College sophomore Jonathan Peraza leads chants outside the Emory Administration Building during a student protest following pro-Trump slogans that were written in chalk across campus the night before. / Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
UPDATE (3/22 at 9:49 p.m.) Scroll down for the original article:
The following day, University President James W. Wagner, as well as representatives from College Council (CC) and Student Government Association (SGA) sent emails to the Emory community to address student concerns and responses. In his University-wide email, Wagner wrote that he intends to implement “immediate refinements to certain policy and procedural deficiencies, regular and structured opportunities for difficult dialogues, a formal process to institutionalize identification, review and [the] addressing of social justice opportunities and issues and a commitment to an annual retreat to renew our efforts.” Wagner added in his email that the previous day’s chalkings represented “values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory’s own.”
In the joint email sent on behalf of CC and SGA, representatives wrote that they “remain unapologetically dedicated to inclusion, diversity and equity,” and that both institutions will stand in solidarity with any Emory students who have encountered a lack of safety and support. To provide Emory students an opportunity to discuss such support and inclusivity on Emory’s campus, SGA will hold office hours on Thursday, March 24 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and CC will hold office hours on Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.
According to the Dobbs University Center’s (DUC) Posting Policy, chalking must be reserved and approved through Emory’s campus reservation service, 25Live. The Posting Policy says that: chalk cannot be on columns or walls, it must be done on horizontal, ground surfaces and areas where rain can easily wash it away. Failure to comply with these policies results in a clean up fee. Chalking also may only remain for 48 hours. After this time, another group can chalk, if they reserve their chalking through 25Live.
The DUC’s Posting Policy also points out that the DUC is guided by the University’s policy on open expression, and any member of the Emory community who violates the open expression of others will be held in violation of said policy.
According to Emory University’s Open Expression Policy 8.14.5.8, “nonpersonal protests” such as chalking, should follow “all applicable flyer posting policies and banner reservation rules.” It also states that “no nonpersonal protests will be denied because of the content” of the display as long as they falls within the law, and that members of the community who “deface the open expression of others” are also violating this policy.
The article will be updated as information becomes available.
Students protested yesterday at the Emory Administration Building following a series of overnight, apparent pro-Donald Trump for president chalkings throughout campus.
Roughly 40 students gathered shortly after 4:30 p.m. in the outdoors space between the Administration Building and Goodrich C. White Hall; many students carried signs featuring slogans such as “Stop Trump” or “Stop Hate” and an antiphonal chant addressed to University administration, led by College sophomore Jonathan Peraza, resounded “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!” throughout the Quad. Peraza opened the door to the Administration Building and students moved forward towards the door, shouting “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
Students protest apparent pro-Donald Trump chalkings throughout campus. / Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
After approximately ten minutes outside from the start of the demonstration, the gathered students were ushered into the Quad-facing entrance to the Administration Building and quickly filled a staircase to continue their demonstration. Pausing in the staircase, a few students shared their initial, personal reactions to the chalkings.
“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student said. “But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well … I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school,” she added.
A short time later, students moved into the Henry L. Bowden Board Room, surrounding the long table that dominates its center, the students themselves surrounded by portraits of Emory University’s former presidents.
“What are we feeling?” Peraza asked those assembled. Responses of “frustration” and “fear” came from around the room, but individual students soon began to offer more detailed, personal reactions to feelings of racial tension that Trump and his ideology bring to the fore.
“How can you not [disavow Trump] when Trump’s platform and his values undermine Emory’s values that I believe are diversity and inclusivity when they are obviously not [something that Trump supports]” one student said tearfully. “Banning Muslims? How is that something Emory supports?” asked yet another.
University President James W. Wagner, who had been standing just inside the threshold of the door, had been called into the board room by students and listened at the head of the table while they described how the appearance of the chalkings made them feel. He addressed several questions throughout the time in the board room, including “Why did the swastikas [on the AEPi house in Fall 2014] receive a quick response while these chalkings did not?” to which Wagner replied that they “represented an outside threat” and clarified that it was a second set of swastikas that received a swift response from the University. “What do we have to do for you to listen to us?” students asked Wagner directly, to which he asked, “What actions should I take?” One student asked if Emory would send out a University-wide email to “decry the support for this fascist, racist candidate” to which Wagner replied, “No, we will not.” One student clarified that “the University doesn’t have to say they don’t support Trump, but just to acknowledge that there are students on this campus who feel this way about what’s happening … to acknowledge all of us here.”
University President James W. Wagner listens to students. / Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
Other students asked for improving diversity in the “higher positions” of the University, including the Board of Trustees and the faculty in general who should not be simply “diversity sprinkles” to improve statistics, as one student described it.
Grievances were not restricted to shortcomings of the administration. “[Faculty] are supporting this rhetoric by not ending it,” said one student, who went on to say that “people of color are struggling academically because they are so focused on trying to have a safe community and focus on these issues [related to having safe spaces on campus].”
While Wagner initially stated that he would not be writing a University-wide email regarding Trump, after over an hour of discussion in the board room, he appeared to have decided to begin working on an email concerned with at least the chalkings, at which point he gently wrapped up the conversation so that he could begin drafting it.
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- Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
Assistant Vice President for Community Suzanne Onorato, who was also present during the protest and suggested that she would look into hosting a forum for those involved, agreed with Wagner’s sentiments. “I think it’s wonderful that students are taking a stand for something that they’re passionate about, for something that’s so much about themselves — and we want to support that,” she said in an interview with the Wheel.
The chalkings that generated such controversy appeared overnight throughout Emory’s campus. College junior Harpreet Singh said that, initially, he did not find the chalkings significant. “I saw one big one, ‘Trump 2016,’ so I thought it was an isolated incident and I didn’t think much of it,” he said. “I thought, ‘Okay, it’s just a guy who wants to write whatever he wants to believe in for his political campaign.’ I was like, ‘Okay, I’m fine with that, to a certain extent.’”
Assistant Vice President for Community Suzanne Onorato addresses the students. / Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
Singh reported having seen multiple chalkings that read “Trump 2016” between Cox Hall Bridge and the Dobbs University Center (DUC). “What I also saw on the steps near Cox [Hall] Bridge was ‘Accept the Inevitable: Trump 2016,’” he said. “That was a bit alarming. What exactly is the inevitable? Why does it have to be accepted?”
Trump chalking rubbed away. / Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
The University will review footage “up by the hospital [from] security cameras” to identify those who made the chalkings, Wagner told the protesters. He also added that if they’re students, they will go through the conduct violation process, while if they are from outside of the University, trespassing charges will be pressed.
Organization and coordination of the protest appears to have fermented in individual student groups independently of one another. Singh, who participated in the protests, also had a part in their planning. While he said that each group or community held their own discussions on the chalkings over social media, he noted that “[he] also reached out to the Muslim community” and that several of these students attended the gathering.
Julia Munslow, Executive Editor
While the University has not released an official response as of press time, Donald Trump obviously remains a flashpoint for many students, but according to Singh there is comfort to be found for those who feel oppressed. “For the students, it’s reassuring to see how they are able to voice out their opinions and, although it might be safe or uncomfortable, we know that we have a community behind us, whether that be the Latin[x] community, the Muslim community or the black student community — there are pools of safety we can go to,” Singh said.
Read more Wheel coverage:
Read our continued coverage on the Emory administration’s response here. Read the Letter from the Wheel’s Editor-in-Chief here.
Executive Editor Julia Munslow, News Editor Anwesha Guha and Staff Writer Mengyao Yuan contributed reporting.
From 1939 to 1945, 18 year olds risked their lives to fight for the freedom of speech 18 year olds today want to destroy.
We have the freedom to say you’re not thinking of the people it affects. If your words and actions affect my ability to live, well it isn’t free speech. Read a book on it to actually learn more.
Supporting Donald Trump doesn’t affect you just like supporting the communist Bernie Sanders doesn’t affect me even though the communists killed my entire family.
Lol you don’t know me. How would you know anything about not being able to live?
I live on below minimum wage waiting on tables at a restaurant called Doc Chey while also having work study at Emory.
I work 50 hours per week just to pay my bills. Now what’s your excuse.
Still my life is better here in America than where I was born. At least I have a mattress to sleep on…
Jon, I’ve just read your older posts. It seems that we were born in the same country and are the same age. I may have known you in real life, but anyway, I must say that I cannot agree with you more on many of your views. I should also like to express my deep respect to you, as if I were in your shoes, I could do no better.
Unfortunately Emory is not a place for free speech now, nor are many campuses nationwide. Though I am not a fan of Trump, nor do I hate political correctness, it is stupid to stick to superficial political correctness and ignore deeper problems (i.e. the cultural values), which really makes the poor remain poor. Of course, many young liberals do not remain liberal after they leave the campus. Let’s wait and see. America is made great by hard work, then and now.
Good we know where you work. You represent the company poorly. I’ll be talking to your boss. Your mom says hi… Sorry she’s blowing my dog right now.
You must be black, or gay.
We know enough about you people to ridicule you for being whiny, immature, racist sock puppets. You’re hilarious. Get a job and grow up.
Sanders isn’t really a communist and would not support totalitarian policies. Sanders is just dumb in not seeing the whole picture. He mainly expressed interest in Cuba’s communism due to the social programs (which work better there than some developing countries). Let us not attempt to be sensationalist here. You sound like a Fox News pundit using such language.
I find it ironic you are lecturing me, a former citizen of a communist country on communism/socialism
Also, don’t lecture me on socialism or communism if you don’t know the difference.
Obviously, you don’t if you think Sanders is a communist. You’re just as bad as these ninnies running to mommy. You’re all deluded.
My parents also come from one of those “socialist republics” (i.e. communist countries). They laugh at these imbeciles. Trump 2016!
How does chalk affect your ability to live? Do you know they sell chalk at most stores? You could buy your own chalk and write “not Trump 2016”. That’d show those chalk bullies.
What a great idea, how about you go tell the world you’re most brilliant idea? Chalk beats chalk!
Your*
“how about you go tell the world ****you’re**** most brilliant idea?”
You’re a student at Emory?
How does “Trump 2016” “affect (your) ability to live”? It IS free speech, whether you’re too fragile, frightened and constitutionally ignorant to accept it or not.
Trump 2016 doesn’t affect your ability to live, if it does you’re an idiot and should move out of the US.
If some chalk on the sidewalk affects your ability to live, well, then, you are DOOMED.
Just hold your breath till your face turns blue. It will all be over soon.
Boot licker!
What? So admiration for a Generation that fought Hitler and Japanese Imperialism under Tojo makes someone a Boot Licker? Then call me one too. My Grandfather left a Seneca Indian Tribal Boarding School In 1937 at age 17 to Enlist in the US Navy and served as an aviation mechanic from the biplane era into the Jet era on board Carriers in the Pacific during WW2 and Korea. Retired as a Master Chief. So what have you done with your life other than hurl insults?
People that worship authority and try to get it to fight the battles they should fight themselves are the Boot Lickers.
More likely the whiny protesting students are the Boot Lickers.
…an antiphonal chant addressed to University administration, led by College sophomore Jonathan Peraza, resounded “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!”
Exhibit A: Why I hate Millennials. I stopped my alumni donations after 25 years of continuous support of the university. Enjoy your pain, snowflake.
Man if we have hateful alumni like you Scoots McKenzie, I’m so proud we
aren’t the school you like anymore. Who needs you? At least we’re
fighting for our safety. What did you do for Emory other than line it’s
pockets with hate?
Explain to me why the words “Donald Trump” is hate speech?
And while you are at that, name 3 countries in East Asia.
Random question? Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines?
I said East Asia, not Southeast Asia.
I feel offended by your lack of cultural understanding of the different Asian countries.
Emory Student for Justice’s comment is racist and my safe space has been violated.
^^ sorry, I’ll educate myself more, how about you do the same?
You are still unable to answer my question. You are still unable to name 3 East Asian countries.
Your lack of sympathy for East Asians is racist and my safe space has been violated. President Obama needs to come out and give a speech on how Emory Student for Justice has offended me.
Wow, just wow! If you are a sign of our future, we are doomed. Every comment you make just makes you sound more and more stupid, and yet, because you think your OPINION of Trump trumps everyone else’s opinion, you are completely blind to your own stupidity. smh
Explain to me how a man who spits hate isn’t racist? And while you’re at it, why not name three Central American nations?
Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua.
How does Trump spit hate?
Thank you, Karen. For we know, if it were Hillary, there’d be he!! to pay for responding that way!
Your hatred of Trump is unhinged. I hope the secret service is investigating. We allow political parties in this country. We allow freedom of speech.
The irony in your comment escapes you. Heil Trump!
Waaaaaaaah! Heil leftists! (You do know that Hitler was a leftist, don’t you?)
http://louderwithcrowder.com/myth-busted-actually-yes-hitler-was-a-socialist-liberal/
Waaaaaaaah! Heil leftists! (You do know that Hit_ler was a leftist, don’t you?)
We are socialists, we are enemies of today’s capitalistic economic system for the exploitation of the economically weak, with its unfair salaries, with its unseemly evaluation of a human being according to wealth and property instead of responsibility and performance, and we are all determined to destroy this system under all conditions.” A.Hitler, German Workers’ National Socialist Party Convention, May 1st 1927
Hitler and the Nahzis (sic) played on the widespread opposition, often describing their ideas as ‘anti-capitalist’. The name Nahzi itself is an abbreviation of National Socialist.
they’ve been told to think that way by their indoctrinators
Rich. Thx for an honest retort. I agree.
Why does chalk scare you?
Why does justice scare you?
Justice doesn’t scare anyone.
Stupidity does.
Damn you must be terrified of yourself
Does ad hominem make you feel safe and proud?
She hasn’t the intellect to respond otherwise. She confuses feelings with critical thinking. Emory failed her miserably, isn’t that obvious by now????
What injustice is being perpetrated by chalk drawings of a Presidential candidate who has yet to actually say anything that could be considered racist? Muslim is not a race. He called for a ban on travel from countries known to house Muslim extremists. His son in law is Jewish. His media relations rep is a black woman. What world is this?
@arthurramsey:disqus : That is a slippery slope (let’s also be honest, Muslim is often code for those from certain nations who look a certain way. Many Trump supporters for example would assume that an Indian Hindu is Muslim simply because of how they look. GOP candidates are often good at using code) and also, regardless of his media rep….you assume that Trump actually directly interacts with such arms of his campaign.
Trump and/or supporters would likely claim that all such nations harbor terrorists and simply exclude anyone from such nations from coming whether their government harbors or sponsors extremist or not (some of these places do not even have stable government apparatuses and instead bad actor NGOs host or sponsor terrorists. I am willing to bet that even immigrants from countries without state-sponsored terror would be hindered greatly). What is needed is a strong vetting/screening process for those coming from ANY country (as many radicals also were born in and live in developed countries. Should go both ways as well. Some of America’s crazy evangelicals should not be able to enter another country especially as missionaries). Also, Trump wasn’t so far off from almost entertaining camps in an interview. His ideas/things he claims are ideas are just wack. He pretty much makes stuff up as he goes along and will say anything to activate the base be it subtly racist or directly racist. The guy flat out said with regard to Mexico: “They are sending their______” you know the rest. The “he has a black friend” thing hardly ever works and certainly will not work here. You can be racist or prejudiced against other groups that perhaps you are not used to interacting with (Black, White, and certain Asian ethnicities are normalized in the American context but there are “newcomers” that have turned into “threats” and Trump is exploiting that perception by others).
You make alot of assumptions. Isn’t your entire argument a slippery slope based on those assumptions?
I’m a Trump supporter and I know that Indonesia (a country in Southeast Asia) has more Muslims than the entire Middle East. I also know the difference between a Sikh and a Muslim.
No, I don’t make a lot of assumptions in this case. You are but one data point. Many polls and experience (as in reports from news media outlets after say, terrorist attacks or high terror alerts) tell us that such language to most whites (a HUGE amount of Trump’s support, probably most of it) and even others (perhaps non-Asian if you want to get specific) who would vote for him does indeed trigger certain images. There have been several instances of non-Muslim “brown” folks (as in not Hispanic or Latino) who have been attacked even physically by whites in this country. To deny that “Muslim” does not conjure a certain image in America and to claim that mentions of the religion conjure images based on “facts” for most just simply is silly and a bit overly optimistic and you know it(you still haven’t learned how to argue in a way that makes sense and assume that other folks who engage you don’t know anything about the U.S’s media landscape or political climate so you continue to throw what you think are curveballs just for the sake of doing so. As normal, I choose to bite). Using yourself as a datapoint is not ample evidence to refute the idea that Trump supporters or even Americans as a whole have enough geographic literacy (it has been historically poor) to imagine say, a black person (as many Africans are Muslim for obvious historical reasons) or an Indonesian as a Muslim. There is ample evidence whether based on polls anecdotal that demonstrates our lack of nuance in this area. Just because you know these things does not mean most of his supporters who are American do. Also, This slippery slope seems awful reminiscent of this period in the 1900s in America (low and mid. I remember the Chinese Exclusion Act and camps for the Japanese). My idea of slipper slope is based on historical precedent and the language I see being used in these campaigns and actually IS in context unlike what you claimed about Sanders. As a supporter, you should beware of this much like a Clinton supporter expecting great improvements for the middle-class may want to adjust their expectations.
That was a straight up incoherent unsupported rant.
I know that the evangelicals are well known for their terrorism overseas. A scourge on the planet. Seriously?
No one is trying to keep possibly extremist Muslims out to keep them from sharing about their religion; barely 100 miles away from me an extremist shot up two military facilities as an act of terrorism. Brussels today. NYC in 2001. This isn’t rocket science.
And not but a few days after Trump talked about the illegal immigrants from Mexico, a woman in San Franciso was murdered by an illegal immigrant. In trying to find the specifics on that story, I came across the story of Marilyn Pharis who was raped and beaten and died 8 days later from her injuries at the hands of an illegal immigrant. Illegal immigrants are operating a large human trafficking organization that has been discovered even in the reaches of rural Tennessee. Not all illegal immigrants are bad, but in allowing so many such leeway, we leave the door open for these evil people as well.
I’m actually not a Trump supporter, but I find the pure hysterics and vitriol coming from some people over him to be completely ridiculous. When the man’s name being written on a wall causes someone to be unsafe (in Atlanta…not exactly the safest city) it’s beyond ridiculous. I hope these students don’t end up in a hotel checking the mattresses. Some of those are the Serta Trump line. They’d lose their minds.
Glad you stood up to this vapid “intellectual “. I agree with you.
“Many Trump supporters for example would assume that an Indian Hindu is Muslim simply because of how they look” you are projecting based on supposition…you obviously don’t know many trump supporters.
i’m for a moratorium on all immigration to help the legal immigrants who have come here assimilate and deport the illegal ones. then let immigration resume.
Your intellectual ramblings don’t impress me.
Yes, because the goal was primarily to impress you, a person I don’t know. The goal is say something evidence based or more nuanced than others in this comment section which is mainly a sea of emotional and buzzword based BS right now. It may not have impressed you, but apparently it affected you somehow for you to respond to it as opposed to the other stuff on here.
“The goal is say something evidence based…”
Then why didn’t you include evidence, and instead just speak in generalizations about groups you don’t like?
a fantasy bubble that the exist in as long as their parents keep funneling money to them…
It’s the world where they can’t win with their arguments so they have to resort to bleating RAAAAAAAACIST!
Justice? What crime was committed?
Apparently you don’t promote justice because your fascist behavior and comments are shutting down other’s first amendment rights.
Justice? A crime was committed? Someone was wronged? Who was hurt? Oh it was feelings? Well no one cares. Grow up.
#ImAfraidOfChalk
and then it rained
Most Trump supporters will now say they don’t feel safe with your group protesting. Will you give them a safe space?
The idea of these realty-denying, emotionally stunted, immature children eventually ending up with any sort of political power triggers me and makes me feel horribly unsafe. It’ll be a macroaggression towards me if any of them ever seek office, and so I require them to pay me reparations for my pain and mental distress.
The irony is, Trump supporters have real cause to feel unsafe because “protesters” (read: instigators) who have come to Trump rallies started fights, rushed the stage, threatened, bullied, and shouted down any dissent. It is they who by action have demonstrated to be the actual threats. I have yet to see any Trump supporter be a threat.
You’re a moron. No doubt about it you people are mentally ill.
Does ad hominem make you feel safe and proud? Here’s one for you: You must have been raised by two lesbians. You have no testicles.
Your lesbian mom should disown you.
Your lesbian mom should stop trying to molest your sister.
When you throw a shoe into a pack of dogs, the one that yelps is the one that got hit.
Then put on your muzzle and shut up.
I can’t because you are wearing it, you gimp.
I have not seen or heard that insult in a while now.
time to put your big girl pants on Emory Student for Justice. Read the comments here, ya’ll are sad and pathetic and you wont make it in the real world b/c words hurt you and the real world doesn’t give you safe spaces. Enjoy your retardedness while you can, the real world won’t cater to your overly sensitive and miniscule brain
Proud to be in a school full of whiny pu$$ie$.
You have chalk phobia? Hundreds of thousands of Georgia residents voted for Trump. Do you prefer the Castro dictatorship?
It’s funny, because that isn’t what they were chanting. They were chanting “No justice, no peace.” sounds like a threat to me.
It’s amazing how much these “activists” resemble terrorists in word and deed. Then again, Mao’s mass-murdering Red Guard started off as a bunch of whiney campus leftists. A perfect example of what happens when SJWs get power, and why they must be prevented from gaining any.
Imagine the butt-hurt on the left when Trump actually becomes president!
I am not much of a Trump fan, but it would be worth it just to see the reactions.
They just parrot buzzwords they read on twitter from their BLM ringleaders. All of them are future low-status gov. employees. The Emory degree is wasted on them.
Mr. McKenzie, did you contact the alumni giving office (and cc: the administration too) and tell them exactly why you have stopped donating? Otherwise, I don’t think that colleges get the message, they just assume that you have lost interest or can’t afford it. Alums who are sick and tired of these shenanigans and really want their voices to be heard need to directly tell the alumni office and the administration that donations will cease as long as these sort of crybully antics are not just tolerated but endorsed. Otherwise it just goes on and on.
I did. I just returned the 25 year pin for consecutive years of donating.
That’s excellent. I hope others who stop donating also make their reasons known. I would like to think that you will hear back from them with some sort of explanation of why they allow these senseless distractions from the educational mission, but experience tells me that you will not.
HAHA. Toughen up kids.
President Wagner’s lack of sympathy for students of color further exhibits his continued neglect of already marginalized Emory students. As an alum, his inaction is embarrassing and wholly disappointing. I can only hope that his successor is less concerned with our endowment and more concerned with the ENTIRE Emory community’s well-being and safety.
I can’t see how the students’ speech, totally lacking reasoning and logic, could do any good to Emory’s well-being and safety. Even not voting Sanders seems politically incorrect on campus.
You have to remind yourself they are merely children. The failure of University leadership and the education process in general facilitates this immature behavior.
why do they need to be taught these skills? if they are smart enough to get into college, they should know this already. but then, we are talking about EMORY. ha. #ChalkEmory2016
He sent out an email Cara, and promised to prosecute the perps. That’s more than he needed to do.
Then he is as stupid as Cara!
I support Trump. Did I just trigger you? Oh no!!!
