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that's idiotic. intent is what counts.
It wasn't a crime but it was no joke, either. Not enough time's passed yet.
Anybody want to bet that the Ole Miss Sigma Phi Epsilon chapter had zero members of colour?
Prove it. Simply provide a definition of racism.
Man, how did I know this was gonna happen? One makes the slightest allegation of racism, and butthurt white people pour out of the woodwork. It's like barely touching a fire ant bed and watching the fire ants swarm anything and anyone within a five-foot radius.
Oh, and black folks are too weak minded to deal with it, unlike white folks.
Man oh man oh man. There are fewer things in life more reliable than the emotional fragility of white people when their white privilege is called out. Apsdt, you think I'm black?! LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, learn to read.
For the few of you who are actually willing and able to do this thing called LISTEN, here is a nice summary of what it means to be a white person (and a straight male one at that). Dear racism deniers: It is physically impossible for you to raise any objections that that author did not address in his follow-up threads. But some of you will try. And, like the butthurt commentors, you too will fail miserably.
I think I'm just gonna sit back for the next round of posts and munch on popcorn. This ought to be quite entertaining.
I think I'm just gonna sit back for the next round of posts and munch on popcorn.
If I'd considered it a joke, I wouldn't have stated that those involved should have been instantly expelled.
You lose. They have more members of color than the Obama Campaign
Sorry YOU lose - the photo is from the SigEp chapter at University of SOUTHERN Mississippi - NOT from the University of Mississippi
Yes, intent counts
SO the question is, did he accidently slip while carrying a noose and he lost his grip on it and it just happened to, accidently, fall around the statue's neck where he couldn't reach it to remove it?
Or maybe he meant to put a tie around the statue but when he reached into his closet he accidently pulled out a noose?
Or maybe, just maybe, he knew the symbolic meaning behind the noose and the effect of hanging it around that particular statue's neck?
What do you think?
I guess it was, "Was it a racist joke? Oh hell yes." that threw me off.
I'm not sure I'd expel the guys. There might be some kind of penance that could be dreamed up for them.
The act itself isn't 'racist' to me - could be a ****ty joke. Our country has certainly made it permissible to make race-related jokes. Many comedians thrive on this (Key and Peele, Tosh.0 - etc).
What would make it racist is the intent, the overall behavior or attitude of these individuals. If they were in fact doing it for racially charged, hate fueled reasons VS they thought it would just be dumb and funny.
Well, it was a good try to validate your claim. Why don't you try now?
Would you agree that calling in the feds to consider hate crime legislation with a minimum requirement of five years in a federal prison is a bit over the top for an act of utter stupidity that otherwise broke no laws?
Would you agree that calling in the feds to consider hate crime legislation with a minimum requirement of five years in a federal prison is a bit over the top for an act of utter stupidity that otherwise broke no laws?
A white guy hanging a noose around the neck of James Meredith doesn't look like racism to you?
Noose Found Around The Neck Of Statue Honoring Civil Rights Icon At Ole Miss
Such gross and stupid incidents of racial incitement often turn out to be false flag operations.
Why is it an act of stupidity, and not an act of racism?
Three 19 yr old frat boys being stupid. Stop the presses.
The kids are in deep doo-doo now, though, because there apparently isn't any law against propping items against a statue if the statue isn't actually damaged. So the FBI has been called in to see if it can be charged as a hate crime. :roll:
Sorry, the worst these kids should have had was instant expulsion from the university. Was it a racist joke? Oh hell yes. Should they spend five years in the slammer for it? Of course not. This is one of those face-palm moments, when officials have perpetrators, but can't find any law they have broken, so they call in the feds to fabricate one. :doh
It clearly was an act of racism... I've already said it was a racist joke by a bunch of idiot frat boys that should be expelled for what they did, but do not deserve five years in a federal prison. Why is that so hard to understand that I've had to repeat it, like three times?
Yes. It should be dealt with in-house. Some variety of community service, maybe, but not expulsion.
That would teach them the wrong lesson.
I know you're not black. Thus your rage is senseless, because you dont have the first damn clue what black folks are thinking.
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