing, shoving, tearing at signs/posterboards, spray mace/pepper spray or throw paint/oil etc.), and other methods to shut down speech they don't wish anyone else to hear.

These are also the same people who DEMAND they be allowed to speak and will also react in violence if anyone tries such tactics as they use themselves on them.

My other problem with this is that these may be the same kinds of people who are getting work in Federal and State agencies who create and perpetuate the political activism of concern to many of us as exhibited in the last 3 years. Perhaps also in action against the prior Administration during that 4 year term.
 
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ralfy said:
www.foxnews.com

Boston University law students offered therapy in response to recent Supreme Court decisions

Boston University School of Law's student government sent an email informing students of mental health wellness options and therapy after bombshell Supreme Court rulings.
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All of these law students should be kicked out of law school. Can you imagine how shitty they would be as lawyers dealing with rapes, kidnapping, murder, manslaughter...- what the hell is wrong with these ******s these days.
 
trouble13 said:
If they behave like a snowflake on the the taxpayers dime they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers
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Could you imagine these ******s on Guadalcanal facing a Banzai Charge? They would come out with flowers and a song and get bayonetted the **** out.
 
yankintx said:
Not all the snow flakes

The biggest snow flake Trump is still crying about a stolen election
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Oh god... ****ing Trump. Cry some more... get it out... and move the **** on.
 
trouble13 said:
If they behave like a snowflake on the the taxpayers dime they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers
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IF
Of course there is zero evidence that "IF" was any part of this situation, and what took place with these STUDENTS.
Once more, it was the SGA that reached out to the STUDENTS just to remind them that there were services available, with no proof at all that any STUDENTS sought help in regards the SC decisions.
So, even mentioning the alleged, by you or anyone else, validity that, sans any knowledge on your part, how their educations are being funded, these STUDENTS, that "they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers" is an idiotically absurd premise by any measure.
 
trouble13 said:
If they behave like a snowflake on the the taxpayers dime they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers
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Looked at the article and followed the links. That majority of these programs are funded by student fees and private grants. BU is also a private college with an endowment of almost 3 billion dollars from trustees.

So, I don't see any taxpayer money paying for these things.

So...they don't get to be ridiculed by tax payers.
 
Jason Warfield said:
Looked at the article and followed the links. That majority of these programs are funded by student fees and private grants. BU is also a private college with an endowment of almost 3 billion dollars from trustees.

So, I don't see any taxpayer money paying for these things.

So...they don't get to be ridiculed by tax payers.
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LouC said:
IF
Of course there is zero evidence that "IF" was any part of this situation, and what took place with these STUDENTS.
Once more, it was the SGA that reached out to the STUDENTS just to remind them that there were services available, with no proof at all that any STUDENTS sought help in regards the SC decisions.
So, even mentioning the alleged, by you or anyone else, validity that, sans any knowledge on your part, how their educations are being funded, these STUDENTS, that "they can expected to be judged and ridiculed by tax payers" is an idiotically absurd premise by any measure.
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Have the students collectively condemned the SGA for insulting them?
 
Jason Warfield said:
Looked at the article and followed the links. That majority of these programs are funded by student fees and private grants. BU is also a private college with an endowment of almost 3 billion dollars from trustees.

So, I don't see any taxpayer money paying for these things.

So...they don't get to be ridiculed by tax payers.
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When taxpayers were volunteered to pay student loans off it became our business.
 
j brown's body said:
No wonder they have therapy. The actions of the current Supreme Court begs the question, how do you teach or learn law if its based on the whims of the right-wing justices?
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I think they need therapy because they need to prove that it's based on whims and can't.
 
LouC said:
That truly is a silly notion that any STUDENTS would, or should, feel insulted by the SGA MEMO.
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They are the ones suggesting that students may be mentally too fragile to handle processing a court decision they don't like without the assistance of professional physiatric assistance. That seems rather insulting unless it's true. Which is it? Are they (the students) too fragile for the vocation they have chosen to pursue or does the SGA have an unfairly demeaning opinion of the student body?

Enlighten me.
 
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