You suck off Trump? Now that is true support.
Those students are part of groups and cultures that are violent. They’re not marginalized. They have more rights than Whites after all they control the media. They’re just whiney, narcissistic morons who are most likely collecting ‘gibs me dats’.
That’s really appalling, that an Emory alumna would support calls for censorship and disciplining people for expressing their opinions. I’m ashamed to send my daughter to a college that produces people like you, although I’m happy to say that she doesn’t share your hatred and disdain for free expression.
Your daughter is really your son? Fascinating. How is the inbred life?
Basically what you’re saying is that if the School President doesn’t remove those responsible for writing “Trump 2016” in chalk that he’s neglecting you? What a load of crap. It’s time for people like you to GROW UP! GET A DOG!!!!!!!
Sounds like Students for Justice are making unhinged threats and taking away the safe space other students need and want to study and prosper.
So Emory has bred stupidity for how long?
what safety concerns do you have over the words “Trump 2016”? Maybe I’m not being enough of a liberal loony toon but its just a slogan and chalk, I don’t see how its a safety hazard, its just words.
Marginalized by chalk. You make a mockery of real pain.
Why do ‘students of color’ need sympathy? For what? What harm has been done to them? Don’t be concerned with endowment sugar plum. Maybe Pres Wagner has REAL issues to deal with. Grab an eraser and get to work if you are #AfraidOfChalk
Hey Cara, you’re not too bright are you? Cuba sounds like the place for you where only right thinking is allowed and wrong thinking is punished.
These students are over 18, correct? how can they be neglected? you want to see real neglect? Look at the children, a majority of color, who have been abandoned into the foster care system. That is neglect. What those students are feeling is anti-democracy feelings. They wish for totalitarianism, but they want to pick the dictator.
Don’t misuse the word neglect. It is shameful and disrespectful to those, especially, children who really have experienced neglect.
For the sake of my own faith in humanity, I am choosing to assume you are just trolling and not really this stupid.
That had to be sarcasm, it was too dumb otherwise.
Emory Student for Justice: I don’t believe you understand the whole concept of free speech. But humor me, how does “Trump 2016” affect your ability to live? Because it doesn’t agree with your personal beliefs? You do realize that by asking them to restrict the people who write “Trump 2016” you’re opening up your own thoughts and beliefs to being restricted? How about if Emory states that no student can chalk anything, can’t even draw a four square court on the ground, I thought we were in the world of trying to grant more freedoms, not to take rights away from others, even if you don’t agree with them.
Emory is a private college, if you don’t like things there, leave. The college doesn’t owe you anything, and it’s clear that you’re not taking advantage of the education they offer, as you’d rather protest about others thoughts then to form thoughts of your own.
I would imagine her major is outside STEM. Wanna make a side bet?
Engineering and pre-med kids are never at these “protests”. Weird.
Couldn’t agree more wholeheartedly.
and scheme some more…engineering students don’t have time for such insignificant garbage.
I’m enrolled in a general science degree. Since my two majors are computer science and mechanical engineering. Just calculus alone takes up most of my day. Like i said before dono how these kids get time.
My major is STEM. And yes, plenty of intelligent, talented people at Emory are also active at protests. If you knew anything about Emory at all.
Then stop faking like you’re afraid of everything a go study – that’s what you do in college. Crying doesn’t get you anywhere
Well see the issue is crying nowadays does get somewhere. An audience with the President who then placates the protesters instead of providing guidance and displaying leadership.
Intelligent people don’t cry over the advocating of a Presidential candidate.
Children do.
Well, when Obama was elected people were crying “anti-christ” and calling him a Kenyan muslim communist so it goes both ways.
I do not believe the Emory College Republicans were storming the President’s office over Obama’s election as President. Do not try and hand waive to condone or rationalize negative behavior. This is nonsense and therefore treat unacceptable behavior as such. If the Young Republicans would have done so I would’ve advised the same sort of action in even greater terms.
That is the point, it is irrational on either side, but I have yet to see anybody condemn that particular talk. This issue extends further than a university protest.
Haha I remember the night of the Obama election. There were probably ten college republicans watching, me included.
I’m surprised there’s a whole ten conservatives on campus at all. You should’ve been rounded up long ago. You could probably start a diary before they send you off to tolerance camp.
wait… they allow conservative republicans at emory?
lol –
Closeted Republican graduate – Emory College, class of 82
Intelligent people don’t start babbling about something totally unrelated to cover for their own fail in life.
Emory student, are you?
No, animals do.
Remember, it was Hillary Clinton who first questioned his “natural born” citizenship.
Its still true lol
all i know is you guys are_morons!!
Well, if I get a resume from anyone of them, its going in the trash.
I’m faculty at Emory pal in the sciences and this behavior along with the administration’s reaction bothers me greatly. I did three things while in college….worked, studied and when that was done I partied like a rock star.
I’m primary concerned that the named students in the Wheel are going to be targeted. It was a small minority of students that actually reacted to the chalk, and others were protesting about completely different problems on campus. I think the reaction to some little chalk writing is silly, but that doesn’t excuse others from completely dismissing the rest of the university who is embarrassed. At the moment, the Wheel (and Emory’s) Facebook pages are being spammed with posts about the damn chalk.
What do you mean, I am embarrassed and every time I now mention that I am faculty at Emory I will be laughed at and associated with immaturity. Do you realize how many Facebook potshots I am already taking from friends and colleagues over this???? Dozens. Decisions have consequences and so does crying wolf over chalk drawings. Therefore, the administration should have told these students to return to their studies and further disturbance would lead to disciplinary action. End of story. Emory supports the free exchange of ideas and facilitates an environment of diversity. Period. This is all a scam by students to either gain leverage with the administration as seen at U Missouri, Yale, Harvard, etc or simple effort aversion in order to get out of work assignments. Nothing more. No one with a lick of sense should be incensed to protest over chalk drawings of a leading candidate. There is a leadership void and an environmental issue with the lack of acceptance at Universities in the country. This episode only brings that fact closer to our environment. Personally, I reach out to those with differing views than my own, I am conservative to the core, because those are folks that challenge my thinking and provide me the greatest opportunity at learning. My worldview is not so fragile to be shaken by opposing arguments. This behavior is that of fragility and mental and emotional immaturity.
I understand and I agree with you. I think this has been blown way out of proportion.
I think there should definitely be a discussion about this, but now the university has a major PR catastrophe to take care of. Nobody is stifling free speech at Emory, at all. The problem is–People literally complained about it because they thought they were being targeted, and the Wheel took that story and ran with it. Now the rest of the student body is pissed and fighting about it.
I’m very disappointed that a student paper of all things would jump on a typical campus protest and make it into controversy when a vast majority of students disagree.
As they should be as it lowers the value of their education. Why do not the students attempt to police this themselves. Why was no one willing to tell them to think this through or advise them to be more accepting??? There was no threat to them. Young people have lost their ability to provide independent thought. It’s all groupthink, I must fit in or else I’ll be a target. Where is the leadership among the student body and focus on personal development??? You’re in college to learn and prepare for the workforce, not to be coddled and therefore incapable of productivity in the real world. Be honest or be ridiculed. If Emory does nothing to condemn this type of fascist, un-American, non-civilized behavior then the ridicule is deserved. Is it freedom of speech or not? There is no gray area. This behavior deserves robust ridicule. Decisions have consequences and better learned now than later.
Well for one, Emory gives a lot of funding to student groups and they use it however they see fit. Everyone has a right to protest in my opinion, but this is the Wheel’s fault for publicizing it in the first place as if it’s a university-wide controversy. And thus, you see the comments here disparaging the university and everyone in it.
How could they not address it when a University wide email was sent out by the President? I went looking for articles only after receiving the email. The failure was to acknowledge the legitimacy of the protesters rather than send them back to their studies. Leadership is required here as young folks need it. Perhaps they are confused or full of emotion? Even a greater need for clear leadership that provides what is and is not acceptable. Otherwise these types of incidents will only increase in frequency.
They are student reporters after all, people make mistakes.They’re receiving plenty of backlash from other students, but any complaint they’ve received about legitimizing the protests has been met with “freedom of the press” references. Wagner should have been fired years ago.
They are student reporters after all, people make mistakes.They’re receiving plenty of backlash from other students, but any complaint they’ve received about legitimizing the protests has been met with “freedom of the press” references. Wagner should have been fired years ago. A lot of the vitriol protestors have is due to his mishandling of other incidents.
Absolutely. Same with Mizzou. President at Mizzou should have canceled the remaining football schedule and threatened to not allow makeup for school work. Done. There is a leadership void. Perhaps the Presidents have their hand tied, who knows? It’s all about profits anyhow. They do not want to rock the boat too much or potentially lose money. These student protesters are placing the administration in a no win situation.
Exactly. I think it can be handled correctly but if they’ve messed up once before, forget about it.
Though the immaturity of these children attending Emory is laughable, I place more blame on the University President. This could have been a helpful teaching moment and a way to squash this story quickly, with a stern look and some choice language. I’m thinking like, “Grow the f#*k up and go study for your finals!!
Yeah right, try being a conservative professor. I am ridiculed all the time and unable in any way to voice my opinions except to close colleagues that share my views behind closed doors. I would’ve liked to have been able to reach out to the administration concerning this, but I may be fired or it may affect my promotion potential. Who knows??? Being a conservative in academia is not easy at all and no, there is no freedom to express my “minority” views. Universities are more interested in profit rather than preparing capable young men and women for the workforce. Coddling them is only lowering their potential successes.
I feel for you. I spent 11 years at state universities, and I know there is no free speech there for conservatives. Now I am at a private university with a very conservative profile. Our administration would tell these “safe space” babies to suck it up or go home. I can be as conservative as I want, in and out of the classroom, and nobody bats an eyelash. I feel very fortunate.
I am glad you took action and changed where you go to school. You spoke by no giving your old school your money.
I use to be a teacher. I retired because I was tired of being forced to teach socialist propaganda over reading, writing, math, geography, and honest history. People complain about our educational system, but they haven’t realized why it has declined. Most of these young kids don’t even know what socialism, capitalism, and communism are. They just hear free handout from socialists and capitalism is evil. Every last one of us participates in capitalism.
Thank you for continuing to teach regardless of those who are literally racist against you.. I hear many parents complain about their kids unable to voice their thoughts because they are afraid to fail the class. That is sad. Maybe these socialist professors might learn something.
I speak my mind. I stood up to the teamsters at work. And I engaged in conversations with liberals. We can’t fix problems by shutting people off.
Conservative students, have courage. Speak out regardless of your future grade. There are things that are more important.
I chose not to pursue a career in academics after I earned my Ph.D. a good many years ago … primarily because I did not want to play the games that faculty have to play to get along and to be promoted. Conforming to absurd political standards would not likely have been a big factor in my field (geology), but all of the other nonsense would have been painful to tolerate. I wish you well. Just remember that you are probably on double-secret probation because of your conservative leanings.
I am old enough to remember a Christian America that was conservative. We were proud to be Americans. Everyone had the same moral values and treated people with respect. I am from the west, so racism isn’t and wasn’t the issue it is in the south or back east. One of my kids now lives back east and is astounded at the attitude she receives. My daughter is not use to such prejudges; it surprised her. She is nice to everyone no matter what. That is the way she was raised and how it is in the west or mid-west. Even when a black person automatically treats her as a racist because she is white, she still treats them with friendly respect. Then the surprise is on them and barriers are taken down. We follow the golden rule.
Profit is easy when one is guaranteed an income from federal grants , scholarships, and loans. When i first sought out a student loan as a foreigner. My first guess was to ask my bank for a student loan, only to find out that in the US this is not an option errr.
“Nobody is stifling free speech at Emory, at all. ”
I BEG YOUR PARDON???
“The University will review footage “up
by the hospital [from] security cameras” to identify those who made the
chalkings, Wagner told the protesters.”
How is that not a threat to free speech???
Agreed. As an alumni I don’t want my schools name to be shamed, but these kids never grew up and they’re a representative of Emory whether we like it or not
” I think the reaction to some little chalk writing is silly, but that
doesn’t excuse others from completely dismissing the rest of the
university who are embarrassed.”
I think that’s because the impression given is that the rest of the university isn’t speaking up against the coddling of the individuals who are “frightened” of chalk supporting Trump.
If that was my college, and I were still attending it, I would make it clear that my college shouldn’t be “investigating” who wrote chalk markings supporting a candidate.
The Wheel’s problem, finding a valid equation that empowers SJW activism by ignoring/discounting the downsides of SJW activism. GIGO.
and that’s the way we all did it. Did you go there? and if so, was that during the days of Wonderful Wednesday? And Dooley’s Den?
I’m a full time dual degree student. I have no idea how people have time for this nonsense.
Afro-Cuban Queer Poetry Studies.
Actually, little Jonathan is majoring in Sociology and English.
I don’t always talk to Sociology and English majors, but when I do, I ask them for no sugar or cream.
Hey be nice an ethnic and gender studies degree will get you the coveted drive up window spot at McDonalds. Not too shabby!
These cry-bullies just seriously damaged the Emory brand.Their disgusting antics here have reached national attention. I think many HR hiring staff will now toss Emory graduate’s job applications directly into the trash.
The first question I would ask any new prospective employee would be “so while in college were you involved in any social activism?” If the answer is yes then that would mean they are going to be nothing but trouble and then show them the door!
Yep. I always test the young ones. No activists, liberals, women with hyphenated names…. you get the picture.
It’s STEM, but thank you!
I would bet against Julia can do long division.
No doubt about it.
Emory’s President, Jim Wagner, should be ashamed of himself for letting the Crybullies believe that they have a legitimate point. But, hey, I’ll let you judge for yourself. Here’s Wagner’s statement on the allegedly evil Trump chalkings:
Dear Emory Community,
Yesterday I received a visit from 40 to 50 student protesters upset by the unexpected chalkings on campus sidewalks and some buildings yesterday morning, in this case referencing Donald Trump. The students shared with me their concern that these messages were meant to intimidate rather than merely to advocate for a particular candidate, having appeared outside of the context of a Georgia election or campus campaign activity. During our conversation, they voiced their genuine concern and pain in the face of this perceived intimidation.
After meeting with our students, I cannot dismiss their expression of feelings and concern as motivated only by political preference or over-sensitivity. Instead, the students with whom I spoke heard a message, not about political process or candidate choice, but instead about values regarding diversity and respect that clash with Emory’s own.
As an academic community, we must value and encourage the expression of ideas, vigorous debate, speech, dissent, and protest. At the same time, our commitment to respect, civility, and inclusion calls us to provide a safe environment that inspires and supports courageous inquiry. It is important that we recognize, listen to, and honor the concerns of these students, as well as faculty and staff who may feel similarly.
On the heels of work begun by students last fall and advanced last month through the Racial Justice Retreat and subsequent working groups, Emory is taking a number of significant steps:
Immediate refinements to certain policy and procedural deficiencies (for example, our bias incident reporting and response process)
Regular and structured opportunities for difficult dialogues (like the Transforming Community Project of several years ago)
A formal process to institutionalize identification, review, and addressing of social justice opportunities and issues; and
Commitment to an annual retreat to renew our efforts.
To keep moving forward, we must continue to engage in rich and meaningful dialogue around critical issues facing our nation and our society. I learn from every conversation like the one that took place yesterday and know that further conversations are necessary. More than that, such discussions should lead to action that continues to foster a more just and inclusive Emory.
Sincerely,
Jim Wagner
“Racial Justice Retreat” “bias incident reporting” “Transforming Community Project” “institutionalize identification, review, and addressing of social justice opportunities and issues” “just and inclusive”.
This is an embarrassment.
Sounds like an excuse for a paid vacation to an exclusive resort.
That’s what I was thinking. “Racial Justice Retreat”, conveniently located in either someplace warm or near the slopes. Why were we here again? Oh yeah.. that “racial justice thingy”.
Orwell is rolling over in his grave, and I’m stopping all donations to Emory Alum dept until they make it clear academic freedom, political freedom, and freedom of choice matter more than snowflakes.
If they were offended at “Trump 2016”, imagine how awful they’ll feel this morning when they see basically 90% of the country making fun of them for over-reacting?
Seriously… you are in college. If you feel that bad about people challenging your beliefs while in college, you will never make it out into the real world. You took a few figurative steps out of your parents bedroom and figured out that not everyone agrees with you?
Get off of Facebook where you only allow your friends to post, and talk to real people who might disagree with you. Trust me; not everyone who disagrees with you is out to kill you.
Someone is afraid for their safety because there are Trump supporters on campus?
Some people have never known true danger and Lord help us if they ever encounter it.
What a bunch of sissies! Grow a pair you bunch of Nancy’s!
Millenial cucks
You’re in pain because people on campus are expressing support for a candidate you disagree with? And their support causes you fear and pain? Do you realize how embarrassing that is?
These clowns are never going to make it in the real world.
Look at them. What a bunch of sniveling little brats. People of color don’t feel safe because of Donald Trump? I am freaking half-Japanese. Grow up!
They don’t have safe spaces in their neighborhoods because of their criminal behavior. Those neighborhoods are violent.
Maybe people of color need to admit that the dont feel safe in their neighborhoods because of people of color?
Perfectly said.
That would be the 30318 zip code over West of GA Tech.
How many students over there have been robbed at gunpoint this year?
Unbelievable…ladies and gentlemen…behold the future..lol
These students are truly an embarrassment to Emory. There was a time when college campuses welcome free speech.
I am embarrassed to be associated with this generation of babied imbeciles.
I get the feeling that the support being expressed could potentially ironic or being sarcastic. There was someone last semester who did this in the library……also, even if Trump is a horrendous prospect, people (as they already have) ARE allowed to express their support. You should not be allowed to suppress such expressions. You may speak of or chalk in opposing viewpoints but do not complain to the administration because the speech was allowed. I pretty much hate Trumps politics and viewpoints, but am not here to suppress expressions of support for a presidential candidate simply because I find their ideas disagreeable. Nor will I be up in arms about this sort of incident (By the way, while many supporters of Trump are riled up racists, some actually are attracted to the wealth and celebrity aspect unfortunately and think it translates into running a country well….his support is a bit more complex so keep that in mind when you suppress expressions of support. Last I remember, Hillary isn’t particularly the best when it comes to issues of race or social justice, yet no one would be up in arms over her supporters. Back in the 50s and 60s, expressions support for someone Bernie Sanders would have been suppressed or even prosecuted due to the anti-Communist and socialist fervor at the time. I am uncomfortable with all of these scenarios). If you want to protest Trump for real, attend one of his actual rallies, or have an anti-Trump protest. Don’t tell anyone to swiftly act by suppressing such expressions. Soon we’ll migrate toward thought crimes.
We’re already there. Did not President Wagner state he would submit students to the conduct violation process and prosecute non-students for trespassing? I wonder what would happen if white students complained about a BLM chalking??? I mean they only advocate murdering police officers and ask whites to commit suicide due to white privilege. I would hope President Wagner would tell any such complaining students to take a hike. Stop fostering these hyper-sensitive behaviors as they are illegitimate.
Did the anti-democracy student protestors have a permit to protest? Aren’t they eligible for conduct violations? Political intimidation because of chalk by brats.
Amen brother
well you know what they say, “if you’re not a conservative by the time you are 30, chances are you’re an idiot”
Why is that?
Oh good. Captain America was there.
You at Emory should be absolutely ashamed.
Trust me, we are. We just cannot do anything about it in this toxic environment with the thought police everywhere. President Wagner’s hands are tied. CNN is just miles away. Does he want a U of Missouri incident affecting the education of motivated, disciplined students? No. So he attempts to address these students irrational claims. I do not envy his position, although I wish he would provide some tough love.
Your president is a weak man who gave into extortion by anti-democracy protestors.
Our president is now irrelevant and is on his way out anyway (the search committee for a replacement is in session). He can probably give 2 craps and is likely trying to leave on a good note by appeasing students in such a fashion…something he doesn’t have the best reputation for doing (the 3/5 slip and departmental closures come to mind. Mind you, at a place like Harvard, Wagner would have been pressured to pack his stuff….remember the Larry Summers incident?). One could argue that Wagner never really had but so much power to begin with (as other University presidents don’t). University administrative decisions appear to be a conglomerate of crap going on.
Uhmmm..Wagner is leaving anyway and the Missouri incident was actually much more serious IMO. The racial climate at Missouri is actually kind of toxic (as proven by the fallout of that incident). This case at Emory is just a matter of folks being “soft” if you ask me. I am for social justice and complaints and protests when it is actually deserved, but I am not going to lie (even as a URM) and say I feel unsafe by a person or persons claiming to support Donald Trump (If anything, I feel a little sorry for many of them as they are kind of being easily deceived into doing so. I am fairly liberal but do not ever endorse any democratic candidates without a lack of cynicism). I personally don’t know what suppressing them in such a way (by claiming it = swastika) achieves at all. I personally don’t get comfort in knowing that there could be lots of people with really bad ideas hiding in plain sight. Pretending that these folks do not exist gives no comfort. If someone has bad and perhaps even dangerous ideas, I would actually like to know who they are, how many they are, in hopes that such folks can be educated (on why the evidence, if any, behind their ideas is false) as opposed to shouted down or forced into an angry hiding. Emory is an educational institution. Supposedly it educates (though whether students want an actual education is a question in and of itself. As folks say: “Education is one thing people are willing to pay for and not get” and should do so. Let’s get the good and bad ideas out there on the table for people to actually discuss instead pretending that bad ideas that aren’t ours (yes, despite some liberals claiming to be for social justice, our logic and ideology is perhaps good in principle but far from impossible. Suppression of not really even hate speech and social justice have hardly no connection to me. Expensive private schools like this already specialize in coddling us academically and in terms of quality of life with fancy amenities and the like. Now we are to be coddled from ideas or opinions we oppose….awesome(sarcasm)! All for the sake of making the place less like a school and more like a “home” as the annoying girl at Yale suggested) do not exist and seeking the help of the administration to provide a faux “safe”environment.
No, he means you should be ashamed by the horrific trauma caused to your poor innocent students by this evil and soul-destroying chalking incident.
That’s true. Given the demographics of Atlanta, it’s not such a stretch that the BLM hooligans would find their way to campus.
You should tell your special little snowflakes to quit being whiny lil girls, to be honest, I’d be ashamed if I was part of the faculty and this is the type of person the school is churning out. You won’t hear this kind of story about the Young Republicans on campus, or any campus for that matter, they’re not stupid enough to get scared over non-threatening words written in chalk. Makes me wonder how in the world these prescious lil flowers that are so easily offended will make it in the real world. I would love to be there the first time they get yelled at by their boss.
It’s not about being scared. These students want to be provided with special treatment and merely use these types of incidents to further their leverage with the administration. I mean who is scared of chalk writings that state Trump 2016. Completely and utterly irrational. They want to suppress free speech so that their motives cannot be questioned.
I’m sure the Young Republicans have been run off campus as making the University unsafe.
No, they’re there.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, – Emory Student Body….
Poo-poo, goo-goo, ga-ga. — Emory student body followup
Time to raise the voting age, these kids these days don’t even get a job and get in the real world until they are 25, and yet they think they are adults.
Raise the voting age, exemptions to people who actually work for a living or serve in the military, they can vote earlier.
What a collection of faggots.
Alternative headlines: overfed Emory students hate democracy and want to force their candidate on everyone else.
