tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post8289180004353474668..comments2024-01-28T03:23:39.580-08:00Comments on Late in the Day: And this guy holds the "diversity chair" at his schoolBarney Quickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-74377905788311208542017-08-13T08:58:38.485-07:002017-08-13T08:58:38.485-07:00I think it's sort of on topic, but expect a fi...I think it's sort of on topic, but expect a fierce and vocal movement against Trump's wall. It must not go up!Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-57930807262250804692017-08-13T08:49:21.258-07:002017-08-13T08:49:21.258-07:00The Peter Principle is more apt here than Murphy&#...The Peter Principle is more apt here than Murphy's Law I think. We all rise to our level of incompetence. If anything can go wrong it will, always and forever--that's Murphy.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-54075026749098939552017-08-13T08:40:45.045-07:002017-08-13T08:40:45.045-07:00Trump has set the general tone for anger and retri...Trump has set the general tone for anger and retribution. I think we all here kinda knew all that we have seen and fear that is unseen and yet to come was gonna roll January 20, 2017.<br /><br />Michael, do you have a more favorable opinion of UF? It has its own dilemma ahead with a White Supremecist on tap for 9.12.17. College faculty and administration more often than not do fight for academic and intellectual freedom. And these hate groups are pushing beyond the limit.<br /><br />“This is the threat we’ve been seeing all along just metastasized into the worst possible situation,” she said Saturday evening. “We’ve seen the alt-right trying to provoke campuses, trying to incite students, trying to corrupt higher education’s ideal of freedom of speech and pushing it to the very edge of the concept,” she said.<br /><br />College campuses are obvious targets for such groups because they promote the ideals of universal equality and liberal democracy, Ms. McGuire said. The white supremacists, however, are promoting a “we versus they” ideology, and academe is part of the “they.”<br /><br />The silence of college leaders in the face of protests and violent threats only encourages such groups to act, she said.<br /><br />“It’s wrong for presidents to be timid," she said. "It betrays the leadership we are called to exert. I think the right-wing element is poking for the soft underbelly of the academy and sees silence as weakness.”<br /><br /><br />http://www.chronicle.com/article/When-White-Supremacists/240913Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-31476771522086314502017-08-13T08:16:14.576-07:002017-08-13T08:16:14.576-07:00The Trump voters hate me more than I hate them. C...The Trump voters hate me more than I hate them. Cross one and find out.Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-15050123617246955592017-08-13T08:15:26.263-07:002017-08-13T08:15:26.263-07:00I used to live near UCF and visited often. It is ...I used to live near UCF and visited often. It is a gorgeous campus. I know the father of a young lady who was majoring in engineering there and she was going somewhere, but I guess it's nowhere. Fight for intellectual freedom and you will every time (if only in the long run).Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-79297275912701470952017-08-12T17:14:25.172-07:002017-08-12T17:14:25.172-07:00Maybe Murphy's Law is not about an individual ...Maybe Murphy's Law is not about an individual but civilization itself?<br /><br />UCF is the classic commercially redesigned University offering "a broad" experience of only slightly<br />attached significance to business. Clash of the Stupid's carries a wide berth.<br /><br />Then I to reach my best level of competency. That's enough to fight for here.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-20036796947596074572017-08-12T15:01:00.290-07:002017-08-12T15:01:00.290-07:00It's too late. Believe me, 99 percent of the c...It's too late. Believe me, 99 percent of the cells in my body want to get on board with your position, but the takeover of the American university is complete.<br /><br />God in heaven above, the name of this blog, as well as the tagline, only keep getting more relevant. I guess you know about the Clash of the Stupids in Charlottesville today.<br /><br />I'm not sure how to fight anymore.Barney Quickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691587302177294439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513645860996121165.post-25855235303274165532017-08-12T14:36:12.104-07:002017-08-12T14:36:12.104-07:00I hope the conservative students win-out, instead ...I hope the conservative students win-out, instead of dropping out, i.e., walking away and never looking back, because what would that solve?Mr. Dingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012432470112143051noreply@blogger.com