There is only one way to deal with this: we all need a safe place from Emory graduates who cannot handle diversity of thought.
Entitled snowflakes. What will they do when the enter the real word and not a college campus.
GOOOOOOO TRUMP!!!!!
Get on the train PANSIES – We’re making America fu^$&ing great again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsNXmQQSSp0
aww… those poor little special snowflakes.
Bunch of brainwashed sheep.
Wow. Those signs would get an F. Are there any art classes at Emory?
They ran out of crayons and glitter in their safe space. Lol
Do any of these idiots realise no one without a vested interest gives a damn about their feelings?
Probably not.
Rational thought isn’t something they have any acquaintance with.
This story is hilarious! These kids are in for a rude awakening. I wish I could see their faces when the alarm goes off. Trump 2016 by the way!!!
No need to worry about being replaced at your job by up and coming young people if this lot is typical. Imagine how hard it must be for the dean to keep a straight face when a student whines they were traumatized by a “Trump 2016” sticker
40 students on a campus of thousands. Non-news, non-issue. As an alumni I find their behavior ridiculous, but I’m not going to drop my support for the institution because a few of the students are morons. Wagner gave them their placating semi-political non-response. That’s all they’re going to get because they really don’t have a legitimate complaint.
How much more wonderful it would be if Wagner had given a ringing defense of free expression. I reserve my contributions for people like that, which does tend to reduce my contributions to any academic institution.
Honestly? Sure. But the man is almost on his way out. I think this is a, “pick your battles” sort of situation. Emory just issued a respectable defense of the value of free speech on campus several days ago. I think the institution, as a whole, is taking the right approach (and a stronger one than many colleges over the last several years), but this particular fight is just…not that important. Regardless, the right seems to think it was too placating and these students still aren’t happy with it regardless, so apparently it wasn’t the right approach either way.
But there are so many people clamoring for my contributions, I am entitled to be very selective.
I don’t really understand this post or how it follows from the prior discussion. Was this supposed to be in response to me?
Not important? Support for political candidates is about as core a part of free speech as one can imagine. Really, if the university gives any credence to whining over “Trump 2016,” then the previous defense of frees speech means far less. It ought to be a slam dunk that “Trump 2016” is more than OK to say or write on capus.
Yes, the hurt feelings of 40 students is not the hill to die on with respect to free speech. Political speech happens every day on Emory’s campus, they have no history of inhibiting it. There isn’t any reason to make some grand statement about the value of political speech over chalk drawings that said basically nothing and offended basically nobody. Again, pick your battles. You would choose to pick this battle for exactly the opposite reason that these students have. Both of you are stupid for doing so. This is a non-issue.
Sorry, but the adminstration decided to weigh in on what the 40 students had to say. Silence or some bland noncommital statement well may have been options, but once the administation decided to address the matter, in substantive fashion, the choice was to make a strong statement or make a weak one. In any event, there would have been no serious downside to a ringing endorsement of free speech; nobody woud be “dying” on a “hill,” to borrow your entirely inapt notion. BTW, if you can’t stick to reasoned argument, and have to call people “stupid,” then we are going to have to bring your mother into this. As you ought to know, it is best not to speak of her.
You’re entitled to your opinion. I continue to think it’s stupid–that’s my opinion. The rest of your post is without merit of response. Last response to you.
Wagner’s response is the real problem.
The usual assortment of marxist jews and their amalgam of misfits (blacks, queers, illegals, moslems, felons)
“EMORY COLLEGE: WE PRODUCE ALL-AMERICAN SISSY SURRENDER MONKEYS”…
Emory jewniversity seem to be full of accomplices to these marxists. The Trumpstaffel will remember what has happened here.
BOOO HOO HOO bunch of liberal pantywaists.
TRUMP 2016 DEAL WITH IT
I’m liberal, but what a bunch of babies. They give the left a bad name.
Thank you. I am not a liberal, but I am glad that there are liberals like you that realize that silencing one side is as bad as silencing the other.
Who raised these fluff ninnies? The Snuggle soft bear?!?! Ugh!
TRUMP 2016 btw.
Don’t get me wrong, I think a Trump presidency would literally be the worst thing possible for this country.
That said, all of these kids deserve a good punch in the teeth. What a joke.
I’m not exactly a fan of Trump either, but I am beginning to think he might be the least bad option. Someone who will cause the whole political system to collapse, so it can be rebuilt from scratch
I am not a Trump supporter, but think a dose of reality is due to the folks in vapors at him winning. First, we might actually see Congress reasserts its rightful Constitutional role. They let Obama trash the Constitution, but the irony is they may rein Trump in. Next, Trump can’t do anything unilaterally since he can’t pass law. He will have to work with Congress to get anything done. He can’t resort to executive orders and ignoring the law since he slammed Obama for it.
On the plus side, Trump lives to make deals. He may relish trying to negotiate with the Congress, as it puts him in his native element. What would make sense if to find some common ground and get quick wins on things like tax reform and border security.
Again, I am not a fan, but deal-making is a core political skill and Trump has this in spades. If he has a GOP Congress to temper him, he may do better than expected. With expectations so low, a few quick wins on agreed-to legislation would serve him strategically. He wants to be seen as a guy who gets things done — but so does the GOP Congress (the base wants to see some action, not excuses). If Trump and Congress work together on some legislation viewed favorably by the base, they both gain. Think of it as political profit via a good deal.
I am literally shaking.
“according to Singh there is comfort to be found for those who feel oppressed. “For the students, it’s reassuring to see how they are able to voice out their opinions”
It’s difficult to tell whether Singh is too stupid or too ideological to see the paradox of his statement. He and the other Buttercup Bolsheviks are reassured that they have the freedom of speech to voice their opinions while simultaneously trying to deny other students their right to voice their opinions. Oh, the irony.
This story hits on so many of the characteristics of today’s Social Justice Warriors — double standards, feelings over logic and rights, defining all differing views as “hate”, and a growing totalitarianism. While the students’ crybaby tone is hilarious, the growing trend of their repressive actions across numerous college campuses is a bad sign for America’s future.
What is wrong with these children that they are so fragile, so incapable of dealing with the slightest stress or conflict, that they demand to be protected from any opinion that doesn’t match their own?
Progressivism, as proscribed by the professors and administration of the American University system, has turned these children into weaklings, and simultaneously, monsters.
Baby boomers (the worst generation) raised them
These kids are too young to be baby boomer offspring. These are more likely Generation X offspring if that really matters. But I think it is the liberal dominated education system that is the true cause of it.
You have a point… thankfully, both my kids were STEM majors. They were way too busy with actual school work to get sucked into this crap.
They are fighting for their freedom… To suppress opinions and the free speech of others! Millennials are the most easily duped morons on the planet! Reactionary emotionally stunted puppets! They have no idea what they are even talking about! They live in a simple black and white cartoon world where anything they don’t like is the pinnacle of evil! Hahaha. Can’t wait til Trump beats Neocon war monger Hillary! These fools will lose their minds! Trump protestors are the most hateful people in America and somehow Trumps the hater?? This article proves just that..hateful people calling others haters! Oh the irony!
This is comedy gold. Look at their facial expressions! You’d think someone just killed their puppy. LOL
You want a safe space, try Brussels. How about trying George Mason University where 3 “students” were arrested for possession of bomb making materials. Feel safe now. Wake up cupcakes. This is the real world and certain people want to physically hurt you. Sorry if that makes you cry. Your faux tears and feelings of hurt are not going to be bought much longer. One certainty in life is that reality will always overtake the best made plans. The terrorists are coming and we need to be prepared.
. “[Faculty] are supporting this rhetoric by not ending it,” said one student
I’m sorry, what communist dictatorship did you grow up in? how DARE you sully an institution of higher learning with demands to silence all those with whome you disagree? how DARE you equate failure to censor a viewpoint with endorsement of that viewpoint?
i’m sorry anyone who voices such sentiments ought to be disenfranchised. someone like that is too dangerous to be allowed to vote. they’re a lot more like trump than they’d like to think.
Political speech is the foremost speech protected by the First Amendment. The fact that these students do not comprehend this evidences the utter failure of the University they attend to educate them.
Not just the university, but failure at parenting as well.
No self-respecting American parent should allow their child to reach adulthood without drilling into them the importance of the bill of rights.
These kids are lost.
That’s a really kind way of putting it.
Oh, THE TRIGGERING!! UNSAFE!
[email protected]!#
Poor iittle crybabies need to have their diapers changed.
Let’s flip this around. If I see “Sanders 2016,” then I feel “unsafe” because Bernie wants to seize my money and give it to others. That leads to trauma, and suggests that Emory “devalues” and “invalidates” me.
It’s easy indeed to play the same moronic game as the campus snowflakes: SImply regurgitate, mindlessly, a series of campus-left label words. What a load of garbage.
Shame on the Emory administration for giving the tantrum-throwers the time of day. The correct administrstion repsonse would have been: “Support for a political candidate is a standard and accepted form of speech in the U.S.A., whether on a public or a private campus. If you don’t like it, too bad. P.S. You really need to get your diapers changed. You smell.”
And these young adults want to attend college for free? College is not for everyone, trade school is a respectable choice.
So sad that our young men and women are being trained in school to behave like babies. No wonder America is in deep, deep trouble with crybullies thinking they can cry their ways to justice. This story is going national now Emory… you kids should be ashamed of yourselves… just wait until Trump is in the White House…many of you folks will need full-fledged psych sessions daily, hourly, by the minute? #Trump2016
Russia teaches Pre-Teens to handle AK-47s. ISIS teaches 8 year olds to cut off heads. North Korea teaches the masses undying sacrifice for their leader. America teaches College students to panic and demand censorship if anyone has a different opinion.
Who will win, I wonder?
Great points Dave! Wonder if they planned it that way? Hmmm….
Gonna be interesting when those snowflakes score jobs, deal with an angry customer, and start screaming at their bosses for not giving them a room with play doh, bubbles, and videos of puppies.
Gonna be even more fun when, after they’re fired and try to find a new job, previous employers will answer the referral call with “Mentally unstable wuss” ^_^
Note to parents: if you are raising one of these snotflakes be prepared to enjoy their company in your home until you are dead.
Was there enough testosterone at this ‘protest’ to fill a thimble? I’m guessing not.
Taken to its logical conclusion, the Trump supporters must have felt terribly intimidated by the “Dump Trump” poster carried by the protesters. That seems much more aggressive than the “Trump 2016” chalk message. Given that, the protesters need to go through the conduct violation process. Or better yet, let’s just kick these sheeple out of the country for violating American values.
Yes. No one worries about the emotions of people who get shouted down on campuses for being “ideologically incorrect.” Campuses are becoming fascist.
Is this the Onion? It’s hilarious!
I understand how much fun it is to make generalizations about Millenials and Emory U. and academia but this is 40 students out of a student body of 14,000.
True, but it’s also the administration lowering itself to respond to them, which does reflect on the reputation of Emory as a place of Higher Learning.
Poor babies need to return to kindergarten!
If they don’t ant their views challenged, a College should not be their life path. It requires challenge, discussion, and testing ideas. If they are incapable of dealing with that, it is not the College’s fault, it is theirs.
How many of those 40 students are are STEM, accounting, finance, or econ majors?
That question triggers me!
These students think they are in chains? They should be treated for severe delusions and fantastic thinking. Grow up, children! There is a world out there where you will see words you don’t like.
Reads like an onion article. Embarrassing.
On the other hand, Emory should be proud that they produced a student able to troll more effectively with a paleolithic piece of chalk than thousands can with a computer or smartphone and a 2016 internet broadband connection.
I’ll wager that none of them are STEM students. Likely “women’s studies”, “ethnic studies” and sociology majors. And they probably cry when their class work impinges on their demonstration/activism time. ?
Oh, please! I went to a convention in a College in Bennington, Vermont back in the 2000s. Spray Painted on the catwalk in the Theater Building were the words “STOP BUSH” with one of the S’s painted backwards. (Must have been an English major.)
I don’t remember anyone having a nose out of joint about that, and that was spray paint inside a building. Tell these students to grow up, freedom of speech goes for all and if they don’t like that. let them move to North Korea, Cuba or Raqqa.
What will these poor lost babies do in the real “big bad world” I went to college during in the very early 70’s when there were REAL issues to deal and protest against. These poor babies are trying too hard.
Well said.
Excellent response in the Atlanta Journal Constitution: http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/03/22/chalk-one-up-to-donald-trump-at-emory-university/
These kids might be a little delicate, but the “toughen up” crowd here in the comments is far more pathetic, frankly. I bet most of you keyboard warriors barely have your own lives together.
I had a paying job from the time I was 13. I traded 5 years of my life for my education, made it through flight school, got water boarded in SERE school, retired from the Navy and am reaching the end of a successful civilian career. I see these kids and wonder what is going to happen to this country. If they don’t toughen up, they’ll be praying to Mecca 5 times a day and if you think their sensibilities are offended now, wait till the Taliban starts throwing them off the roof. They are clueless.
Cool story, bro. Don’t you have some other Gawker link to troll?
You’re the one that threw down the “bet”. Sound like a sore loser.
You followed up an account of your entirely boring sounding life with notions of the Taliban taking over America and you think you actually have something to say here? Back to Fox News, chump, let them tell you what to think some more.
Boring, wow. I’ve been all around the world, flown from an aircraft carrier, lived at the base of the Dolomite Alps (hence my handle Feltre), fathered 2 intelligent, conservative kids, lived in Hawaii, etc. etc. I can’t imagine how wonderful your life must be if mine was boring. I do listen to Fox News on the way home from work but I listen to NPR on the way in. It sounds like you are the one who needs a little more excitement and balance in your life.
You keep feeling the need to trot out your so-called successes, don’t you? But if you’re so secure in it, why do I keep needling you successfully? Maybe because something about what I’m saying stings you? My insinuations are clearly hurting you on some level. And yet here you are, giving static to the kids in this story. But it’s not as fun when it gets turned back on you, is it?
You are the one who is hurt because you lost the bet. Get over it. You lost.
Anything to avoid a little honest self-regard, huh? Keep that wool tightly over your eyes, where it’s been all your life.
Loser!
Keep on proving my point, sunshine.
What point? That you are a second rate troll?
Second rate is over-rating. What would be the lowest grade of troll?
I’m still living in your head rent free. Boring never left college
Loser
You know, Boy, the Navy doesn’t send boys to do a man’s job.
He isn’t stuck in here with you, wimp Elvis. You’re stuck in here with him.
And my hat is off to you Feltre, and all naval aviators.
Thank you sir.
Feltre is living rent free in your head
Annoyance isn’t hurt.
Oh, and ask Belgium about the threat of Islam today as they scrub body parts. Ask France, as Jews start to leave the country. Not many years ago the idea that Europe would face a serious threat from Islam would have been seen as far-fetched. Not so much so today.
That’s better than Soros PAYING you what to think loser!
Another leftist jackass with his Disqus history “private,” to hide the fact that he’s a ridiculous troll.
Maybe you should go to some internet “safe zone” so your wittle feewings won’t be hurt?
Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!
You would lose that bet….and likely cry about it…a lot.
Even if they don’t, they will surely allow an OPPOSING opinion to be heard without much ado. Geezus…
I wouldn’t take that as gospel either. Go on Breitbart or someplace and oppose them, and see how they take it.
They take it by making an argument….not running to the principal like these kids. FFS.
Trust me, on Breitbart and similar echo chambers they’ll go running to the admins quicker than you can blink.
What is an admin? Do all websites have similar creatures? Are they the overlords nowadays? Also, are you serious with this argument?
On some websites, admins moderate discussions, ban troublemakers, etc. It’s a site administrator, basically. I wouldn’t call them overlords, but some of them are little Ceasars.
I am serious, yes. My tone might be light but I do have a point: Who are we to judge? Are the commentators here really “better” somehow than the kids in the story, as they endlessly insinuate? Did none of them every say or do anything foolish as youngsters? I see a lot of knee-jerk reactions to this story but very little critical thought.
And look at the huffy responses I’m getting. People are getting super defensive over an extremely non-general insinuation they aren’t necessarily all that themselves. I find it telling.
Yes, they are young and would certainly be forgiven for their foolishness…unless it wasn’t so obviously pervasive as to be generally considered endemic at our institutions of higher learning. Which, sadly, imo, it is. These youngsters aren’t speaking truth to power or any other admirable (albeit perhaps foolish) descriptor that might have been used historically. They want to shut down speech, nothing “light” in that tone at all, sadly.
I’m not defending that. These kids are going about this in entirely the wrong manner. But what’s the right manner? Not the ad hominem crap I’m seeing in these comments, that’s for sure.
Calling someone a special snowflake is really no better than being one, you dig?
Mockery is effective in the face of “la-la-la-la, gonna put my fingers in my ears”. It’s a good start. Just sayin’.
Well, I was testing that for the record by turning the mockery around. But what actually started a dialogue was when I broke character, as it were, and started talking straight. I don’t think most of the posters here have any intention of taking it that far. I think the bulk of them just want to express their own outrage and wander off. Nothing gets done that way.
But no, silencing opposing viewpoints is bad policy. It’s anti-democratic. I get why Trump scares these kids, but they can’t hide from him. They can’t ask the grownups to make him go away. If they want to win they are going to have to stand up. The college president did them no favors by caving on this.
Yep. This is a good forum for them to push back, practice as it were. But, as far as I can tell, they are no where to be found. (Safe spaces win I guess. Sad)
Well, time will tell. It’s a sink-or-swim kind of world and ultimately there are no safe spaces, and these kids are going to find that out the hard way. But you know, every generation looks at the one coming up behind and says, “What a bunch of sissies. This world is in so much trouble when they take charge.” But in every generation enough people smarten up and keep things rolling, and I think it will happen again with these kids.
Hope so, but these kids are truly f*c*tards. Sorry. Rarely do that, but *shrug* – if the shoe fits.
I can handle an f-bomb, censored or no. But again, time will tell. My generation’s parents thought that about us, and their parents thought it about them, and probably on and on back to the time when the first of us learned to walk upright.
WHERE ARE THEY??? No fight in them, unless it’s for the “admins”. They gotta learn. Oh well, ‘night!
I’m a college administrator myself, and trust me, I watch these guys as they work multiple jobs to get through school, suffer stress disorder from their tours in Iraq, graduate in crippling debt, and still get their lives together. All is not lost, I promise you!
JFC…you still don’t even com-pre-hend. I’m done. Forgive me, apologies. It’s late…
The ones you describe need to be put in charge. They also likely don’t whine much. They just go to class, go to work, get the job done, and try to get some sleep. They don’t get much spotlight, since they are not on the lawn protesting but off studying.
I think the difference is prior generations expected more and were less coddling. They expected us to get on with our lives, gain a few scars, learn some hard (and sometimes painful) lessons, and become adults.
I would like to agree more, but the SJW crowd tends to migrate into government, media, and law. Once in power, they seek to remake society into a giant safe space. They take things that work, like the military, and break them. At times I would be willing to pay them to stay in school forever if it meant they couldn’t do harm by graduating.
Bernie Sanders scares me more, since his policies are disastrous. But, I don’t break into tears if I see his bumpers stickers. I just vote against him, help an opposing candidate, and refute his arguments.
Actually, calling someone a special snowflake when they act like one is appropriate and helpful. I got called a lot worse in basic training. So did everybody else.
You sound like a little snowflake yourself,,,Using terms as banning troublemakers and overlords. Run to your safe space.
Yes, we are certainly more capable than these snowflakes. Tougher mentally. Able to reason better. Also, less prone to mob violence.
So how much did the chalk make you cry?
Retired railroad supervisor, little Elvis. Thirty years of a wonderful marriage which produced a gem of a daughter who works with special needs children. Took up tango lessons at 66 and enjoy the challenge. I rather think I have my life very together.
Served in the US Army Reserves and have worked now approaching 40 years. Will pay off a mortgage in five years. Along the way lived in trailers, slept in vehicles, washed up with a garden hose, had a wife nearly die right after childbirth, and spent my teen years in school break building silos. So, I guess I know nothing of life and have no qualifications to speak.
Oh, and toughen up.
We are raising a nation of sissies.
I’m voting Trump 2016 to Make America Great Again.
Anyone who is seriously upset about a “Trump 2016” chalking is manifestly unfit for the intellectual life of college. They should seek immediate help from the local mental health community and only return to college once they have regained at least a basic level of sanity.
Unfortunately, there is no intellectual life left at most American colleges. Today’s students would have been inmates at the asylum in days gone by.
What pathetically childish students you have. Clearly they are not mature enough to be in college, and I find myself wondering how they were admitted.
Tell the crybullies it’s time to grow up and tolerate opposing political opinion.
If you’re legal there is nothing to fear.
These poor delegate flowers are upset because they saw “Trump 2016” written somewhere? What a bunch of crybabies. I’m offended by their intolerance of others and their selfish whining. This is the kind of students that go to this school?? How pathetic.
Good lord what a bunch of pathetic wimps. Yeah surprise-surprise you spoiled, silly faux-intellectuals: there are people outside of your little far-left “safe space” bubble who actually *gasp* HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS FROM YOURS, I know, I know, it’s terrifying, but surely you can manage it, just like everybody else. It’s amazing watching college students preach about “diversity” and “inclusiveness” but then demand complete conformity of thought and the ostracism or even punishment of those who don’t share you ideology. You are some of the most closed-minded, regressive people on the planet, and you are FAR more regressive than Trump could ever be on his worst day.
The new Klan.
Cultural Revolution types.
Sat Cong you bastards.
Thissyfied pansies cwy and cwy when dey sees the bad sign! Pants are pissed. Pablum is puked. Diapers are changed. Yellow lines are magically painted down the backs of these cowards. Life goes on.
So, it is a expulsion offense at a university to advocate support for a major party Presidential candidate? Be sure to notify the alumni during pledge week.
For me, I’m adding “Emory” to my “never hire” list.
Hollywood needs to start mocking these kids in their shows and whatnot, so the snowflakes can see how ridiculous they look to the grown-ups. Should do the trick. That’s where the snowflakes “get their news”, right?
To the wittle babies of Emory,
Thank you. Thank you pushing me over the edge to want to vote for Trump. Because of your hurt feels over a word in chalk I have decided to vote for Trump this fall. The real world is going to scare the ever loving s**t out of yall. There will be many people who you come across with different opinion than you that will probably destroy your fragile senses. I was going to vote 3rd party this year because Trump is a huge dumbass and aweful man, but your actions brought me back to his side.
Oh, Puhleese!
Crybullies! I guess nobody at the university taught them that suppression of speech, thought crimes and physical intimidation were hallmarks of both the Communists and the Nazis. They have to suppress speech because these systems in practice are so unpopular that if people would speak out, the entire system would fall apart.
WAH!
Here’s something else to cry about, crybullies: DONALD TRUMP WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT!
Unless and until the author of this article, and the crybullies he writes about, and the Emory administrators enabling this entire fiasco, finally understand that it is *this* article and everything like it that is feeding the Trump beast, then Trump will continue to be a thing. Wake up!!! This article exists because of irresponsibility on the part of many who should know better. And people who can see the irresponsibility involved in its creation are voting for Trump to make it stop.
They need SJW Hitler, leader of the National Social Justice Party. He’s a kinder, gentler, and more inclusive Hitler. He can bridge the chasm between right and left and lead us out of this morass :
oops here he is :
After Trump is inaugurated will the tumbrils roll?
Fortunately the guillotine is triggering.
Do I get to trigger the guillotine?
Do you suppose any of these pampered snowflakes even know which revolution I am alluding to?
No, that would require actual knowledge of actual history and not just SJW made-up crap.
Only if I get to watch.
Heh! Do you knit?
Put a fence around the campus, install padding over all hard surfaces, and lock the gates forever. Send in marshmallows and tissues from time to time.
You sissies have safe spaces with Hot Pockets, juice boxes and coloring books.
My safe space is well supplied with food, water, medical supplies, ammo and also has over lapping fields of fire.
So, Emory joins the ranks of extraordinarily expensive pre-schools.
Your degrees are officially worthless, children. Explain that to Mom and Dad. Don’t worry. You’ll have time when you’re living at home until you’re 30.
30!? They’ll be lucky if they ever move out.
You shouldn’t judge people based on how things were in your time. The sad reality is that regardless of where you go to school now, it is hard to find a good paying job. People just aren’t hiring millennials and there are multiple reasons for that trend; from changes in technology to decreased rates of retirement in the older generation and the devaluation of a college degree. You shouldn’t shame people under 30 for living at home when that has become commonplace as a result of circumstances beyond their control. If they do not wish to live at home and are doing there best to change the situation then there is no need to mock them and honestly even if they live at home by choice they are beyond your reprieve. What matters is individual happiness and that is not at all related to your arbitrary standards about how they should live their lives. Instead of commenting on students far younger than you, perhaps you should analyze your own happiness and determine what brought you so low that you would try to undermine the efforts of those far younger than yourself.
Do you write for The Onion?
Things are spinning out of control in this comment section.
Few trolls really have power in making hiring decisions as they boast to have. Even as a Republican deeply disappointed at these young alums I would never side with haters. Our system is so flawed that both parties should reflect on themselves rather than simply blame each other, which is slothful and irresponsible.
Perhaps such an open comment section is not a place for intellectual exchange from the beginning, but I hope at least Emory could be a place for open communication.
Don’t make me get my chalk out!
I think the electorate is doing the reflecting for the parties. Apparently the party hacks aren’t enjoying it either. Such is life.
Millennials can’t get jobs in large measure because of the elected officials these same millennials elected to high office. They first bought “hope and change” and now are wanting a geezer socialist who promises them lots of cool free stuff.
Oh, and they also studied at declining institutions that sold them worthless degrees. You want a job? Then study a field where folks are hiring — and at a place where adults are still in charge. Then go to class, not to a protest (riot).
At the same age as these whiners my grandparents were weathering the great depression working around a farm for boiled rabbits and potato soup. Toughen up, snowflakes.
Wrong on all counts. First of all, it takes a very long time for the government to bring about economic change, the current economic climate cannot be blamed on the single president some millennials may have voted for. The current economic climate is probably more a result of those that came before him than him, perhaps someone else could have done a better job to make immediate change, but someone else was not elected so debating over who could or would have done a better job is pointless. Secondly the only people with the right to elect the president is the electoral college, they are the ones that did electing. In reality, voting for the president makes little difference. We do not actually vote on the president but on who will represent us in the electoral college. In many states, members of the electoral college do not even have to go with what the voters thought was best (there are over 80 recorded instances of electoral college voters voting against popular opinion).Next, the institutions are not declining, the problem is that everyone is getting college degrees. As a result, there is more competition for the same jobs and the value of a bachelors as a whole has gone down. In addition, the quantity of people with bachelors degrees has made it hard to find jobs that will hire those without degrees which forced more people to go to college and exacerbated the problem. In your day or your grandfathers day it was a lot easier to get a job without a college degree, that is no longer true. Not only is it necessary to get a college degree now, but it is far more expensive and almost all millennials have to deal with massive student loans as a result. Saying study a field where folks are hiring is ridiculous, because it is nearly impossible to predict what that is. The media has created a false shortage of S.T.E.M degrees, but in reality a shortage does not exist and this is true in many fields, in addition in the coming years many jobs will be lost to machines and people will be forced to do jobs that are “hiring” now, crowding people out. Did you know that people in your grandparents age during the great depression actually had it better than millennials that are living now based on modern work environment? The modern workforce is unnecessarily overworked. They actually work now more than ever before, even during the great depression and for less money, because of outdated hiring practices. Did you know that the average worker in the US works 10 work weeks (420 hours) more than the average worker in germany for the same money? Most of the modern american workforce works from 9-5 5 days a week, based on research done, this lowers worker moral and lowers productivity (workers only really work 45 percent of the time but have to be there anyway) and this situation is far worse now than it was during the great depression. Geezer socialist? You know who else is voting for him? The man that the character of Gordon Gekko is based on. Do you know why? Because his ideas to fix the economy are the only ones that make sense in terms of money velocity. The economy will collapse if money is not redistributed so that the poor and middle class have more money and time so that they can feed the economy by increasing spending.
Are you a student or teacher?
9-5 5 days a week would feel like retirement to me.
That seems to be what is going away.
You are either stuck at part time so that a company does not have to provide insurance or you work 50+ hours a week to cover the inflated costs.
Anyone that supports negative interest rates to increase monetary velocity in the economy is a Banker shill.
We ought to limit the creation of easy unbacked credit and reward savings.
Zero interest rate policies have destroyed pension funds and insurance companies that rely upon laddered bond portfolios to meet long term obligations in a safe predictable investment.
Saying the Depression was not as bad as today is almost at the same level of absurdity as denial of the Holocaust.
Most of the infrastructure that you take for granted didn’t even exist back then.
The REA was a Depression Era project to get electrical service out to rural communities. Ever been in a hard rock coal mine? A steel mill?
Have you ever done farm or construction labor or worked on a freight dock?
All of the above for me. I went to school by day and worked freight till past midnight to take care of a family and pay for books and tuition.
No lottery scholarships back in the 80’s.
Just wow.
I am seriously happy my son turned down Emory’s acceptance…
Did he find a real alternative?
We’ll see…..
Cost of attending Emory University: $63,058 per year. Number of Trump voters created by this: Significant. Especially if a lot of people read this entire article.
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At this rate, The Onion is going out of business.
Where’s a reliable suicide bomber when you need one?
Don’t be a bunch of sissies. In the 1960s we had real protests.
In the 1960s they protested for the 1st Amendment. Now they protest against it.
The issue is their belief that their feelings are greater than the constitutional values of the Republic and Western Civilization.
Kaiser is afraid they were “hurt” by free speech.
Just the Future Baristas of America lashing out because they’re spending $100K on some BS Humanities degree. Suck on that while you’re fetching lattes, losers.
More like $250,000. Amazing.
Gender studies; Black studies, etc.
Victicrat Studies.
Basically various “Victim Studies.” Disciplines with less academic merit than authoring the little slips that go into fortune cookies.
I have an applied Physics degree from Emory and it got me into multiple top ten engineering grad programs ….. you’re right completely useless.
Would Trump 2016 written in chalk on the sidewalk have sent you into a tizzy?
Wow. We’re all impressed.
Congratulations. Be all you can be!
Wow, I bet you weren’t one of the assclowns sniveling over chalk either.
It’s obviously bothering you also Kaiser. And i don’t blame you either. You’ve obviously worked hard to achieve your goals. Now you have to watch total morons make a mockery of your university.
Join the other poster and let the school know that you will be cutting off donations until the administrators do their due diligence to educate the kids. They can start by explaining to the self absorbed feeble minded students that Emory is not the place for them if they shatter so easily when the world doesn’t run as they think it ought.
This is, simply put, mass mental illness.
Not really. These are leftists … Oh! Wait!
Poor babies!
And people wonder why we say these people are unemployable.
Can these kids, sorry – Emory students, not see these comments? Why aren’t any of them here defending their positions? Weird.
They’re hiding in their safe spaces. They don’t want to face…chalk.
Lolz. So sad, they could practice! Le Chalke!
They are very inclusive of fascism.
Hey President Wagner, get an effin’ backbone and shut down these knuckleheads. The future of America needs men and women; not crybabies!
You do wish that one of these jellyfish would finally grow a pair and go full Walt Kowalski on these…
Our company has solved a lot of problems with human resources by putting most of these elite universities on a “Do NOT Hire FROM” list. Mizzou, Emory, Harvard, Yale et al. Reasons for activities such as in this article. Other issues such as the faux rape epidemic being pushed by DOE and its Dear Colleague letter. The letter is not legal and its is not even a regulation, its just ruminations from a regulatory mindset.
Congrats on your stand against the practices of elite universities. I’m sure punishing students who went to these schools is an excellent way of showing them. Except it is not…., how can you hold administration decisions against the students? All your doing by not hiring from top schools is decreasing the talent pool at your company. People that went to these schools will not have problems finding jobs regardless of if you hire them or not, not letting them work for you if they want to and are qualified to is not doing anyone any good and honestly if that is your ideology I doubt anyone from these institutions would even bother applying wherever it is you work.
Unless he owns a Starbucks, there probably isn’t any job in the organization that the graduates of these so-called “top schools” can do.
Who wants to hire delicate Snowflakes?
The school will react even if a very small number of students come forward with complaints. Just because a few people were hurt enough to complain doesn’t say about the student body as a whole. People have felt the need to complain about stupid things throughout all of human history and will continue to do so.You yourself are delicate enough to complain about how bothered you are by how you perceive Emory’s current student population.
Hurt? You know who was hurt? The people who had Muslim terrorists bombs with nails go off in their faces in Belgium. Hurt? You can’t be serious.
Meanwhile, thugs on a campus can block the doors to events, rush a stage and assault speakers, and generally threaten as a mob anyone who disagrees. These are not micro-aggression; these are crimes and they go unpunished.
But we don’t p!ss our pants when we see a Hillary or Bernie sign. We are adult enough to know there are millions of fellow Americans who don’t share our worldview. Its called democracy.
My previous employer (a Forbes Global 100 company) did not specifically exclude these schools but they recruited exclusively at a small set of “State” schools. This was an evidence based recruitment strategy. Historically, the science and engineering students from the State schools were more successful employees and better team players.
If by top talent you mean a bunch of entitled wusses who were forced by their parents to take practice ACT/SAT tests for breakfast, to not play sports, to have zero social skills, then no. Many companies will take a state school grad with a good GPA and demonstrated leadership and social skills any day of the week over what you see pictured above.
Plus they learned to regurgitate lib talking points from their NEA teachers in grade school and high school. Free thinking is not allowed by the Socialist Fascists that run education these days.
If none apply, then problem solved. The stand being taken is against the mentality of said students and the possibility they might bring that poison with them to the workplace, where workers don’t have a safe place to retreat should someone at the work place have a Trump bumper sticker on his car. Pretty much abundantly obvious to everyone but….you, I suppose.
Imagine having to work with a Trump or Cruz supporter? Oh da horrah!
Everyone makes a stand for what they think is right. They have different views than you do and are exercising there own right of free speech to make their stand. Just because they are making a stand does not mean that they are right and I am not advocating their beliefs or their approach to problem solving, but you are condemning them for speaking their mind and as a result are guilty for the same intolerance to other ideas you are condemning. My point is just that people are being ridiculous and condemning Emory and its students as a whole because they find fault with the actions or behavior of a few students. Even if you look at something inane like Emory’s yik yak you’d see that most the student body is making fun of the people that reacted to this and don’t share the same opinions. This whole thing is being blown completely out of proportion.
It is exactly the proper response. When alumni donations start declining at a rapid clip there are bound to be questions by enquiring minds. Minds that may actually care a great deal about the university and its bottom line. People get fired all the time over silly little issues like money. When enough faculty and administrators have been shown the error of their ways, change will come about rather swiftly.
HR at any real world company would never hire a worthless Snowflake major from one of these Safe Space hellhole institutions. STEM majors have a chance.
Liberalism is definitely a mental disease and it is reinforce in these so called academic institutions.
Really? The words “Trump 2016” make students feel unsafe? The words “Hillary 2016” make me nauseous but I acknowledge that folks have the right to speak or write those words. I’m an alum of the medical school and look forward to President Wagner’s response, which will guide my decision regarding future donations.
What a bunch of facists. No free speech at Emory don’t send your kids there.
Oh. My. God. Seventy years ago, 19 year olds were landing on the beaches of Normandy. And now? Such sad, pouty little Snowflakes. How in the world does one look in a mirror and not be just completely mortified at ones epic wussification? Um, kids? Nobody can MAKE you feel anything. FYI.
$63K/yr for becoming stupider, more delicate, and more fearful. These “students” would have been better off burning the money and spending the 4 years pulling espressos for their idiot peers.
I guess the Ebola at Emory wasn’t contained. They’ve all lost their damned minds.
This is terrifying. Students now feel unsafe and threatened by chalk writing. Wonder if they wear Che t-shirts in the safe space.
Pssssst…don’t let them know Che was anti-LGBT and racist against blacks.
And a full blown sociopath…
I’m so proud of my fellow leftist. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. Obama be praised! Heil Hussein! Heil Hussein! Heil Hussein!
Fascist liberal snowflakes are now afraid of chalk.
Good. If these are the future leaders I may have to revolt against, I want them to be real cowards with no life experience dealing with blood and guts hanging out levels of violence. I am restrained by the small bit of civility left in society, the Law, the likelihood of evading punishment by the law, and a bit of religion. When those factors change, I will enjoy visiting such violence upon these kids that will scatter like sheep.
It is fun being a wolf.
OH NOOOOO!!!
RUN!!
IT’S CHALK!!!
This is what happens when your kids are raised in a bubble. Chalk, Oh My God! The Sky is Falling! We’re All Gonna Die!
What a disgrace. Future, unemployed who will default on their student loans. Know nothing about the world, or our constitution, but masters of the Starbucks app.
Poor Snowflakes!
Pathetic imbeciles….all.
The Comments section is far more entertaining than this appalling nauseous Emory Wheel article.
Thank God someone finally knows the meaning of the word “nauseous.” People who think it’s a synonym for “nauseated” make me sick.
How to tell if someone is a loser – they flip their **** over a Trump chalking.
BAN CHALK!
Careful. Writing the word “chalk” might be a microaggression of some sort. Perhaps you should just write “ch*lk” and we’ll fill in the rest.
These little, fragile snowflakes are hilarious and frightening at the same time…I hope they do not procreate…for obvious reasons, but also, untrained baby humans are sca-wee…and may require parental safe spaces.
Chalk doesn’t offend people. People offend people.
Help help, i’m being repressed!
Oh you poor little dears, traumatized by a simple chalk message. My heart bleeds for all of you. Actually, no it doesn’t, but I do weep for the fact that our universities seem only able to turn out the most fragile of flowers anymore who think their precious feelings are paramount and are unable to tolerate any other point of view.
I live in Atlanta where Emory is. The guy in the foreground of the top picture is EXACTLY what I envision as an Emory student.
He looks traumatized by the prospect of being exposed to a new idea. His parents are paying more than the median household income so that he can have a glorified pre-school education. I’ll bet they look a lot worse.
I’m sick of all these betas and gammas.
so to be pro trump is evil to be against is soothing?
these infants need a diaper and pacifier …….. they do NOT deserve to vote, drive, consume alcohol or taken seriously .
the same for any person in the college administration who are talking to this rabble
Ooooo, I dont feel safe knowing our government and education system is encouraging such a generation of wusses.
“…we are in pain!”
What a crock. This school should be embarrassed that these kids represent their best efforts at education. These kids are doomed to failure. They will never have the fortitude to make it in the real world. They should all consider doing a semester abroad in Syria.
Send them to Belgium and see what real pain looks like.
I can’t wait until these “snowflakes” hit the job market……
they’re in for a big surprise.
They’re never going to have actual jobs.
These kids are going to remain sheltered in the non-profit and academic fields for their entire lives, perhaps with a few of them venturing off into social justice law or the government bureaucracy. But actual jobs as we know them are not their goal.
I am in pain because of the excruciatingly petty whininess and self entitlement these pathetic little pod people exhibit daily. I demand that safe spaces be created to shelter me from the pain I feel being in their presence and listening to them recite the contents of their programmed brains like talking parrots.
I also demand they be educated in programs that teach them to honor political, intellectual and cultural diversity and to understand the pain they cause people like me by supporting Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton, by expressing their views in any form, and especially by engaging in these risible copycat protests and pity parties.
I am embarrassed for the administration. Apparently the entire bunch is unaware of the meaning of inclusiveness. Popular speech has no need of protection. Unpopular speech and ideas need protection and this administration is a failing. It mys be humiliating to look in the mirror.
Well said.
Find the next idiot wearing a Che Guevara and report them for supporting someone who undermines the Emory values of diversity and inclusivity.
Che did hate the LGBT and black communities…how could Obama allow himself to be posed next to a picture of such an undiverse monster?
Obama, in case you haven’t noticed – isn’t particularly bright – but he is an absolute sucker for having his picture taken.
The Korans have to go too. Trump isn’t my guy, but people aren’t throwing gays off rooftops and waging jihad in his name like they are with Mohammed.
Hold on….we have all been played for fools…isnt that Fred Armisen? LOL. Maybe Emory is now a set for Portlandia??? LOL
I so wish that whomever wrote the chalk message had thought to join in the protest wearing a Che t-shirt.
I think I’ve come across the most satisfying comment on this topic. Thank you.
Thanks! They’re so lacking in self-awareness (among other things) that they wouldn’t even understand the comment.
Why is the president coddling these infants?
Because their parents can afford to pay their tuition.
With enough public episodes like this, they may not WANT to pay their tuition anymore. Seems to be the case at Missouri.
What’s really terrifying is that the alleged grown-ups, the University administrators, goes along with this absurd behavior rather than demonstrating adult leadership. Did they not see what happened at Missouri?
What a pack of faggots
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Trump wins Arizona! Lock down the Emory campus and tell the snowflakes to shelter in place. Crying towels will be distributed immediately and the grief counselors will be available all day tomorrow at the administration building.
Inclusiveness and support are only for liberal.students. if you are a Trump.supporter or a conservative then you must be excluded and persecuted. Exclusion for the sake of inclusion. Diversity as long as they are all the same.
So chalk-on-a-sidewalk support for the leading Republican presidential candidate is morally equivalent to spray painting a swastica on a Jewish frat house? Are you kidding me?
This is Emory’s Kent State. Neil Young is writing a song about it right now.
Ha. They have “died” of fright at the scariest word they know “Trump”, written on the sidewalk.
Written IN CHALK on the sidewalk.
lol oh the horror someone disagrees with them and wants to vote for trump how scary…those kids are in for a rude awakening once they hit the real world
I sure hope these pampered little hothouse orchids are never exposed to anything GENUINELY traumatic. They might die of sheer shock.
No doubt you’re correct. But the survivors would grow backbones and transform into vertibrates.
Your optimism is boundless.
I am by no means a Trump supporter – quite the opposite – but reading this story makes me ashamed to be an Emory grad. Oh the special snowflakes and the horror of people voting for people they don’t like.
And writing about it. In chalk. On the ground.
In public! The horror!
Trump 2016, snowflakes.
These little sprinkles need to be in nursery school. It is beyond my comprehension that these young “adults” (sarcasm) get so worked up over nonsense. How in the world will these little snowflakes ever survive in the big bad world? What will they do if someone says something naughty to them? Melt? Frankly, the administration is enabling this infantile behavior. Peter Pan would be very happy in Emory Neverland.
The desire for the so-called “safety” being demanded is contemptible. I wonder if these students understand how wildly implausible it is that they could be unsafe because a speaker with outrageous ideas speaks on campus? Obviously they are being taught to complain that that sort of thing is lack of safety. That is a dishonest and cowardly doctrine. If robbers and rapists attack them, _that_ is a lack of safety worth complaining about; freedom from that is the kind of safety they are entitled to. Hearing ideas they disagree with is a part of their education.
HR managers are taking note. I suspect it will be tougher for recent grads of Emory to find a job in their field. They may want to offer a course to seniors in “Can I supersize that for you”.
I’d never hire one.
If a resume’ crosses your desk from a Emory graduate of any year after 2000, shitcan it just to be on the safe side.
Understood. Thank you.
I’ve also passed that cutoff year to others in the field.
It’s sad that in the 1940s, 18 year olds were giving their lives to defend the world, and today they are “injured” by words they disagree with, and demand “protection” from those words.
The pitiful Eloi fear the Morlocks. Wait till they meet ISIS.
Nice Time Machine reference. And poignant
And so apropos
Wait…this is a college? Not a nursery school? Good grief. The coddling they got at home continues in school. How are these children supposed to survive in the real world? I am so afraid for the future of this country.
Kill yourselves. All of you. Seriously just do it.
Look if the guy had written “candyman” 3 times is freak out with them.
College ’89 grad here
Sad to see current Emory students appear unable to cope with reality
Chalk microaggressions? Wait until you graduate and life after college smacks you with a clue-by-four
As someone who has spent the better part of the last three decades recovering from an unfortunate “Ross for Boss” Perot Sharpie incident I can empathize with these students.
If you looked like the people in these photographs, you would be terrified too. It looks like a convention of Star Trek fans.
That’s an insult to Star Trek fans everywhere…
Its official. College kids are wussies. Kids, get your lunch money out. I’m coming to Atlanta
College is where manhood and humor goes to die
Dude, you get around don’t you
shhh, dont tell everyone
This might seem like a non sequitur, but it isn’t. I’ll bet you dollars to donuts that the vast majority of the student who have been affected by the chalk-writing did not participate in sports in high school or at Emory.
I’ll take that same bet that they can speak or write proper English
“I saw where someone chalked that they support Trump. That Chalk scares me so bad I get failing grades.””” OMG – Allah help those simple minded spineless wussies. Everyone gets to use the 1st Amendment unless it scared these ignorant liberal freaks.
The future leaders of our great nation are a bunch of whining turds.
Leaders? 90% chance they’ll be back in their home state working for the Gov.
Leaders? If they can be upset by this , they are leading much of anything
The only good news here is that my kids will be competing against these infants in the job market for the next 50 years.
This is not so much of a blessing, considering we’ll all be paying for these unemployable morons in the form of useless government jobs, unproductive sloth and welfare, increased incompetency when they become our “bosses” in the bureaucracy, etc.
These societal cast-offs have consequences – they don’t just “go away”, far from it.
The problem is the American culture of putting too much stock in a useless “job license”. Our company has finally gotten wise and stopped making a bachelor degree a “requirement” for promotion. We’ve also stopped encouraging our promising employees to get a degree (it’s just too distracting and a worthless use of valuable man-hours).
We’re not the only ones.
The industry-college relationship is changing, at least in the productive vocations.
The man who patents a micro-aggression calming suppository will be one seriously wealthy individual.
Face it America – your kids would stand an exponentially better chance at getting a ‘higher education’ simply locked in the nearest library four years – as opposed to paying to attend one of the kindergartens currently posing as college.
Affirmative action policies come back and bite college administrators. Emory let in thousands of students who can’t hack it, and now they’re bitter, insecure, professionals complainers.
Most of these students can’t hack it in real life, affirmative action or not.
That’s why I don’t hire any college students without a series of referrals, work history, security clearance, etc.
Colleges like Emory and Harvard “prepare” students to run an office, not manage a business environment. I would never trust anybody fresh out of college to run so much as a single CNC on our floor no matter how fluent he was at macro-programming. The ability to manage resources and time with maturity is not something these “elite” colleges prepare their students for – even their engineering schools are famously worthless, little more than credentialism.
If these snowflakes are traumatized by “Trump 2016” written in chalk what will their reaction be to the comments here? Oh, the humanity!
one student, who went on to say that “people of color are struggling academically because they are so focused on trying to have a safe community and focus on these issues [related to having safe spaces on campus].”
Yeah, or maybe they’re struggling academically because they aren’t smart enough to be there and only got in with affirmative action.
A good solution for this issue would be to place the affirmative action kids in a second and third step process. Upon graduation, place these deficient students in jobs for which they are not qualified to hold, then put them on pensions that they did not earn and the problem disappears.
How about we do it the cheap way and let them earn what they get? Novel concept ay?
So they are so distressed that they are “triggered” at seeing a word. Yet they still find courage to act like the leftist thugs that they are when the time comes. Funny.
Okay, you need to close down your university and send all the students home. You’ve failed.
Actually, universities have been for decades, the epicenters of liberal training. They built these people. Now the Frankenstein`s monster has come back to the castle.
An actual quote from the article:
“[Faculty] are supporting this rhetoric by not ending it,” said one student, who went on to say that “people of color are struggling academically because they are so focused on trying to have a safe community and focus on these issues [related to having safe spaces on campus].”
Perhaps doubling or tripling the tuition would make Emory so much safer. And then they should give everyone A pluses and a pony! This new policy could then be widely publicized so that no one can fail to provide graduates with the level of respect they so richly deserve.
They are struggling academically because they aren’t studying or were a social promotion to college on the first place. When I was in college, I barely had time to work my 45 hrs a week job, much less go to class and do home work
If I were the university president, I would tell the pained students that not only am I voting for Mr. Trump, but also I would be inviting him there to receive an honorary degree and the library is going to be re-named the Donald J. Trump library for conservative studies. They would probably have a mass suicide.
Well now that these children have expressed their hatred of Trump and Trump supporters, I no longer feel safe. I demand that the Administration punish these micro-agressors and provide counseling for the conservative students that have been traumatized by these children.
We simply don’t hire students out of college.
If the first thing a prospective gofer tells us about his skills is a referral to his “college experience”, our interviewers have instructions to dismiss the applicant out of hand – I don’t care how much they think of the greenhorns, I’m the one who has to supervise him, but I insist on working with an adult, particularly when our actions and decisions impact millions of dollars in equipment and revenue.
Smart move Terry.
Be adults, for goodness sake!
They could be “adults” like Diane Rodham I mean “Hillary Clinton” and wear “adult” diapers like she does.
Vote Trump!
This behavior of pretending to be fragile will continue as long as it is rewarded. Incentives matter.
These people are basically bullies who try to squelch speech they do not agree with and then cry about how hurt they feel when their efforts to intimidate others fail. They are cry bullies and are beneath contempt.
Excellent point
Am I reading the Onion or are today’s college kids really this lame?
It’s not that they’re all this lame.
It’s that they all enable this kind of unprofessional and childish behavior.
Another simple reason for the drop in hiring out of college is that this culture cannot be allowed into to incubate and fester in a serious work environment. There’s too many livelihoods and too much money at stake. We have families to provide for.
If you “tolerate” this kind of behavior, make excuses for it, look the other way – even if you think you’re not engaging in it, you are.
Find employment elsewhere, because we don’t need you.
Yes, the thought of either Hillary or Bernie is scary. Both are indeed borderline fascists.
You realize out here in the real world no one cares about your feelings. Especially potential employers outside academia.
I have never, ever, felt so relieved that neither I nor any member of my family, nor any friend has ever attended Emory. Yikes! These whiners should go back to high school until they grow up.
Once upon a time Emory was a respectable university with a fine reputation for its law and medical programs.
Can you imagine one of these delicate little flowers performing under any type of pressure without instantly curling up into a fetal ball?
The more I see this type of hysterical nonsense, the more I want to vote for Trump just to watch their heads explode.
The practical effect is actually that the “atmosphere” of discourse will change.
Rather than having a political agitator as the Head of the country, there’ll be a serious businessman looking over the shoulders of these busy-body bureaucrats.
Whether that gives even these private colleges pause (though they’re all publicly funded one way or another), or inspires them to lash out, they’ll be uncomfortable, at the least.
Leadership matters, even if it’s only an inspirational figurehead.
The “mid-level” managers like us will handle the details.
It’s amazing how uninformed today’s college students are and how intolerant they are of those who have different opinions. Equating pro-Trump chalkings to Swastika chalkings is ridiculous. They can’t really be that stupid. So sick of these far left extremists spreading fear and lies in an attempt to bully others into thinking like they do.
I’m going to vote for trump now.
Already did that in NC’S primary
How to immediately shut down debate, 2016 College Campus Edition:
1.) Kick and scream about your feelings to college officials.
2.) Win.
There would’ve been no problem if it was a pro Che or Castro. Your ‘solidarity’ Emory is sick.
Nice going, Jonathan Peraza and Harpreet Singh, your names will now show up in Internet searches from future employers who will consider carefully if they want to hire thuggish snowflakes.
No kidding. Offend by a chalk drawing supporting a Presidential candidate. How are these twits going to deal work any kind of real world issues? A real conflict or real danger? Will they be like the fainting goats? That’s not a good survival strategy.
Do these clowns think that their position is the only valid position? It would appear so.
Oh you poor delicate snowflakes, did someone hurt your wittle feewings with some political speech? Ohhhh you poor wittle dears! You want the Emory administration to kiss your boo boo and make it better?? Good lord. I feel sorry for all the soldiers, airmen, sailors and marines who’ve given their lives over the centuries to uphold American ideals such as freedom of speech and freedom of assembly. And this is what our spoiled, entitled, coddled youth is doing to honor that legacy!! Trying to hide in a Safe Space. My heart weeps for what the left has done to this country.
It does appear that to be a college President these days you have to be demonstrably feckless
Didn’t this used to be a good university?
How old are these students. They don’t look like whiny little babies to me.
These students need to go back to teaching autofellatio to dogs which is the only things they have ever been good at.
Afraid of chalk–that may be a new low.
No wonder these people want free college, so they can stay there in their safe spaces and not have to deal with the real world. Who would ever hire these snowflakes? Maybe flipping burgers is a good career choice for these kids
No, it wouldn’t be. They’d never survive their first unsatisfied customer.
Aww, the “special” (education) snowflakes are ALL “triggered”, best they run to their “safe spaces” might I suggest an oven but only after turning the gas on “high” and blowing out the pilot light?
BTW: The half-Waldo, half-Chinese-food delivery boi, in the center of the top photo looks like the the “crapper creeper” I saw soliciting “males” while lisping “phuckee-suckee fife dolla” at the Rest Area men’s room on I-85
Vote Trump!
Hey dink where’s my pork lo-mein?
Hey $lant eyes “No tip for you” if my order isn’t at my door in TWO minutes!
Listen here Chairman Mao I said 222 White Street NOT Choo, Choo, Choo Rite wheat.
Vote Trump!
These sissies need to be turned over a grown man’s knee and given a good dose of reality 101. Cry baby, sissified whiny brats.
If you put one of THOSE “males” over your knee and spank them they’ll stain their pants and yours with jism.., they’re into that sort of thing.
Vote Trump!
Exactly. That’s my biggest beef with the online “aww, special snowflakes!” reactions. Human nature hasn’t changed, kids are what kids have always been. And these kids’ problem is not that they are especially sensitive, not made of the stuff they’re grandparents’ generation was made of. They’re made of exactly the same stuff. No, these kids’ problem is that they have been failed by the adults in their lives. They are what they have been raised to be, and anybody who complains about the kids is complaining about the wrong person.
Parents, government officials, and school administrators. That’s where the problem lies.
If the name of a political candidate you do not like written in chalk makes you feel “fear”, then go back home to Mommy and Daddy. You are not ready for college and certainly not ready for the big, bad real world where everyone will not be preoccupied with affirming your delicate “feelings”.
“[Faculty] are supporting this rhetoric by not ending it,”
Who are the real fascists here? And if “students of color” are struggling academically, it’s probably more because of affirmative action admitting unqualified students than because of racism.
There is good federal money in those students, which is one of the primary reasons for diversity. The longer they can keep them before they totally fail out, the more money the school will get.
Trump sucks but this country has free speech whether you agree with what the person says or not! Feelings hurt? Be a damn adult! Deal with it!
Emory students are nuts.
Guess these idiots don’t believe in free speech……such a shame these people want to be leaders of the future. I wouldn’t follow them to the bathroom….Losers.
God help you poor flowers when you actually have to go out into the world and compete to make a living.
This is one where I can go and chalk a few things up. And it might be worthwhile to remind those hyper sensitive children that Georgia is a state where you can defend yourself.
One of the most pathetic articles I’ve read about anyone in at least 3 years. Absolute ID10Ts.
It is the DUTY of any “university” to CHALLENGE fools like this daily, not to coddle these little “hot house flowers”.
Challenge these narcissistic brats or shutter the school.
I feel strongly that protest is an important part of the college experience and often argue that people are missing the real point when they come down too strongly against the pettiness of the issues, but this taxes even my support.
Why are college administrators such feckless weaklings? Is there no “social justice” cause too stupid for them to pander to?
30+ people died in a terrorist attack yesterday, and these snowflakes want a safe space because of chalk. I weep for our country if this is our future.
It was actually worse than that. They also included a defense of the creed which inspired the terrorists in their passion play they put on for the dean. Trump is a mortal threat to them even though his supporters have not been moved to murder anyone by his words. But Mohammed is just fine even though his teachings have left a pile of corpses behind wherever they have been applied.
Apparently Emory has given up completely on teaching critical thinking.
If you need “support” for your feelings upon seeing the name of a political candidate you don’t like, you don’t know how to get along with people different from you and aren’t mature enough to be in college.
Go home to Mommy and Daddy, give up your place at Emory and let someone use it who can benefit from it.
The gentle little snowflakes are melting.
They are so fk’d
But totally entertaining
They would be entertaining if the youth weren’t the future of our country. I hope there are enough young adults with common sense to offset these children as I hope my year old great grandson has a decent country to grow up in.
These kids are in for a RUDE awakening when they enter the real world.
Disagreeing with someone’s point of view is not a reason to be fearful. If it makes you feel afraid, you have mental health issues that are keeping you from normal functioning. These cry bullies will never survive in the real world. University has become a huge diaper changer for babies who cannot defend their ideas in any way except with insults and plugging their ears.
The butthurt is strong with them.
College students today:
A. “We respect diversity. Yay diversity!”
B. “We demand the powers that be enforce ideological conformity! Hooray safe spaces!”
Anyone see the problem?
Silly Rich, when they say “diversity” they mean skin color and sexual behaviors
You helpless, infantalized children will have more than chalk drawings of Presidential candidates names to worry about when you’re thrust into the real world with extreme debt and worthless Emory degrees.
Good luck. You’re going to need it.
My God, who let the lunatics run the asylum? Why is the school’s administration pandering to these whiney brats? Tell them to shut up already. It’s chalk. On a sidewalk. And it just spelled out a name. If you can’t handle that, then you’re not capable of functioning in a normal society and should be given treatment for mental illness.
Sorry kids, but you need to go home and slap the ever living s**t out of your parents, because they’ve failed you miserably. You’re too sensitive, you’re narcissistic, and your selfish, and that’s 100% the fault of those who raised you.
FFS our nation is screwed…
FFS, he isnt “banning muslims”, he is saying “ban muslims from immigrating here” which, we should do, along with every other person we dont KNOW will help the country. #brusselsattack #parisattack #bringbackourgirls #hashtagsrepointlessespeciallyondisqus
Actually he is saying ban Muslim immigration until we can figure out who these people are. Immigration can be done if it’s done right.
Trump is not even saying “ban muslims” he is saying “ban muslims until we can figure out what is going on.” Apparently you do not have to be smart to get into Emory any more. These young people are stupid sheep lead by an Alinsky agitator of two.
Something the people of Paris, Brussels, and San Bernardino should have learnt by now.
You would think they would have learned, but they havent. They still are asking why they angered these peaceful people. They dont get that islamic radicals are just murderous barbarians.
ban muslims and close borders.
Thats not what he is saying, but if you want that, its on you. Remember, if they can “ban muslims” then they can “ban you”. Stopping immigrants/refugees is just smart though. We have 93+Million out of work. We dont NEED more workers.
All of these students would have been victims of panty raids when I was in school and I do mean ALL of them.
Why are the parents not speaking out with their wallets and purses? Every dime spent sending their children to these academic petri dishes just continues to cultivate the “poor me” mentality of self-deserving righteousness. Perhaps the 2010’s decade will see the demise of higher education and a restructuring of academia? Let’s turn our questions over to the Mizzou administration officials to find out how that’s working for them? Ultimately it will be all about that dollar.
A lot of these people are paid for to keep the “diversity” quotas up to snuff.
It was not too long ago people this same age or younger stormed the beaches of Normandy facing almost certain death to defeat fasc ism. Now they want fasc ism on campus so as to not offend the the thin skin of the affirmative action enrollees.
In 1944 Americans were not afraid to cross German fields of fire, now Emory “students” are afraid of chalk on their sidewalks.
If they keep this up, I think they should pay for it out of their own pockets and the tax payers should walk away.
Free college? For this unappreciative rabble, my ….
They will never survive the real world.
Good God. We’re seeing the rise of an entire generation of pu$$ies!
No. It’s not a rise. They’re here. It makes the Zombie Apocalypse look insignificant.
“led by College sophomore Jonathan Peraza, resounded “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!” throughout the Quad”
Yes, I’m sure Jonathan is in a ton of pain. Be careful or that scary chalk monster will get you!
I’m an Emory grad and one with with a lot of money for philanthropic and charitable endeavors. This is Exhibit A as to why I will never give Emory a penny and never send my children to school here. I’m embarrassed and have been for years that I actually went to this school.
Seconded. Glad I’m not the only one. It’s important to hit Emory where it hurts — alumni giving. The Oxford – Rhodes statue saga offers a great blueprint.
Generation Snowflake.
The proper response from a competent president would have been, “would you like me to call your mother to drive you home?”
^^^^^
“We are in pain!” they said…
Really? You are ALL afraid of words in chalk? It “pains” you to see them?
I hope ALL of you are holding a 4.0 GPA to have the kind of time it takes to engage in these particularly pointless protests.
If you all believe actual chalk writings will manifest themselves as a reality, then you have far more personal problems than the feeling of pain.
You promote diversity in beliefs, but cry foul when an an expressed belief counters your own. Your functioning is not normal, and it’s a detriment to you and those around you.
You need to have a clear mind in order to effectively reconcile discourse in your environment. This style of protesting demonstrates an inability to effect fair and proper change.
Go eff yourselves you stupid little twits. Wait until you get to the real world.
This is the saddest little story about sad little children who feel sad that I have ever read in my life. If these sad little children cannot tolerate any opinions at all that they do not agree with in advance, if their sad little feelings are so terribly, terribly hurt, I think it’s best if we call their mommies and daddies and have them come get their sad little children and take them back to their sad, safe little homes.
Parents, I hope you are proud of all you have accomplished in raising children like this who have apparently never in their lives heard a discouraging word. Good job!
These students should grow up and the president of the school shouldn’t coddle them like babies!
What trolls with nothing better to do than post belittling tripe telling these kids to go back to their moms and dads. First, have you said anything that a hundred other people in this thread haven’t said? Second, are your feelings so hurt that you have to oppose who these kids are instead of the ideas that they’re representing?
If you disagree with them on free speech grounds, do so. The rest of it makes you look bad.
An operative question I haven’t seen considered – does Emory have rules regulating where chalking may be done irrespective of the content of the speech?
1. Read the article, yes there are chalking rules, no these leftist snowflake fascists are not upset because these rules were broken, they’re upset that they were confronted with an opposing political viewpoint and that hurt their feefees.
2. This is leftist fascism, pure and simple. These leftists do not want to debate their positions in the open market place of ideas, they want leftist doctrine spoon fed to them and have those that disagree with them outed in a public sphere akin to Maoist struggle sessions.
Shame on Wagner for capitulating, as an Emory grad I’m embarrassed.
Using terms like “feefees” is precisely my point. If you can’t say why they’re unacceptable without resorting to personal attacks and dwelling on your own sore points, you’re not a credible commentator for anyone who disagrees with you. You’re also letting your personal feelings get ahead of the defense of free speech.
Then you have no concept of what a “personal attack” means. These sheltered children are driven by their emotions, they claim to be “in pain” because they encountered a political viewpoint they oppose, hence their “feelings” were hurt and they demand protection from those in power to silence that opposing viewpoint. There are strong parallels between the actions of leftists in college today with those students in China during the cultural revolution.
The fact that you support efforts to shut down opposing speech (or relegating it to a “free speech area”) shows how out of touch you are with the basic tenets of freedom.
Again, you’re letting your personal feelings get ahead of the defense of free speech, which makes you look bad. I don’t support their efforts to shut down opposing speech, though I do accept that procedural methods may be used to ensure that every side follows agreed-upon rules.
Maybe, just maybe, people are getting a little tired of these children and their tantrums. And a little worried about the direction our country will take as these kids graduate and go out into the real world. If you haven’t noticed, these tantrums are not simply going on at Emory, and they are not only about Trump 2016. College age kids (and yes, kids, as they do not act even a little like adults) are trying to squelch any speech but what they like on campuses all over this country. Safe places. Scared of chalk. Coloring books and counselors. If you don’t like the derision with which so many of us hold them, don’t read the comments.
you sound like Clinton
A neutral rule prohibiting “chalking” as a form of vandalism would be fine. However, I doubt that these students would be afraid of “Bernie 2016” on the sidewalk and it would probably be overlooked.
There is a much larger issue here. People should not be encouraged to be weak. They need to be encouraged to be strong. Bad ideas need to be responded to with good ideas. The desire to simply ban uncomfortable ideas because they cause pain is so damaging to society and these kids.
Another thing – one of the strategies tyrannical governments used on their people was the redefinition of words. This is happening on campuses with regard to the word “safe”. The word has been robbed of its meaning. It is simply impossible for a neutral message like “Trump 2016” written on a sidewalk to make someone unsafe.
“Trump 2016” is not a neutral message. It may not be a message that does direct harm to others (I agree, that’s absurd), but to call it or “Bernie 2016” a neutral message ignores precisely what free speech protects. It protects expression even when it’s not neutral.
I wish these students had protested Trump 2016. I wish they had used procedural methods like rules surrounding vandalism. And I wish the Trump chalkers had made special efforts to either stay within these rules (giving the protesters no opportunity) or that they will challenge these rules. I want better engagements that don’t immediately descend into the depths of people’s prejudices about millennials or nanny generations.
If you accept that people should respond to bad ideas with good ideas, then you probably agree that attacking these kids and telling them to go back to their parents attacks a bad idea with another bad idea. The desire to simply exclude people you disagree with because they represent X bad thing is damaging to society and to these commenters.
I guess by neutral I meant non-threatening. If the message was “Kill the fascist liberal students!” then there might be reason for concern.
Many (most) people do not generally argue in the most refined way. Name-calling or sneering condensation are not the best strategies. However, the behavior of these kids is so absurd that the kids themselves do need to challenged. Their character needs to be examined and criticized. They need to be taken to task. They need to be taught honor and strength.
Then repliers should show honor and strength as well.
I agree with you.
I just realized that I did not use the word neutral to describe “Trump 2016”. I used it to describe a rule against vandalism. This rule would be content-neutral, meaning it would be enforced without the content of the message having any effect on enforcement (hopefully).
Violation of “chalking rules” is not a justification for feeling “unsafe” or similar pathetic reaction.
I never said it was.
So do tell, exactly what “ideas” are these wannabe revolutionaries “representing”?
The loaded terms of your question aside (they never identify themselves as revolutionaries), readers should be competent enough to identify these points themselves. I’ll point out three, and then distinguish one point often identified with the students but which lies securely within the purview of the administration
1. They oppose Mr. Trump on several grounds. Some allude to particular policy suggestions like banning all Muslims from entering the US. Others alluded to racism and other policy issues.
2. They want the university to disavow Trump as a candidate or, lacking that, to acknowledge that people on the campus do not agree with Trump or his policies.
3. Within the previous claims at least one person implied that they want a ban on speech because of its content (“[Faculty] are supporting this rhetoric by not ending it”).
Then the university, without further prompting, began investigating whether the postings were within university codes of conduct for chalk writing on university property.
1 and 2 are not free speech issues. People may agree or disagree with these points, but they constitute no violation of free speech. 3 might, if you believe that campaigning for Trump doesn’t constitute a personal attack or some form of non-protected speech. Independently, so might the university’s response, if you believe that chalking (regardless of content) should not be regulated on campus.
Telling these kids to go back to their mothers and fathers fails to contribute meaningfully to any of these points. At best, it’s mere venting. At worst, they obscure legitimate concerns about free speech for the sake of hating on a few students, while missing that the only teeth here are in the administration’s response.
The fact that they are carrying signs addressing the “chains” they are force to endure by being exposed to chalk of the sidewalk certainly questions their level of “competence”.
The real question is, do they get so worked up over other illicit graffiti on campus or is their spleen venting reserved for politicians they’re supposed to oppose? It’s an absolute guarantee that were the “chalking” deemed to be a form of tagging the same group opposing it would be strenuously defending it.
All in all it’s not a question of free speech but rather of thin skinned children incapable of accepting that there are those who disagree with them.
Okay. So you disagree with them. The other stuff (“thin skinned [sic] children”) just makes you look bad.
The “protestors” are spoiled and pampered children who simply regurgitate well worn leftist talking points that most of them are incapable of understanding. If mere chalk on a sidewalk induces trauma that requires therapeutic intervention they need to withdraw from pubic life and hide out in their parents basements where they will always feel safe and secure.
You have nothing but personal attacks without substance, and are thus not worth reading. Goodbye.
Translation: “I cannot refute your statements so I don’t want to talk to you anymore – so I’ll just insult you and attempt to look like I’m taking the high road.”
Rather than running away to your safe space why not simply refute the fact that the protestors are play acting a drama scripted in circa 1968? Of course scurrying off to your lair is much, much easier.
Makes him look bad? Hardly.
It is merely a statement of fact.
“Thin-skinned” –
To take from the article – one student felt “unsafe” simply at the thought that someone on campus wanted Trump for President.
Now, I’m not a Trump supporter – far from it. But, it is simply a fact that a lot of people are. Emory College is in Georgia where Mr. Trump received more than half a million votes.
So, this young lady is so delicate she feels “unsafe” with the possibility that she attends school near any of those half-million primary voters, to say nothing of the ones who didn’t vote but would still support him.
That’s pretty much the definition of “thin-skinned” – being so delicate you cannot handle even being near a large segment of the population simply because they have committed the “crime” of thinking differently than you.
“Children”
They are young adults but they are certainly acting like children – loud, emotional, irrational responses to innocuous events.
His estimation is spot-on.
It’s perfectly reasonable to add your voice to that of others in a forum like this. You might as well ask, why did 40 students join the protest against the signs; wouldn’t one of them be sufficient? The fact is, the presidents wouldn’t meet with one student, and one comment here would not demonstrate how widespread is the disdain that large numbers of people feel for both the Emory students who feel “threatened” by others’ free expression and the Emory administration that endeavors to shut down free expression.
Which student in the picture are you?
I was not a part of this, nor would I want to be.
Isn’t it odd that most leftist arguments are usually some variation of the theme “shut up”?
That’s neither unique or distinctive of “leftists,” given most of the comments here tell the protesters to shut up, go home, or otherwise be silent.
It would be more in line with “free speech” principles to defend the right for these students to protest while challenging the content of what they’re suggesting – one cannot object to something being said on the grounds of political content.
No one is arguing here that they should not be allowed to protest. That argument is a straw man.
What is being said is that these leftist students are acting like immature brats to take offense at something as trivial as benign election slogans written in chalk. People are obviously, and justifiably, commenting on their skewed priorities that compels them to squander their first amendment rights on such a trivial issue.
And you want them to shut up.
Yes, people have been arguing that they should leave the university and stop protesting. “Emory is a private college, if you don’t like things there, leave.”
Anyway, how is your summary of what is being said any better? Immediately it launches into judging the kids rather than judging issues of free speech. “Immature brats” – “take offense” – and yet in making *them* the focus of your attention, how are you any different? You’re taking offense.
No, taking offense isn’t an issue, or any speech that felt strongly about an issue would be suspect, including the commenters here. That misses the issues involving free speech. Why isn’t the focus specific to either one student’s request for a ban (which would obviously violate free speech) or the university’s use of laws to regulate chalking on campus (which might regulate free speech if the decision to execute the rules were connected to content)?
I don’t want them to shut up. I want them to be better advocates for free speech issues. I want them to consider the deleterious effects of attacking the people they dislike rather than building strong cases against the violations of rights or the ideas being represented here. I understand that legal bans don’t produce good speech. My comments to y’all are similar to the ones I’d make to the student protesters – focus on the issue. Speak in ways that would engage a neutral audience. Build support for a particular idea, not a general ideology and not a prejudice or fear.
You are missing the important point.
We aren’t judging the kids for their speech, but for their actions and the amount of outrage they are exhibiting.
It’s histrionic behavior, like a temper tantrum – typical of children, and should be treated as such.
I think very few people give two seconds of thought concerning their political beliefs, much less judging them for it.
If this was a bunch of pro-trump supporters treating a pro-Bernie “chalking” the same way – most of us would be laughing just as hard.
The ridicule isn’t about “free speech” – it is about this children reacting to a benign statement as though it was Mein Kampf and freaking out.
It’s pathetic.
You’re judging the kids, and thereby committing to so-called “tantrums” similar to those that you purport to oppose.
LOL…wow..you never took a logic class, did you?
First off – everybody judges. You can deny it or be honest with it. You are judging the comments here thinking we are being too hard on the kids – which by your “logic” would mean you also are “throwing a tantrum” by judging me.
Secondly – the fact that you cannot tell the difference between a calm post on a message board from me laughing at these kids and kids going to the dean of their schools demanding “safe spaces” and censorship of benign political speech…specifically, which one of these is a “tantrum” speaks VOLUMES.
Here’s a hint (if you have this problem in the future) – the person who is laughing and making zero requests for anyone to do anything different isn’t throwing a tantrum.
You are trying to draw this moral equivalency here – that people here discussing the idiocy of this event are no better than the kids demanding safe spaces and acting like they are Freedom Riders because they lived through the horror of the Great Chalking of 2016.
The problem you have is there ISN’T a moral equivalency.
I’m not telling them to shut up.
I’m not telling them not to protest.
I’m not trying to use the powers of authority to silence them.
That ALONE – separates me and puts me light years ahead of them on the “supporting free speech” standard – and you trying to draw equivalency between us is simply laughable.
What I (and most of these posters are doing) – is exercising OUR free speech and ridiculing these kids for acting in a ridiculous manner, making them pay the social cost for their ridiculous actions.
THAT is how you adjust behavior while not curbing their free speech.
You let em talk – you just point out how stupid they are being because that is what they do to their peers and what they are conditioned to react to.
They couldn’t possibly care less about your “lets all have a respectful discussion on this and treat all sides equally” rap – that doesn’t register.
Having the majority of the country laughing at them does.
Heh…you never studied logic, did you?
Firstly – everyone judges other people. It’s part of being human. You are judging me now (and everyone else you are calling “trolls”) – using your “logic” – that would make you throwing a tantrum too.
Secondly – tantrums are determined by two things – emotion (specifically, anger) and actions. The only actions I have done are the same as you – simply typing at a keyboard, and I am hardly emotional over this – I think it is hilarious and sad, but there isn’t any anger in it.
What you are missing is that your pretentious preening and wanting to give these kids “respect” for this is part of what brought us to this point in America. You are treating their childish rants as though they have merit – just arguing against their censorship.
Do you think that’s better? Do you think that it’s OK for them to honestly feel traumatized over CHALK and that it’s appropriate for them to act like they have been horribly abused and mistreated?
That’s what giving this behavior “respect” does.
You are part of the problem.
Exactly!
No offense, Mr. Howard – but you seem to be missing the point of the ridicule.
I doubt many of the people on this thread would have batted an eye if these students held an “Anti-Trump” rally to show their opposition to him – or defaced the chalkings to say “Never Trump – 2016” – or any number of what are regarded as somewhat reasonable responses (relatively speaking) on seeing political speech you strongly disagree with.
I believe most of the people commenting here wouldn’t even have read the story in the first place, much less commented.
The ridicule of the students is rightly focused on the fact that these students are treating benign political speech as though it were a hate crime – demanding “safe spaces” and using laughably pretentious slogans like “the only thing we have to lose is our chains”.
This wasn’t the Kent State Shooting or the church bombings of the 60’s.
IT’S CHALK ON THE SIDEWALK.
It’s chalk on the sidewalk that doesn’t even have a racial slur, threat, or even the specific endorsement of a controversial policy.
The boils down to this – if these kids cannot handle something as benign and inoffensive as this, they are horribly, laughably, ridiculously unprepared for the real world – and we need to stop coddling this behavior and pretending like it is justified or reasonable.
It isn’t.
These kids need to realize that part of being a grown up is being tolerant of other beliefs and realizing that you can’t “run to Mon/Dad/School official” every time you see something you don’t like.
Oh look at the sad little faces in the last pic. LOLOLOL
“College sophomore Jonathan Peraza, resounded “You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!” throughout the Quad.”
Do you kids have any idea how ridiculous you sound to normal people? Americans get to vote, and you don’t get to complain to mommy and daddy when someone votes for a different candidate than you do.
The imbeciles don’t know what pain is. Pathetic little parasites.
I remember when my little boy was about 4 or 5, he had a stuffed elephant he carried with him everywhere and elephants were his favorite animal. In kindergarden, he met a boy who said lions were his favorite animal and he didn’t like elephants. Later that day, my 5 yr old complained to me, almost in tears, that this boy did not like elephants and it was not right. I had to have a long talk with my 5 year old that people are different and have different opinions, and we should respect each other’s right to form our own opinions, and focus on the things we have in common instead of the things that separate us. Now they are friends and share their toys, even though one likes lions and the other likes elephants. Apparently, no one taught these delicate students that lesson.
Emory has been added to my company’s “danger list.” It’s not a blacklist per say but any Emory Student applying for the next 5 years will have to undergo extra scrutiny to make sure they aren’t intolerant crybabies and can function in the real “adult” world. I advise other hiring managers and those in such positions to do the same.
It’s hard to take this seriously without a company name. If it is serious, then I suppose I must accept that censoring others’ political beliefs with a McCarthy-like blacklist is acceptable to your company as well as to these Emory students. You may think you differ, but you’re cut of the same cloth.
Seriously? You actually compare this to a “McCarthy-Like Blacklist” and think it is “censoring political beliefs”?
It boils down to reliability.
If a person is so entitled and delicate that they think someone writing a completely non-threatening slogan on a sidewalk warrants a protest or university action – then they likely aren’t someone who will adapt well to a corporate setting, or the real world for that matter.
I could care less what a person’s political beliefs are – but, if they are the type of person who falls to pieces from “Trump 2016” written in chalk on a sidewalk, then I cannot rely on them to meet deadlines or work under pressure.
Who knows? Maybe they will go to lunch and see a Trump commercial or (heaven forbid) actually eat lunch sitting next to people talking about his policies – we’d have to call the paramedics.
Past generations of kids their age were in combat or working to feed their families. These kids are protesting against non-threatening, non-slur, political advocacy. I’m sure political cartoons make them lose their damn minds.
These kids are rightfully being ridiculed because of this – coddling them and giving this type of nonsense “respect” is what brought us to this point.
“it’s reassuring to see how they are able to voice their opinions”
Unless that opinion supports Trump, in which case the inquisition will be restarted.
It’s scary the monsters that have been created by the progressive Left.
I just can’t understand how a person can be so weak and so fragile that they feel intimidated and “unsafe” by “Trump 2016” scrawled on the sidewalk. These students have been damaged by something – their parents, the school system, or the discrimination they may have faced, I don’t know. But they have been taught to behave in precisely the wrong way to these kinds of situations.
They’ve simply been taught that throwing a tantrum brings results in today’s world. Great lesson to teach a child….and these most certainly are children.
And will most likely remain children.
As an Emory grad, I’m appalled by Pres. Wagner’s capitulation to these fascists – I hope other graduates also plan to withhold donations as well until Wagner issues a strongly worded statement underlining emory’s commitment to a diverse student body, that is, diversity of ideas and not skin tone.
Fascist? Please, fascist kids would be kicking your face in with a jack boot for writing on their campus…these kids are just pathetic.
Yeah, I thought Emory was for smart people. So do they have affirmative action or what?
That headline has to be an Onion parody, right?
I’m afraid that The Onion’s business model has been out-competed by reality.
Wonder if you guys realize how much of a laughingstock you are. Trump is a terrible candidate, but he is also someone supported by a significant percentage of the population, like it or not. People are entitled to support him, just as they are entitled to support Bernie or Hillary. That some of you feel entitled to a world in which no one supports Trump is insane. Grow up.
And honestly, how do you expect to function in the real world if this upsets you so much? Not everyone can live on a Patreon and a YouTube channel. Some of you will have to get actual jobs, where you will have actual colleagues who hold views that you find vile. You will not be able to tell your boss that her views are problematic and you need to be shielded from them. You will need to suck it up and be adults. Have you learned how to do that? Will you ever?
I feel threatened by this comment and demand a safe space where I can process my anxiety.
Here’s a {hug}.
Trump is a terrible candidate? You mean, worse than the criminal and socialist on the Dem ticket?
You are missing the point, which is that even if we accept the premise that Trump is garbage (I do, you don’t have to), his supporters still have a right to express themselves, and these children do not have a right to be free of views they find distasteful.
Wow, you still throw around socialist like it is a bad word……interesting. It’s almost like we’re in the 50s and still haven’t realized what that is or how it manifests itself in countries. Capitalism in the US’s form has not been the only model that has been somewhat successful in developed countries. Calling someone socialist today just doesn’t have the same effect as it used to…..sorry.
OK, Sparky… How does Communist sound? A little more fitting?
Once capitalist money no longer props up the fragile European economy socialism will once again carry the onus of failure it so richly deserved.
Exactly, having a strong America to do the dirty work is what allowed european countries to softly go socialist. They didn’t have to worry about defense spending or innovations.
The term socialism doesn’t have the same effect for young people, for sure, largely because they have not been correctly educated about the horrible reality that is socialism. If you knew your history, you would know that, too.
Where has socialism – meaning the government ownership of the means of production – been successful in developed countries? Please don’t try to pass off a few Scandinavian countries as your example. They are mixed economy but not socialist states, as they have private companies and they support meritocracy. In addition, they have had to make reforms over the past few decades to make them more market-oriented in order to support their welfare programs. How about Cuba, Venezuela, and North Korea? Their governments own everything and run everything. How is socialism working there?
Socialist is a bad word. I say and have already VOTE TRUMP
No, Trump is a terrible candidate like no other in the last 40 years, you have to go back to Wallace to find someone as repugnant as him.
nonsense
Perhaps, but is that a reason to go crying to the university president over hurt feelings?
FYI, for many Hillary is far worse than Trump will ever be yet those people are not crying over it and demanding a “safe space”.
To your question. Obviously no and if you want an elaboration see my other post somewhere up above this one.
FYI: I am not a Hillary fan.
Per your Trump people comment: Eh, most of those people have conceal and carry permits. ; )
Nah. Both parties are nominating lying sociopaths who are obsessed by only money and power. However, only one party seems to be concerned and is trying to block their potential nominee.
I’ll buy that.
RiRedin what makes you think Trump is so bad? Is it because to get the USA cleaned up?and build walls and close borders? anyone with a grain of sense knows these things need to be done, You sound like those kids.
Actually, you sound like those kids, because I disagree with you and don’t like your candidate of choice you automatically start to make assumptions about me.
Anyway, to answer your question, I don’t know, it could be the xenophobia, racism, bigotry, misogyny, homophobia of Trump and/or his followers which makes me question his ability to lead this nation. Add into it that he is a vain, egomaniacal, vindictive, petty, thin skinned person who was put into the game on 3rd base and scored on someone else’s sacrifice fly but thinks he hit a home run. His lack of depth and breadth of knowledge in areas of both foreign and domestic political policy is stunning and his only claim to being a good executive leader for this nation is that he is a successful business man, despite a long list of failed companies and bankruptcies in his wake. As a veteran, the fact that he belittled John McCain, regardless of how you feel about the Senator’s politics, service and imprisonment during Vietnam, tried to run street vendors, many of who were veterans, off of 5th Ave., used us as a prop in his political circus (as everyone else does) and has failed to come through and pass the money he raised along to the veterans charities he claimed he was raising it for.
So, Ms Sweet feel free to vote for this man all you want, it is your God given right as a citizen of this nation. But he is a charlatan that is duping you and his other followers and using fear, lies and mistrust to get you to follow him. He is not going to bring back the manufacturing jobs, open the closed coal mines, reinvigorate the steel industry, regardless of what he says. Those days are behind us and I’d rather a leader who is looking ahead to new industries and businesses rather than making false promises about bringing back the old.
Says the man with the Marty Feldman profile pic. The man who refused to meet Frank Sinatra because he was so opposed to his politics. Typical.
Imagine the butt-hurt on the left when Trump actually becomes president!
We can only hope that those who are promising to leave should he win actually do so.
I am not a Trump supporter, but the reaction from these little kids is almost enough for him to get my vote. I will vote for him in the general, should he become the Republican candidate, crying children or no.
Boys their age were storming the beachfront on D-Day, facing a barrage of enemy fire.Watch the opening of “Saving Private Ryan.” Then compare and contrast with these coddled Emory students.
My grandson, who is their age, is in the Army now. A mature young 23 year old, who seems to have nothing in common with these mommy- dependent pansies.
Oh, LOOK – a group of kids who will never be hired!! and they are huddling together!!
I’m as liberal as they come, but you students need to get a grip! Campaign slogan chalk writing on the ground makes you scared? Oh my Heavens. We are not looking at the leaders of tomorrow here.
I’m about as conservative as they come, but this is something upon which both sides of the isle can find common ground. Tomorrow’s leaders need not to curl up into the fetal position and demand others take punitive action on their behalf when faced with a contrary opinion. This is downright scary.
I have a word for “curl up into the fetal position and demand others take punitive action on their behalf when faced with a contrary opinion”.
That word is “urinal”.
I look forward to never hiring any of you.
Where do you work?
I’m not particularly anonymous. You can look it up very quickly.
If this is what an “elite education” is all about our society is in for a very rough ride. After they graduate let’s hope their customers at McDonalds’ treat them with the “respect” they deserve.
By what stretch has an “education” at Emory EVER been considered “elite”?
Perhaps I should ask, by WHO?
Perhaps it should read this is what $59,444 worth of education is worth these days.
Wow, these kids are so screwed when they get out into the real world. They are so used to their mommy and daddy protecting them from anything that might possibly not make them joyous (probably got ice cream for dinner after whining) that they think its the administrations job to speak out against some sidewalk chalking and how they “dont feel safe” because someone was able to write something with chalk.
Time to grow up kids. Life is full of things you will not like.
Good grief. I hope this isn’t a microcosm of the greater student body, but an aberration instead. The willingness to punish someone who holds a viewpoint than yours is the sprout of true evil. It needs to be uprooted before it spreads.
Too late. This is their culture. Everything that isn’t them is “hate”
Jesus, I am as progressive as they get but grow a pair. It’s some kid writing with chalk on the ground…if you can’t handle that how are you going to deal with the CTO dropping f-bombs left and right as he curses you and your team out for missing a deadline. Stop wanting to be coddled and start wanting to be challenged. How is your generation going to deal with the real challenges ahead of you, climate change, dwindling resources and growing population, poverty and the dire results of it, etc. if you can’t deal with someone writing the name of a candidate you don’t support on the ground in chalk then just give up now. Cause the universe has no interest in making you feel safe, in fact, to paraphrase from a movie, the universe is a serial killer and we are all on it’s list. Grow a backbone and deal with it.
And you can start by acknowledging everyone…and that means everyone…has the right to freedom of expression, even if that means they are expressing something you find distasteful or bothersome. To paraphrase a well known quote, the right for someone to swing their fist ends at your nose. Suck it up buttercup.
Ack! You just triggered mulitple microaggressions!
Seriously going to Emory college produces students traumatized by a “trump 2016” in chalk?
If this is what exposure to Emory college does to students Emory might as well put up a “Don’t hire an Emory graduate for any responsible position.” sign on campus and be done with it.
I would change that to “Don’t hire an Emore graduate”, period. It would not be worth the headache.
Cue the tiny violin…
Awwww… poor l’il snowflakes…
I’m sorry folks but I simply can’t stop laughing………”We have nothing to lose but our chains”
I know, right? Blithering idiots don’t even have a clue how good they have it.
No, indeed they don’t. But comments like that one are frightening when one considers these soft, whiny children might (stress “might”) become adults.
Sadly, the student newspaper is encouraging their victimhood, playing into their Munchausen Syndrome and forever harming Emory’s reputation as a university with highly educated and serious students.
“Emory’s reputation as a university with highly educated and serious students.” LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!! Well, that’s been taken care of!
The grown ups are to blame in this case. The educators are prescribing policy for chalk writing by college students. Suggestion to the administration: how about 1500 word essays by pro Trump and anti Trump partisans published in a special issue of the school newspaper. Then, all day debates with faculty moderators between the same groups. A bit more intellectually rigorous than chalk slogans don’t you think? Unless the mission at Emory has changed from education to baby sitting.
I think that is the mission change at most colleges today. These children are going to be in for a big shock when the real world hits them square in the face.
My problem isn’t that the real world will hit them in the face, it should. Maybe they will wake up, but in reality they won’t. I see those of us with successful jobs and careers being pulled down to the abyss by these emotionally undeveloped morons.
Emory University, “safe space” of the regressive left. As a longtime sel-identified liberal I’m appalled. Guys, sometimes things in the world might make you a little uncomfortable. Sometimes people may express an opinion different from your own. If all you have to worry about are “microaggressions” then you are so, so privileged.
They want a safe space from chalk? Wow, try telling the Yahzidis that. They need a “safe space” from ISIS. How about the citizens of Paris and now Brussels? They too could use a “safe space” from ISIS. It seems ISIS doesn’t use chalk for their aggressions.
“If all you have to worry about are “microaggressions” then you are so, so privileged.” Confirmation Bias, that is very well stated!
It’s so much easier to tweet your
friends about how you’ve been injured than to spend all day looking for
clean water. And on days when no one is after you, tweet about Cecil the dead but beloved lion.
Nice First-World problems.
Cry bullies again? Your act is getting old.
THESE are COLLEGE age brats? They less mature than kindergarteners. I know I wouldn’t hire one. Can you imagine the crap they’d try to pull on a job, to the detriment of the company? Now, quick, someone in that school administration, change their diapers! They smell!
“Idiocracy” was supposed to be a film, not a prescription.
Good grief, grow up already. Waaaah waaaaah waaaaaaah.
As an Emory grad ’04, I hope the university will not sink to the level of these students and dignify their attack on free speech. It should be the duty of our university to help these kids understand that the civilized, educated response to speech you do not agree with is to respond with your own speech. Trying to use force to shut down ideas you do not like, or perhaps even despise, is the anti-thesis of a liberal education and a free society.
If they do jump into the PC pit, I would be unwilling to hire anyone with Emory on their resume, for fear of infecting the workplace with litigious special snowflakes, who need constant coddling and protection from people out in the real world.
“Chalkings”??? OMG! Is this serious? It’s election season and ALL sides of the political spectrum should be respected. You don’t have to like it but you should respect the right of each side to voice their opinion. CHALK makes you feel unsafe? SMDH
What in the world is wrong with these college students? If you don’t like “chalkings”, get a bucket of water.
They secretly welcome these chalkings.
They allow students and faculty to virtue signal each other and confirm their place in the leftist hivemind by condemning the person who wrote on the wall as being literally worse than Hitler.
Signaling their virtue is way more important than actually acting on beliefs in their twisted world.
I look for fake “false flag” racist chalkings to show up this weekend.
WTF is a “false flag” racist?
Far left liberalism considers itself a religion so acts like this are their sacraments – an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace.
Right!?!?! BUT that would require these babies actually do some manual WORK. Heaven forbid one of them has to actually do that. These wimps can barely lift an Iphone or small starbucks cup, you really think they could scrub a sidewalk? Doubtful!
no, they are college students. They should be SMARTER than a bucket of water. Get some chalk and write #STOP in front of the TRUMP 2016 if you don’t like him. Or “DON’T VOTE FOR” Be a little creative… after all, you are supposedly intelligent. Supposedly.
Get a list of these rabble-rousers and make sure their financial aid for 2016-2017 doesn’t contain a single Emory “grant/scholarship” (i.e. diversity kicker). Quite obvious these are coddled brats who schemed their way into a college they’re not academically fit for—so the money provided to them is being wasted.
Our universities are nothing more than Marxist puppy mills now, coddling dysfunction, laziness and social disease. Half of these little punks can’t even read at a 10th grade level. I guess the world is a playground when you are young and stupid.
Trump Chalkings? CHALKINGS!?!??
Please tell me that the state of America’s “Higher Education” simply CANNOT get more ludicrous, stupid,and moronic than this.
Dear God, PLEASE.
But alas, it no doubt CAN and WILL (probably in an hour or two).
Is there any wonder why Emory students are often called emorrhoids?
The kids aren’t scared, they just want excuses to get paper/project extensions, extra time on upcoming exams, and ultimately inflated semester grades. It’s a big scheme.
Exactly. Their statement concerning how this affects academic performance is clear motive.
Holy crap! What pathetic losers. Definitely not “the best and brightest” by a long shot… hope they enjoy their long careers of “do you want fries with that”, because people like me certainly aren’t going to be hiring them….
Today’s a “Black” day at Emory (is THAT “racist”, you tell me) when supposed adults cry, whine, and shiver over a name written in chalk on a sidewalk.
Vote Trump you Commie bastards and beeatchs!
When was/is WHITE DAY?
Don’t you know? Every day is White Day in the KKK of A according to the BLM movement.
This is what affirmative action gets you. If Emory followed Caltech’s admissions policy, you wouldn’t have this. Look at what happened at Yale and Princeton last year. This stems from affirmative action.
The next generation have turned into pathetic weaklings that can’t even Trump chalkings…Current higher education is ultimately a failure at this point. Space Spaces, triggering warning labels, and this faux diversity crapped have crippled Universities. Today’s kids are simpering pander’s.
My hope is fading for the generation who will be running things in my sunset years. Why do the students want the university to publicly parrot their opinions? This was an act of free speech at best, graffiti at worst, and one for which the university has NO responsibility and has no business responding except to address the graffiti aspect of the situation.
Prepare to fend for yourself in yoour sunset years. These whiny little pu$$ies$ certainly dont have the cajones or spine to take care of themselves without a handout, let alone YOU. Good Luck.
This sums up everything here
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/emory-students-terrified-by-trump-2016-campus-chalkings-032216
As a former college newspaper editor, let me tell you how embarrassed I am for The Emory Wheel and Emory Students after reading this story. You’ve inadvertently confirmed the worst stereotypes of millennials by turning a trivial incident into a big story. The real news story here is that Emory students are dumb enough to demand their university denounce a leading candidate, which would jeopardize Emory’s nonprofit status.
From all I can see, there seems to be none of the precious little cupcakes who are even able to defend their position, to defend the attack of the vapors that overtakes them when confronted with a contrary opinion. This is truly a sad state of affairs.
I’ve donated to Emory in the past, mostly to the medical department, where it might actually do some good. They called me the other day asking for a donation. After reading this article, and some opinion pieces in which both students and faculty attacked our constitutional rights, forget about it, Emory. I am not donating to you any more. The students act like cry babies and the administration enables them. I am not going to enable them.
And that’s the ONLY thing that will get the school’s administration to stop enabling this appalling behavior (see Missouri).
We have been donors too, as parents. We’ll probably keep our heads down until our daughter graduates–they’d be perfectly capable of banning our daughter from campus, which would make it hard for her to go to class–and then tell them that our contempt and disdain for the administration is equal to the contempt and disdain of the administration for free expression.
Sadly your daughters will be affected when their degree is diminished. Employers will not be fooled into hiring a special snowflake that can’t handle chalk on a sidewalk.
Democrats = fascist cowards
It is funny, these students dont protest Obama murdering Lybians or Syrians or giving cluster bombs to our allies so they can blow the hands off little children. They dont even protest Obama droning wedding parties. They must love it!
But they will turn into fat whiny babies when they see Trump’s name.
Soros funded hypocrite pigs!
Your feelings were hurt by a name and a date? Good luck with life.
We have raised an entire generation of perpetual children. Good luck in life.
Welcome to the national stage…as a national joke.
lol what a bunch of freaking babies… Man, I’m glad I finished college before it became overly PC and man-childish.
Hope the parents aren’t wasting their money on this. Let special snowflake owe these debts.
“You are not listening! Come speak to us, we are in pain!”
No. I am in pain after being subjected to this dreck. This has to be a joke, right? The only right that those of you in pain have is to voice your own political opposition to Trump. Knock yourself out. But instead you run crying to Daddy to heal your boo-boo and demand that the free political expression of others be shut down and those expressing it be sanctioned in some way. Y’all are intellectually immature with your hyper focus on feelings and complete lack of principle and academic integrity. You have no business being in college, and certainly not one like Emory.
If Emory presses charges, they should lose their 501(c)(3) status for advocating against a political campaign.
Vandalism should be the issue, not the word written. if they press charges it should be vandalism.
It was chalk on the sidewalk buddy
He’s not your buddy, guy
Yes, someone needs to grab hold of that #RockChalkInvisibleHawk
and hold them accountable for their actions.
Oops, different college, different group and politically correct privileged opinions.
My bad.
Whoosh
Right over his head.
I was but a teenager back in 1984 when I saw a Mondale/Ferraro bumper sticker. Some days are better than others, but I survived.
Mondale had some class. I would take Mrs. Ferarro over Hillary any day.
No kidding. This crowd makes you long for almost anyone who has run or held the office before.
The “trigger alert” and “space spaces” movement has arrived in Georgia, this is a disgrace to Emory University. The behavior of these undergrads and the pandering of the Admin is appalling! A University exists for learning, which requires young minds to be challenged and even subjected to viewpoints they disagree with. At least Emory law still produces some good lawyers who get that, I think they would tell you to grow up and deal with it. The undergrad program is looking really bad. This culture of cry baby “SJWs” hurts current students and alums.
FTA: ” “For the students, it’s reassuring to
see how they are able to voice out their opinions and, although it might
be safe or uncomfortable, we know that we have a community behind us…”
Only some opinions may be voiced, apparently.
What a pathetic group of whiny, over-coddled, spoiled brats. Either Emory is failing these students when teaching about the marketplace of ideas, or the students aren’t paying attention. My money is on the students not paying attention because they’re too busy complaining that no one takes them seriously.
This is coming from a Bernie supporter. I’m sorry (for you) if this is “painful.”
“While we are them!”
President Obama’s Lesser-Known Legacy: “Arms Dealer in Chief
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35332-president-obama-s-lesser-known-legacy-arms-dealer-in-chief
Where are you little whiny piggies when it comes to this???
Noble War prize winner…Obama!!!
President Obama’s Lesser-Known Legacy: “Arms Dealer in Chief
http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/35332-president-obama-s-lesser-known-legacy-arms-dealer-in-chief
How do you have diversity without hearing different opinions? We are raising a generation of cry babies and cowards. I am ashamed of what our universities are teaching our youth. Put on your big boy pants and act like an adult.
So now we have some students, who hold different political ideals then those of the students mentioned here, who are now truly afraid for their academic lives. For expressing an opinion outside the accepted social standard they must hide in their dorms and pray (is that allowed?) their actions were just outside range of the camera.
Looks like the chalking may have happened without the proper approval of the school, So my question is would the school have approved such chalking if the approval was sought? Would it be unjust to deny the approval being that Trump is the (unfortunately) likely nominee of a major political party? Is it fair to label him racist? Is it fair to condemn his followers for wanting an end to illegal immigration and a check on extremist terror?
“people of color are struggling academically because they are so focused on trying to have a safe community and focus on these issues [related to having safe spaces on campus].”
Maybe they should focus more ON THEIR STUDIES, and they won’t have such a difficult time, academically.
To be fair, attempting to control the thoughts and speech of 1000’s of other students and staff to force compliance with your own viewpoints and feelings is exhausting.
No but a college can have universal, fair and NEUTRAL rules that apply to everyone. You know, that little thing called equality. Right now all they do is coddle these toddlers and think they’re creating some kind of intellectual utopia free from any deviating viewpoint. What they’re really doing is infantilizing people who SHOULD be adults and acting as such. It’s absurd!
As a Jew, I am pretty offended by the idea that “Trump 2016” is being held up the the standard of a Swastika. By the way, I saw those Swastikas, and they were drawn wrong. Trump 2016 is not “Hate Speech”. Wrongheaded maybe, but not enough to warrant the histrionics of these children.
Right. I am not a Trump supporter, but “racism” or ‘hate speech?” Ridiculous.
Most swastikas are usually found to be written by accusers or associates of. ESPECIALLY ones written backwards. Like skinheads don’t know the correct way to write it
Yes, like good old Sarah Marshak.
Triumph 2016 World Tour! Chalkings: http://pandawhale.com/post/71231/oops-false-alarm-emory-students-express-discontent-with-administrative-response-to-trump-chalkings-the-emory-wheel
People who feel threatened by chalk words… deserve to feel threatened.
People who feel threatened by chalk words… are of no use to their fellow Citizens.
People who feel threatened by chalk words… are *why* Trump is going to be President.
How do these student expect to make it in the real world if they get twitchy over something written in chalk?
They won’t.
And they expect Uncle Sam to take up their slack.
And you and I to pay for it.
Right. Alarmed over “Accept the inevitable-Trump 2016.”
Have they read the story about crying wolf?
I was hoping this was an “Onion” type article. If this is our future leaders, that is a bit “alarming.”
Not future leaders… Future lead. Baaaaa
Lunch today, going to Walmart and buying the Big Box of sidewalk chalk.
Stay tuned….
Please do. I’ll buy the chalk.
OUT:Beatles histrionic
IN: This.
Nothing new, folks, move along now, please.
Oh, and please report to us events after Trump’s victory, in such an event.
Respectfully – you don’t see a difference?
I mean – using your analogy, this isn’t like some teenagers freaking out over seeing the Beatles.
This is those teenagers running to the authorities because they felt “afraid” because someone wrote on the sidewalk that they preferred The Beach Boys.
Yeah – kids (and some adults) freak out over celebrities – but, they don’t ask for protection from people who prefer other celebrities.
Exceptional use of analogy, Dao! Spot on.
Thanks!
Good points. Sad, whichever analogy.
Poor little cupcakes, traumatized by some chaulk. Maybe the little crybabies need a safe space….
Morons
The first thing Emory University President James W. Wagner should do, is to restrict their television privileges, so they are not exposed to anything new from TV, and get scared to death by seeing a real political ad or news story about Trump. Then lock them in their rooms, and not allow them to come out unless they are escorted and wearing blinders, so they can not see any political signs or ads mentioning Trump, since they are so sensitive and will break into convulsions. In other words, I am calling BS on this whole protest.
These kids, who watch TV, see ads, are on the internet and their smart phones day and night, see much much worse, and are probably some of the most offensive offenders of uncivil political discourse (which is their right). But to try to claim injury due to “chalkings of “trump 2016” is to engage in the worst type of facist, “brown shirt” types of political censorship. What is the worst offense of this situation, is that Wagner has bought into and is supoprting this thinly veiled attempt to censor political discourse. The school should have their status as a non-profit removed.
Fifty years ago, at Yale, 10% of students earned an “A” average. Today, at Yale, 62% of students earn an “A” average.
But are the grades the same?
Outside of engineers, scientists, and physicians, and perhaps a few other fields, these kids are not getting an education, but an indoctrination.
Any “Social Justice” major (Victim Identity Studies) that shows up on a resume warns an employer not to hire them.
These kids are looking at careers as low-level government employees or adjunct professors earning peanuts. They will teach one another how not to adapt or think critically as they whine about how tough life is.
Chains Caleb…..they’ve been shackled mentally, emotionally and I suppose physically, by chalk.
80% of the engineers and computer science majors cheat their way through their programs anyhow. I know, as I teach them and have to interview them. Urk.
“Okay, it’s just a guy who wants to write whatever he wants to believe in for his political campaign. I’m fine with that…to a certain extent.” Really? How GENEROUS of you to be “fine” with the First Amendment “to a certain extent.” Unbelievable. Where do these children (because that’s what their behavior makes them) get the impression that they have a “right” to live in a bubble where the only speech tolerated is that speech with which they agree? I have some veteran friends who I’m sure would be glad to speak with any of these students one-on-one about what it truly means to feel “unsafe.”
Definitely not Citadel material. Heck, back in the day 1970’s even GA Tech used to nearly drown students in a mandatory PE class in order to get the degree.
Tough titty kiddy.
Some people used to have to be concerned with the draft and being sent to fight in Vietnam when they were in college.
How many recent veterans do you think are enrolled at Emory now?
Not much sympathy to be found here in the comments.
here ya go
These kids are really sad. The world is going to eat them alive when they get out of their “safe space”.
What makes you think they’ll leave? They’ll roll around academia for years, collecting useless, expensive degrees in Black Women’s Cultural Environmental studies, until they fail into teaching careers
Good lord I’ve never heard of such useless crybabies in my entire life. Your completely irrational feelings do not negate someone else’s right to promote a running candidate who they want to elect. Just like theirs don’t yours. If you’re THAT traumatized by words I suggest you don’t need Sociology 101, but some major therapy.
Now you know how Conservervatives feel. Liberals riot, scream attack anyone who disagreess. You see a few words and your safe space has been violated. Put leeeze. Baby.
The response from the university leadership is what scares me most of all. There should have been no response, because no crime was committed. Fascists.
I feel unsafe.
I’m so embarrassed for Emory. After all, they are the ones who admitted these kids to college.
Fascists don’t always wear brown-shirts. Sometimes they wear horned rimmed glasses, beanie, scarf, skinny jeans and a cardigan.
I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’ll settle for openly mock: Awww…. did de wittle chalk hurt your feewings? You’re at a UNIVERSITY. Grow a pair or go back to hiding under mommy’s skirt.
slow newsday such that this laughable group of chicken littles actually makes for a topic of discussion, lol. in the spirit of liberal sensitivities….does emory keep a supply of extra pampers on campus? looks like they’re gonna need ’em
Their “protest” isn’t newsworthy, the absurd reaction of the Emory Administration is.
I completely agree with you, this is not news it is a joke and a total waste of time.
Simon is now in hiding and could not be reached for comment….
ROFLMAO. Suffering academically because they’re afraid of chalk.
and to think I used to send my preschool daughter out to play armed with…….hold on, this is gonna get scary……..a damned bucket full of……..you guessed it……..multi-colored chalk!!!
Oh the humanity!
What makes it worse is that I actually took photos of some of her work and saved them on my computer.
You small-minded, evil, creature you!
If some of these students go on to be social workers, those chalk photographs could be used as evidence against you.
President Wagner is the biggest p word of them all by kowtowing to these pencil-necked jellybeans’ demands for “justice” over someone, probably one of THEM, writing TRUMP 2016 in chalk on a freakin’ sidewalk. It’s admin dipshits like him who allow this nonsense to manifest further.
This is the result you get from awarding everyone a trophy and a juice box for 20 years of their lives.
Grow up, little snowflakes.
Total lack of leadership…here’s what a university president should look like:
http://dailycaller.com/2016/03/21/mitch-daniels-americas-vice-president/
Oh my God. This is real? I heard about this and totally thought it was a parody. Oh my God. Children today. Oh. My. God.
I think we need to all go to Emory campus and write in chalk… might cause a few folks to have a heart attack.
Congratulation, Emory SGA! You have officially made your institution the national laughing stock. “Trump 2016″ in chalk=”an incident” that needs to be addressed/denounced. And congrats, President Wagner, for giving into their demands. This is how institutions of higher education become increasingly insular and disconnected from reality.
The technical term, if I understand and based on the headline above, is a Trump “Chalking”…….I don’t know how many of you good people have been subjected to a “Chalking”, Trump or otherwise, but the effect is devastating to the psyche…….at least for those lacking any measure of intestinal fortitude.
Every single one of these students should either be expelled for violating the “spirit of inclusion and diversity” that Emory stands for or be required to attend a program on diversity and tolerance.
Liberals are just a bit insane.
Trust me, these kids don’t represent most liberals….. These are insecure children who clearly haven’t taken their American Government 101 class yet.
Who do you think taught them in American Government 101?
I am convinced that not all liberals are at this level of insanity, and they represent the new generation of liberals.
I cannot believe that this is being called an incident. I am from Philadelphia, where I attended High School in North Philadelphia on 15th and Mount Vernon Streets. Now I am a small white female and this is a very bad neighborhood in North Philly. Honestly I never felt unsafe and the lack of diversity inside of the building never affected my grades.
I just want to understand this protest. The students who are in fear are entitled to Freedom of Speech but the chalk writers are not??
I loathe Trump from the bottom of my soul. I also loathe these students. If there’s a technical violation in how the messages were posted, fine. But any attempt to shut down speech relating to a political candidate is just about as contrary to American values as Trump is.
I want to beat the crap out of everyone of those “special snowflakes”.
OMG. Do you kiddies need to go to your safe spaces with your binkies and your blankies? GROW UP!!!!!
http://youtu.be/sXQkXXBqj_U
Love it!
You PC bro?!
What delicate little snowflakes; afraid of freedom of political speech. What part of the constitution did you little liberal dilettants not understand? They are only interested in diversity of thought when the spectrum of opinions is restricted to those they agree with. Worse, the administration’s response to it is one of the best example of bureaucratic institution bovine scat that I have ever heard.
Hear! Hear! “Worse, the administration’s response to it is one of the best example of bureaucratic institution bovine scat that I have ever heard.”
“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student said.
No, you aren’t, you are supposed to be challenged at college, to expand your horizons, to learn tolerance and respect for all view points, and to learn the tools of dialogue and debate that will enable you to critically examine not just your own feelings and beliefs, but those of others, without feeling threatened, hostile, enraged, or outraged. If you want someplace safe, there are institutions of mental health that would be happy to help you. Otherwise, your parents are wasting their (or the taxpayers) money sending you to a fine university if you insist on spending the entire time hiding in your hug box. And shame on the administration that continues to cater to these emotional, immature brats.
Well said, Mike.
My feelings exactly. You say it with exceptional clarity. Thank you.
Progressive-ism is a mental disorder.
I feel so sorry for the Onion.
“Trump 2016”
BOOGAH BOOGAH!
Mental illness is never pretty.
“BOOGAH, BOOGAH” is of course “racist” no doubt you just “triggered” someone with “African” ancestry. Actually the snowflake you caused “emotional distress” is probably someone “White” who had family that was being chased by Obama’s cannibal ancestors like “Uncle George” in the Little Rascals/Our Gang series.
Eat ’em up! Yum! Yum! Eat ’em up!
.
Vote Trump!
Whether you’re pro- or anti-Trump, neutral or don’t care, those students literally are the most ridiculously pathetic group of wimpy, weak-minded Americans I have seen thus far in 2016.
I’ve never imagined a more uneducated, easily manipulated group of people. It’s so damn laughable.
I’m an Emory graduate. At first, I laughed and then I read the email sent out from President Wagner. Thirty or forty kids are dictating Emory policy (according to The Wheel, he first refused to send out a community wide email to “decry” the chalk postings). Emory is out of my will as soon as I can get to a lawyer. Embarrassing!
lol… the fools. Why didn’t they protest when Obama bombed Africans in Libya, Somalia, Ethiopia, and Sudan? Or when he assassinated a 16 year old American citizen born and raised in Denver? Or how about the hospital full of children? Why aren’t they concerned about the refugee crisis started by Obama bombing Syria? And yes, Bush was an idiot.
Pools of safety? Be careful you don’t drown in your safe space.
notice there were no white pools of safety?
I’ve been around Emory quite a lot while living in Georgia. I know it’s surrounded by liberal crybabies but geeze, those people have really gone off the deep end. They’re afraid of a few words written on a wall???
The need a new college class in universities….
“Growing a Brass Pair to Survive in Life”
A porcelain pair would be an upgrade
what a bunch of losers!
I remember when college campuses valued freedom of speech. I hate to break it to you kids but there isn’t a safe space in life and believe it or not, you will have to deal with people who are much different than you when you enter the workforce.
Cretins.
So the little snowflake cry bullies will consider any Hillary or Bernie messages to be a hate crime too? (Totally doubtful as the cry bullies always are hypocrits with double standards) At least Trump has not been the cause of any US deaths and then lied about it.
“cry bullies” Ha! I love it!! Many of them are. Have you heard about the anti-Trump protester who attacked a police horse? It’s awful, those horses are gentle. She abused an animal trying to incite him (his name is Dan) into violence.
She lied and said she was trying to calm him down … thankfully, a photographer got pictures of her clearly aggressively going after the peaceful horse.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/woman-who-assaulted-police-horse-at-donald-trump-protest-caught/news-story/0c8c0de3344f33ca9173d75983ee2a6f
I hope they prosecute her for animal cruelty and that her name and picture with the crime are spread across the Internet. She is pure evil abusing an animal then trying to lie about it for political gain. No doubt she is a progressive Democrat with her acting like that and then lying.
“Cry Bullies”… perfect! Thank you!
“We are in pain”…..hahahahahahahahahahahaha, wow.
I hate Trump and I’m for from a right winger, but good god quit being such wusses.
Grow up, kids. The real world doesn’t give a damn what you think and won’t protect you from things you imagine are offensive.
You should be embarrassed of yourselves.
What a hoot. Not to worry, kids, the chalk won’t hurt you. I promise.
But just in case, you might consider going to your Safe Space, where there are milk and cookies and Play Doh, and videos of puppies.
What is wrong with you kids?
Take down their names so you never make the mistake of hiring one of these tards after they graduate.
Not worth the effort. Just don’t hire anyone graduating from Emory. At all. There’s 4000 2- and 4-year schools in the U.S. Just eliminate the $60,000/year day care centers.
My daughter is a math and poli sci combined major at Emory, ready to work (in fact she has a job lined up) and very smart. I guarantee you she’ll outperform all the associate’s degree holders you can find, and 99% of the four year grads too. She’s not a Trump supporter–I think Kasich is more her speed–but she thinks these crybullies, and the administration that uses them as cover for its own censorship agenda, are contemptible.
A “Math Major” and she still CAN’T “add”? The numbers show John SonOfABitch’s (Kasich’s) chance of winning the nomination is a “mathematical” impossibility therefore I wouldn’t hire your daughter to count the change in my pocket.
btw: How much did you spend on that obviously worthless degree?
Vote Trump!
People vote for belief and ideal. They may all vote for GOP in November, but not necessarily for Trump. Never undermine the establishment, in the long term they have far more resources and experiences.
Well Im sure glad my forefathers undermined King George, Ill take my chances undermining what we call the establishment especially ones that want to ban sodas =)
Bloom-BOIG? You’re a Michael “I Want To Ban ALL Firearms” Bloom-BOIG supporter? If so then you NOT a “conservative” nor a “real” American.
Vote Trump!
Trump is actually pretty liberal except on the immigration issues, if you examine his claims closely. He advocates big government, he seems progressive in many social values, etc. It is certain that Trump’s supports and Sanders’ overlap a lot. I do appreciate that Mr. Trump serves as a massager of the previously neglected working class, forcing the establishment politicians to face their past mistakes and negligences; unfortunately there are many. Still, I wonder how much Trump truly believe his very own words.
Git a grip, Francis. I don’t know whether to continue laughing or pause long enough to weep for the future of mankind.
I don’t see any identifiable white men in the first picture. That’s because we’re all voting for Trump. If white men united, we could take control of this country and literally do anything we wanted. Trump can make that happen for us, guys. We need to support him. Trump 2016 and Eternal God-Emperor thereafter.
How will the Special Snowflakes make it in the real world.
If you cant handle Trump 2016 you better stay in your moms basement.
So some writing with chaulk upsets you? How does it feel to be so weak, that mere words cause you pain and grief. You constantly offended and scared little snowflakes are an embarrassment.
Get a grip, Francis. I don’t know whether to continue laughing or pause long enough to weep for the future of mankind.
“remain unapologetically dedicated to inclusion, diversity and equity,”
They are dedicated to inclusion unless that means including people who disagree profoundly with them. They are dedicated to diversity – except for diversity of thought, which in point of fact is the kind of diversity that universities exist to provide and protect. They are dedicated to equity – unless someone thinks they should have an equal right to express conservative thought.
Then they will experience emotional overload and demand that they be protected by the University from having anything like that happen, even if it means using the power of the authorities to suppress other students’ First Amendment rights. Because those students and their right to express themselves is not to be extended equity.
Hypocrites.
So great article in Scientific American about Emory’s Dietrich Stout’s research, then I read about this absurdity. One “chalking” is probably ok, but calling Trump inevitable causes tears. Good grief kids.
I can’t decide whether to laugh or cry. These kids have ZERO clue about real fascism or threats, and this Generation Snowflake nonsense is intellectually dishonest as well as utterly ridiculous.
How about you suck it up and deal with it. First amendment, get over it.
Sadly far to many college kids are against the 1st amendment. They feel they have a right to only hear what they want to hear and everything else is hate speech.
Yes, it seems they have a case of SH going around lately . Selective Hearing .
Unfortunately, that seems increasingly true.
“The Chalking” Really? “the chalking?” I can’t get over it, it is so sad, and funny at the same time.
First World Problems.
Please tell me this is satire.
“’How can you not [disavow Trump] when Trump’s platform and his values undermine Emory’s values that I believe are diversity and inclusivity when they are obviously not [something that Trump supports]’ one student said tearfully. ‘Banning Muslims? How is that something Emory supports?’ asked yet another.”
Emory University explicitly should NOT take a position on Trump – or Cruz, or Clinton or Sanders. It’s position should be to make sure that everyone at Emory University is free to express their viewpoints and opinions, regardless of whether everyone or no one at the University agrees with it. Furthermore, it is the University’s job to ensure that no one interferes with anyone else making such an expression. It is supposed to provide an environment that ensures that ideas stand and fall on their own merits as expressed by the people presenting them and as judged by the people hearing them, without any preference shown for any of the viewpoints by the University itself.
“I’m supposed to feel comfortable and safe [here],” one student said.
The school should provide what physical security is normal for a college campus. Like any adult, however, you are in the end responsible for taking care of yourself and to take such precautions as are generally necessary. If you want to be treated like an adult, act like one.
“But this man is being supported by students on our campus and our administration shows that they, by their silence, support it as well”
False logic. Absence of condemnation of a particular viewpoint does not equal approval of that viewpoint. And as an academic institution the University should NEVER express approval or dissapproval of any viewpoint in public debate (although it should comply with all non-discrimination laws when hiring, admitting students, etc.).
“‘ … I don’t deserve to feel afraid at my school,’ she added.”
If encountering a viewpoint that you disagree with emphatically makes you feel afraid, then yes – yes, you do deserve to feel afraid. I suggest you seek professional counseling to overcome this phobia.
Again – if you want to be treated as an adult, act like one.
My sentiments exactly … voiced perfectly. Thanks you, Ronwf.
Much more diplomatic than my way of saying things.
Very calming to read.
Thank you.
Wow… just wow! Who in their right mind would hire one of these special snowflakes from Emory. You have just devalued the degree from Emory to zero. Good luck with that barista job at Starbucks.
I wouldn’t hire them to change Hillary’s adult diaper, they would be “triggered”.
Vote Trump!
Anyone would be devastated by that tho
When I receive resumes from these snowflakes, they get the briefest of courtesy evaluations and go straight into the “no” pile, even it means the position remains open longer than desired. They are not worth the headache.
Thank you snowflakes of Emory University, you have convinced me to vote Trump!
A Pro-Trump chalk drawing? In this day and age of people getting blown to bits, you are afraid of a chalk-written sentiment?
Oh my, how fragile a creature is an Emory student! What will you poor little snowflakes do when you have to leave your special happy place and enter the mean old world where you will actually be expected to… oh the horror….produce something. And while surrounded by all these mean people at the same time.
Grow up you little pansies. You don’t need a safe space, you need a spanking.
Now I am just a small time country lawyer, but I do declare that these kids are idiots.
What is wrong with these student ? It’s written in chalk !! Not buildings tagged with spray paint. These are people of College age. An age old enough to not be whining about a damn ‘chalk drawing’. They sound like they are in Kindergarten , for crying out loud. The kids today are the strangest generation ever. Spoiled brats . Period. Go protest over something that should be protested about ! Not a damn chalk drawing .
Could you imagine what would happened if they saw a confederate flag? They might never again be able to go out in public.
And did you READ the rules for “chalking”?!? OMG. That’s some REAL outlaw bizniss there, baby!
Is Emory going to expel students who support Trump because they wrote something in chalk? Seriously?
Yes it was clearly a hate crime
no, and no
It sounds like that’s where it’s headed.
what makes it “sound like” that specifically?
“Mr. Wagner also told protesters the university would review footage from security cameras to identify who made the chalkings. If the offenders are found to be students, he said, they will be disciplined through the conduct violation process.”
right, because the chalkings are considered graffiti under university policy
I’d like to see the handbook in regards to that. And if that’s the case, Emory graduates should not be considered for employment in the future.
read the article. But I’m curious: why are graduates of Emory responsible for policies set by University Administrators?
“The problem with swallowing that malarkey is that mere chalking has never prompted security camera footage examinations or presidential concern before. This is about condemning and squelching mainstream political speech that the prevailing majority of the campus doesn’t like. This wasn’t swastikas or “hate speech.” “Trump 2016” at Emory is no different from “LBJ 1968” at Berkeley.”
how do you know its “never” happened before? please be specific
When has this “crack down on chalking” been enforced before these horrified weenies protested? Never. So these students (and their supporters such as yourself) are responsible for the laughing stock Emory has become. I’ve seen numerous posts about alum pulling out on their donation pledges and employers swearing they will not hire an Emory grad anytime soon. Look at what’s happened to Missouri. If I was graduating from Emory anytime soon I would be pissed at these losers. You should distance yourself….
is that a rhetorical question or do you have the answer? please be specific
can you prove “never”?
got proof of “never”?
“handbook”? its in the article
call me up!
The person-of-indeterminate-gender in the photo at the top of this article looks like an extra from Portlandia. What a shock.
If you don’t feel safe and comfortable because someone wrote “Trump” in chalk on the ground, you’re in deep trouble once you graduate.
seems to me they are scared that Trump will win
So are a lot of people. But they don’t freak out when they see his name.
hey its a free country right?
Not if these bootlickers get any political power …
how so? indulge your paranoid fantasy and describe the end result 30, 40 years from now
I will be watching you hang.
hilarious – you mad bro?
Not at all. This is going to be fun.
why? what do you think they will do specifically with “power”?
like what – get elected to senate?
You didn’t go to college …
We’ve raised a generation of helpless, brainless fools, afraid of their own shadows. My god this country’s in trouble.
hilarious- you conflate “an entire generation” with a handful of kids at one school? calm. down.
Is “conflate” your word of the day?
nope. its “sanctimonious”
This attitude is not just a handful of kids at one school I appears to be the prevailing attitude among millennials who cannot cope with reality.
“appears to be” how? how can you claim to be able to reasonably extrapolate the fears of an entire generation from one story in one college newspaper?
Unfortunately, this attitude is the prevailing attitude amongst millennials today and is certainly not limited to one story from one school.. Very sad for the future of our country.
my question still stands unanswered. Seems to me you’re making a declarative statement about a “prevailing attitude” of an entire generation based only on your own opinion and your own anecdotal evidence
I’m not going to take the time to list all of the schools where these snowflakes have protested because they’re “afraid” of other viewpoints. The very idea makes me think that these so-called “schools” are doing more harm than if the kids never learned to read (those that actually have learned to read, I mean).
“harm”? if you’re going to claim damages you have to be specific about whats been damaged.
how is this the schools fault? please be specific. provide evidence
The schools decide what the students hear, who they see, and what ideas they are exposed to (few, very few). They indulge them in their self-coddling by even listening to ludicrous complaints like these, never mind actually taking them seriously and acting upon them.
hilarious- you STILL conflate “an entire generation” with a handful of kids from one school? calm. down. buddy.
so you can’t “take the time” to back up your bullshit, but you DO have the time to whine and moan – got it!
While some millennials have real things to worry about like whether or not a loved one is coming home from his trip to Brussels, other millennials have invented problems so they can seize that illusive “moral superiority” throne again….
HAHAHAHAH this is so stupid…..
I go to Emory, and the truth is that no one really cared about trump chalkings, until
these 40 Extreme-left students decided to make it a big deal.
Trump is just a republican candidate and there is nothing wrong supporting him..
if these chalkings make you feel unsafe,
you might as well as just drop out of emory, and stay at your safe home for the rest of your life
HAHAHAHAHAH
My generation fought for free speech on campuses. We never thought that 50 years later a new generation would be fighting against it. These protesters have been coddled all their lives and constantly told they are special. They were raised in environments without risk or challenges. Now the slightest affront to their delicate sensibilities throws them into a panic. Are we becoming a nation of wimps?
I’m afraid so. Scary, isn’t it?
they are not “fighting against it”
PVSSY
As someone who’s vehemently anti-Drumpf…wow, you Emory kids are giant babies. Safe spaces aren’t real, you idiots.
by “you” do you mean “you few”?
To the students and administration of Emory College that sanctioned and supported this craptastic subversion of freedom of speech and butthurt… Shame on you.
but there IS no “subversion of freedom of speech”.
How is there not?
because no free speech is being subverted?
If you can’t see how these screaming campus garbage babies are subverting freedom of speech and expression by bullying and the heckler’s veto, you’re beyond help. And likely part of the problem.
thanks for sharing your unsubstantiated opinion
You should go find your safe space now… anything I might say going forward might require “trigger warnings” for you.
no idea what you are talking about – should I?
thanks again
What’s a “safe space”? Is it the closet where you clutch guns and bibles while cowering from the “fear”?
LOL! Stupid simpering troll comes back, 4 months later, with more screaming campus garbage baby junk.
By the way, what do I have to be afraid of, garbage baby? I’ve got guns, remember?
Why didn’t the students simply wash away the chalk with water? Surely they have bottles of water or a hose nearby. Or is that too much physical activity and you might break a sweat?
Because then they wouldn’t be able to demand attention by throwing a temper tantrum.
What a bunch of pathetic little sissies. This is our future??? Now I’m afraid. Please someone hug me. Waaaaa waaaaaa
no. its a few kids at one school. hardly “out future”
Disagreeable words mean hateful attack? You folks really are pantywaists aren’t you? Was that sexist? Run to your safe space!
well threatening to “ban all Muslins” is a “hateful attack” dont you think?
Given the realities of the day, I think it makes a lot of sense, snowflake.
regardless of your personal opinion certainly you can understand how a Muslim student might be upset by it
Does the Muslim student understand why such statements are made?
you’d have to ask the student
is that a rhetorical question?
He proposed a moratorium on immigration until we can set up better security to keep radicals out. Sounds great to me. If that’s a trigger, you can always run to your Safe Space.
he didn’t propose a ban on ALL immigration, just on people who worship a different god then him
Well, now, that’s one way of looking at it – isn’t it?
yes and it happens to be “the” way he chose.
And he COMPLETELY ignored all those Christian refugees blowing up airports and shooting up San Bernardino and Paris.
not familiar with those events. Dates/names/location?
I’m not familiar with those events, either. As far as terror in the name of religion goes, shooting up innocents and bombing things primarily are Muslim pastimes. That’s why a moratorium was proposed. Get it yet? …Einstein?
Oh, dearie me!
what “better security”?
What a bunch of retards…. I hope this goes viral so the world can see how stupid you are; you bunch of imbeciles. Welcome to the real world – grow up you fools.
believe me, the world already knows about american imbeciles. you cant turn around without seeing that orangoutang with a dead bleached squirrel on top of his bald head
The correct spelling is orangutan. Did you not learn that in school?
nope. I did not learn how to spell orangutan in school .
I will admit though that your description did crack me up! Not kidding; I chuckled on that one……..that was a good one.
well there you go – another day in the USA
forgive me for typing quickly and trusting autocorrect to watch my back. my sincere and deepest apologies
I’m tempted to hop the bus over to the campus and slap the snot out of each and every one of these people.
beat up some college kids for expressing their opinions- how American of you!
It was a figure of speech, you big weenie.
not sure how that makes it better
Pretty sure “big” and “weenie” is an oxymoron when chatting up ol’ Starchy.
Every one of these babies needs a beating and to walk a patrol in Afghanistan.
you sound smart
Go back to your safe space. Im sure my comment frightened you.
the fact that you are “sure” about something so banal is whats frightening
My hypothesis was just proven.
yet it wasn’t. (now what?)
You can have the last word as worthless as yours is
lemme guess: you’re right and I’m wrong !
awesome. thanks!
nah – it’s all yours!
where? please be specific
22 days ago. Statute of Limitations.
You do realize that the vast vast majority of the country is laughing at this thinking that its actually an Onion article
You’re not going to stop Trump. Why? Because Trump is not hate. Trump is American, and for the United States Constitution, in which is the freedom of speech! You want to stop that! Then you have a lot to fear! Your American intolerant, you hate America! Or you’re listening to lies from those that are American intolerant, and hate America.
sure we will! we’ll stop him at the ballot box as is our right.
now calm down and get some perspective. NO ONE is trying to “stop free speech”
Yes, your “few” students are doing exactly that.
how? please be specific
This story is both entertaining yet so terribly disturbing.
its meaningless and trivial, yet RWNJ media cant help themselves conflating it with the end of our society
But apparently the name “Trump” written in chalk means the sky is falling.
no, it apparently a few kids got upset and expressed themselves.
That’s the point, Einstein, theygot upset over WORDS. How does it feel to be so weak that mere words cause you them pain? I wouldn’t have the faintest idea.
so what? is it not their right to get upset over “words” and what those words (actually name) stands for?
Sure. They have the right to be sissies, and We The People have a right to mock the heck out of their crybaby butts. Get over it.
NO one is saying you dont “have the right” to mock them. I’m just curious why you care when it doesn’t effect you in any way whatsoever.
It annoys me that these pusstards will use resources I could use.
Like what?
Your mom, for one.
“get over it”? YOU”RE the one whining about it not me.
We can just kill them. No loss, they are twats.
go for it! “I’ll see you hang”.
You won’t see a thing when The Revolution takes you.
“Get over it” from the guy whining about it! priceless
Your mom whines.
Students are claiming that the word ‘Trump’ written in chalk necessitates attention for their pain and fear…
And in response, you make the unsubstantiated claim that some subset of right leaning folks are overreacting.
Ample evidence why your post count outnumbers your upvote count.
I think EVERYBODY is overreacting, students included.
but you cant deny that this insignificant meaningless story is being circulated on every single RWNJ site on the internet
This ‘insignificant meaningless’ story is also showing up on these sites:
New York Magazine
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/emory-u-to-track-down-trump-supporting-chalkers.html
Gawker
http://gawker.com/word-trump-written-in-chalk-terrifies-harms-emory-st-1766477207
ABC News
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/emory-president-students-scared-trump-2016-chalk-signs-37872700
So there’s that.
of course. its the nature of the beast
These children are meaningless and trivial … pure dross.
wait… you’re saying as HUMAN BEINGS and FELLOW CITIZENS they are “meaningless and trivial”?
Yes. They can die in a fire for all I care.
…. to you.
To people that matter. They are worthless pieces of trash, valued by irrelevant pieces of trash. When the blessed Revolution finally happens, we will burn off the dross. I can’t wait.
yet here you are!
Urinating on them.
Bunch of brats
see above
WHAT A BUNCH OF POOSIES!!!!
by “bunch” you mean “small percentage of total student body”?
Interesting. You are absolutely SPAMMING the boards with your witty* ripostes and retorts. You one of the snowflakes who wet her knickers after seeing the name TRUMP written on the ground? Or did you finally get on the Media Matters payroll?
*Haha. Not really.
stop whining
No Im sure he was being a racist. LOL He looks like a white male after all.
how are you “sure”? please be specific
Bernie needs to start handing out kleenex and pampers at his rallies.
Seriously? Employment Recruiters – No need to look here.
why? its only a few students, not the whole school
The school isn’t telling them to shut up, as it should.
why should the school restrict their free speech?
It does not have to restrict anything thats our point get it. It doesn’t have to placate either.
but nothing is being restricted. so not sure what “your” point actually is
yet your’e demanding they students free speech be supressed
“Doesn’t have to” – hilarious. How is your opinion relevant?
The administration is coddling the “few” as you claim. The whole thing is making the school look ridiculous.
so what? my point is its just a few kids
Then the other students, the ones who want jobs in a couple years, need to demand their own voices be heard and denounce these silly twits.
what does “jobs” have to do with any of this?
I won’t hire any person from Emory, period. Nobody wants a sissified hipster pussface working for them.
how do other students figure into this?
call em up! I’m sure those students are gonna be interested in your opinion
Gargle my balls, son. I have lots to offer.
Vote Trump 2016 and Make America Great Again!
when did it stop being great?
Have you seen Detroit lately? Look at pics from 80 years ago, and then now. Baltimore? New Orleans? Buffalo?
Half the country is turning into a third world cesspool.
yes, yes, yes, no.
now whats you specific point?
You must be an Emory student – jbwilson point was clear. Would you like me to draw you a picture, with little numbered dots and lines connecting them?
Your point, presumably, has something to do with black people and how awful you believe them to be. I’m guessing that’s it, anyway, given your other comment up-thread about the country being better 150 years ago.
thats probably a safe assumption
wow you read racist into that? That is the problem in this country. If you open your mouth someone calls you a racist.
You must’ve missed his earlier post, wherein he said the last time America was great was 150 years ago.
If you look at his comment history – which, to his credit, he hasn’t hidden like so many cowards do – he’s also a slavery apologist.
nope. now whats YOUR point?
About 150 years ago
It stopped being great about the same time that we decided that subsidizing non-work was a great idea.
when did we do that?
When did we change from being tolerant to “Don’t offend me! ! !” If this is the type of intolerant, narcissistic students that Universities are producing, it is time to close their doors. These children will be worthless and dangerous employees.
well its not ALL the students, its just a handful. and they are just expressing THEIR thoughts as well. whats the big deal?
its unAmerican and maybe the most weenie thing I have ever read.
how is expressing yourself “unamerican”?
who cares what you think? FACT is they are expressing their opinion and your opinion of THEIR opinion has no relevance
Sweet snowflakes. 18 year olds stormed the beaches of Normandy and died by the hundreds so these useful idiots could express their pain AT WORDS. These folks are purely despicable and any university that suppresses free speech is the point of the spear aimed at the heart of democracy.
but the university is not “suppressing free speech”. so what are you really angry about?
Sure they are. What would a Trump bumper sticker do to you all?
how is the university “suppressing free speech”?
as for “you all”- wtf?
As a private university they can put the “chalkers” through the University’s Star Chamber. It is a sad precedent, but they can do it. As an illustration of what can be done in an actual public space, it is not a good precedent. As a model for a University, placing a chalk endorsement of a candidate is a fine example of free speech. Are you suggesting that it is not? As for what I am angry about, I am offended by the attempt by these self righteous twits to erect boundaries around what they consider to be “good speech” and then ban all else.
“star chamber”? and its not a “public space” its private property.
regardless, its against the constitution to limit speech or expression based on content, but not against the constitution to limit it based on location, size or means.
and I dont see where these kids are demanding to ban anything
Vote Trump 2016 to build the wall and Make America Great Again!
Freaking millenials – get off my lawn
Unless the chalk was created from the bones of virgins and tinted with the blood of priests, I have a really hard time comprehending how two words, a name and a date referencing a political candidate, written in chalk, equate with being unsafe or as cause for alarm. How an implicit threat was perceived is more of a statement about the utterly nonsensical fragility of the children, and I do mean children, attending these institutions than anything else. These children have aged seeking calm servitude instead of tumultuous liberty. Fear for the future of this country.
“equate with being unsafe or as cause for alarm.” – my guess is you are not a member of the religion or nationality that Trump wants to round up and/or deport.
face it- Trumps candidacy is (mostly) based on fomenting fear and anger.
NO ONE should be surprised when it occasionally makes people angry or afraid.
Wrong. Even if I accept what you say about Trump, anyone who is frightened by the existing of differing opinions is maladjusted and incapable of succeeding in the real world.
my guess is they are frightened by the actual things Trump actually says.
And if he is elected Trumps opinions suddenly become very relevant
As they should people in America want borders enforced period.
but the borders ARE enforced exclamation mark
borders are already enforced period.
they are enforced period
jbwilson24 you are right. These young adults (and I use the term loosely; are as you say maladjusted, and the few adults in their world are brainwashing and indoctrinating them so that when they are finally on their own; they will not be able to succeed.
hilarious – you read third hand accounts of a few kids, pass judgement on them and feel comfortable predicting their future
Trump wants to deport only those here illegally. For Emory students, illegally means they broke the laws of this sovereign nation coming in.
I am going to hazard a guess that you received many trophies and ribbons as a kid for just showing up and being mediocre.
but you understand some of those kids, or their friends and family ARE here illegally. if that was you wouldnt you be afraid?
Then they should be deported, Einstein, they broke the law. No one to blame for that but themselves – certainly not Trump. Maybe you could go watch some movie about puppies, or that 1970’2 Coca-Cola commercial where everyone is holding hands on a sunny hillside, voices lifted in song in human solidarity, with blue skies, billowy clouds, and wonderful Disney backdrops appearing. Oh, and that was a commercial, NOT a blueprint.
Now go play with some dolls or something
I understand thats your opinion. my POINT was certainly you can understand how and why these kids WOULD be afraid., but maybe I was giving you too much credit.
I understand that criminals are afraid of getting caught, but that does not absolve them from consequence. The American people are having their sovereignty stolen and are the victims.
I wasn’t talking about the “consequences”. I was talking about compassion and understanding of what and why they are afraid.
I have zero compassion for those who steal my tax dollars and then call me a racist for even noticing.
how are they “stealing your tax dollars” exactyly?
who is “stealing your tax dollars” ?
who is calling you a racist?
how are they “stealing your tax dollars”?
Emory University receives over one half-billion dollars in federal funds yearly. That’s about $18 from every man, woman, and child in the USA—just to Emory. Maybe you don’t realize that money doesn’t come from the government—it comes from tax-paying workers like me after the government takes its own cut.
I never approved of this funding. And I’ll go to jail if I don’t pay my taxes. So that’s theft under threat of imprisonment.
who are the “criminals” in this scenario?
“Sovereignty stolen” how?
Did you go to Emory too?
No, but what difference would that make?
NO I Would have not broken the law. Are we suppose to feel bad for a thief because they are worried about getting caught?
who is talking about theft?
who is the “thief” in this scenario ?
So his name in chalk “makes people angry or afraid”?
I don’t care for Trump in the least but you’re giving him waaaayyy too much power here. And looking like complete idiots.
hey its how these kids feel. cant deny them their right to express themselves
Yet they seek to deny others the same right. Hypocrite much?
but they are not seeking to do any such thing
Yes they are.
no they are not (now what?)
And everyone posting on here has the right to call this whole scenario absurd.
of course! it is absurd
I think you know, deep down, this is an embarrassing over-reaction by some hysterical, immature, over-privileged little brats.
of course its an over-reaction. my point is so what? what actual difference does it make in anyones lives?. If this story had not been picked up by media no one would know about it because it’s meaningless
If you really think this is “meaningless” and not indicative of a real problem then you’re beyond hope.
how profound! you assume the position of being right without the burden of actual evidence. neat trick that
thats called a “false dichotomy”, one of the more popular logical fallacies
nice rant now where is the ACTUAL HARM?
I think you know that I dont care what you think I know.
I think you know it’s meaningless bullshit that you choose to whine about
Emphathize kids,cause they’re not even close to being adults.