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WTF is a "microaggression"? Is this some goofy new psychobabble? ** -- 1995hoo 04/08/2021 08:04AM The opposite of a microaffirmation. But not to be confused with a -- Ied 04/08/2021 10:30AM Anyone other than your father call you -- Faz d. Hoo 04/08/2021 08:49AM So it is psychobabble. ** -- 1995hoo 04/08/2021 08:53AM Maybe the name is but it's a real thing ** -- Zhoo 04/08/2021 09:04AM Not particularly new ** -- 007 Hoo 04/08/2021 08:39AM I hope this med student cleans UVA's clock on this in court. These speech -- UVAFan2626 04/07/2021 10:26PM Insane. Don't like the direction in which our beloved school appears to be -- wadhoo 04/07/2021 8:34PM Appears? It’s already gone there, ** -- Hoodunnit 04/07/2021 9:23PM True, but I don't know of a good alternative -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 9:27PM If anywhere, this stuff should be discussed in undergrad. -- HooFan SB 04/08/2021 08:59AM YeahI'm holding out for a glimmer of hope. Probably in denial. I can tell -- wadhoo 04/07/2021 9:25PM Pure insanity. If true, UVA should and will lose I hope. -- Wahoos79 04/07/2021 8:00PM So a sign that says "F UVA' is ok but challenging a professor's hypothesis -- wahoooooo 04/07/2021 7:58PM An absolute shit show ** -- MBHoo 04/07/2021 9:08PM If the aggrieved student had simply closed w/ "F UVA", he'd have been good. ** -- Trigon 04/07/2021 7:10PM And “Thomas Jefferson was a rapist and white supremacist”.** -- Hoodunnit 04/07/2021 9:25PM Cussing out Uva on a lawn door is just a normal old nuclear aggression ** -- ryno hoo 04/07/2021 7:34PM Decent? Sounds bulletproof -- uva25 04/07/2021 6:59PM Well, we'll find out. Either this will proceed to trial on the remaining -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 7:04PM And they all keep their jobs... ** -- uva25 04/07/2021 7:06PM I don't think there's any doubt about that. -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 7:07PM UVA dropped a Nuclear Bomb on this kid because he challenged their thinking -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 5:56PM He sounded nervous which I am sure he was to challenge the presentation. ** -- Ied 04/07/2021 10:13PM Sounds like the level headed person was kicked out... ** -- HOOfan_1 04/07/2021 8:26PM Crazy -- based on this account, the mistake made -- Skeets 04/07/2021 5:56PM I do not believe u r suggesting a media slant. -- Wahoos1 04/07/2021 6:25PM Agree that we don't have all the facts...but I think the "multiple -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:09PM Agree-The article is clearly from a biased source, but that doesn't -- HburgCav 04/07/2021 6:27PM Nor did I suggest that there was not. ** -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:34PM The message to any student now at UVA is...keep your head down... -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:15PM That's been the case in academia for 40 years. ** -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:22PM Fortunately, the discussion was recorded...UVA looks terrible... -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 5:58PM Question for the board - if he wins does he stay at UVA? -- Cutter 04/07/2021 5:43PM He got thrown out in 2018 -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:44PM Plaintiff's address on initial complaint (filed pro se) is in Hawaii ** -- UVA_IWU 04/07/2021 5:49PM My quick googling didn't turn up much -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:51PM Same here. After reading the amended complaint, it sounds pretty bad for -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 5:58PM Yes but code of conduct should not affect your opinion on microaggression -- HburgCav 04/07/2021 6:19PM I'm not defending the university. ** -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:22PM Nor did I take it that way, just that the special degree of conduct -- HburgCav 04/07/2021 6:24PM You're certainly entitled to your opinion as to the wisdom of it, but the -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:33PM Why does he sound like an ass? ** -- Ied 04/07/2021 6:11PM Was wondering the same thing... ** -- uva25 04/07/2021 7:01PM It's immaterial -- I basically meant that at worst, he's an ass. -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 7:10PM I'd like to see a write-up from someone who hasn't already decided that he -- Faz d. Hoo 04/07/2021 5:39PM I'd also like to hear what happened outside of that one day -- CMUHoo 04/07/2021 6:26PM Listen to the audio. You can form your own conclusion. ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:16PM I'm looking for a little less time commitment ** -- Faz d. Hoo 04/07/2021 8:33PM You have a primary source but you’re not ready to form an opinion until you -- Bourbon Bowl 04/08/2021 05:14AM I don't want to read another opinion at all -- Faz d. Hoo 04/08/2021 08:39AM 10 min? You waste a lot more time than that -- hoomonger 04/07/2021 10:36PM Watching a video requires a different level of attention ** -- Faz d. Hoo 04/07/2021 10:50PM One question: why was the student recording the event? -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 7:01PM Right, his questions in the recording seem relatively benign, but did his -- Cutter 04/07/2021 5:46PM Based on the actual recording of the event, there never should have been a -- CharlestonSC 04/07/2021 5:52PM Yes, they created a problem where there were known. That is on UVA ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:17PM Perhaps. Does that alone excuse any legitimate expulsion behavior by him -- Cutter 04/07/2021 6:00PM No, but as I explained below, giving him a "Card" is outrageous enough -- hoomonger 04/07/2021 7:09PM If they agitated him to where he become more aggressive, whose fault is it? ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:19PM Isn't "if" the whole point of Faz's post (with which I was agreeing)? -- Cutter 04/07/2021 7:11PM It certainly sounds like an annoying Kafka novel. -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:36PM Of course not, but frankly I don't really care much about him -- I care -- CharlestonSC 04/07/2021 6:02PM Agree with everything you've said but also Faz's post that the article -- Cutter 04/07/2021 6:07PM Excellent points You have got to factor in your news source in this day and -- HburgCav 04/07/2021 6:45PM Sounds like UVA should lose. But another political/not political post on -- Seattle .Hoo 04/07/2021 5:39PM I think everyone agrees the extremes on both sides are ridiculous. -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:49PM Outrage is exactly what this situation calls for -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:09PM As long as you don’t challenge the “wrong” ideas ** -- uva25 04/07/2021 7:09PM Challenging ideas does not call for outrage. I don't know UVa's side ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 6:21PM UVA's actions are outrageous, hence why I am outraged ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:24PM Not really. You're still waiting for the courts to decide and ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 6:28PM The adjudication of the 1A claim really has little bearing on the propriety -- hoomonger 04/07/2021 6:57PM Thank you. That's great context to the suit. ** -- Blah 04/07/2021 7:03PM I've been on committees with people who are very earnest, and... -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:03PM I don't know what the answer is, but this isn't it. I appreciate ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 6:14PM LOL are you just trying to disagree with EVERYONE? :) -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:29PM Nah... you're clearly rational and know what you're talking about. -- Blah 04/07/2021 6:44PM Absolutely. Based on Judge Moon's order, it doesn't sound like UVA has -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:54PM Listen to the audio...and no point was he disrespectful ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:09PM I don't have time but have no doubt you're correct. -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:16PM Yep, UVA rules with a heavy hand... -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:21PM Yep, pendulum swinging to either extreme is bad ** -- FfxStationHokie 04/07/2021 5:56PM What is the other extreme opposite of UVA's position? -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:12PM I think it is in-bounds as long as the focus is on the lawsuit and case ** -- Toolie92 04/07/2021 5:41PM It's about UVA -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:40PM Reading the lawsuit it sounds pretty terrible -- Toolie92 04/07/2021 5:38PM Three things and an interesting tidbit -- UVA_IWU 04/07/2021 5:48PM Yes I am sure there are some mitigating facts the U might present -- Toolie92 04/07/2021 6:07PM And and what point does UVA realize that this student is a paying customer? -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:31PM When there aren't people lining up to take the spot -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 6:45PM Which is hilarious, because the only reason they have the kind of freedom -- MonsterTruck 04/07/2021 6:57PM Meanwhile media arts professor arrested for child porn was only suspended. -- Ied 04/07/2021 5:30PM Has become? -- Faz d. Hoo 04/07/2021 8:28PM The rules on tenured faculty are very stringent -- CMUHoo 04/07/2021 5:47PM Doesn't change the sort of dichotomy here. It only serves to highlight the -- Ied 04/07/2021 6:08PM Given that tenure is to protect a professor's academic freedom... -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:34PM Really? That's terrible. Why isn't this a bigger deal? ** -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:33PM Yikes. Wrongthink has consequences I guess? ** -- CharlestonSC 04/07/2021 5:22PM Disgusting. UVa needs to remove the engraved “for here we are not afraid -- hoomonger 04/07/2021 5:09PM It should now read "here we indoctrinate our students... -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:01PM Three of the plaintiff's four counts for relief were dismissed in the court -- UVA_IWU 04/07/2021 4:59PM I never root against UVA, but I will in this ** -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 4:49PM Agree! We are sadly losing our right to -- LTHoo 04/07/2021 5:16PM Agree, this appears to be really bad. If this is as bad as it appears to be -- SoCalWahoo 04/07/2021 5:05PM We'll see how far the UVA apology engine really cares to go ** -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:06PM Same. At first glance, I was like, "meh", but after reading the article, -- SabreIsJericho 04/07/2021 4:51PM Academia has a very hard time on these issues as they don't allow -- HburgCav 04/07/2021 4:57PM "Threat" better be physical -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 4:52PM Yeah....dude better have a gun or some such thing to be considered a threat ** -- Ronald Mexico 04/07/2021 4:56PM I'm sure UVA considers gun owners threats ** -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 4:57PM Are you allowed to have guns in any school without special permission? -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:03PM Depends on whether the school's in Texas ** -- EAPo 04/07/2021 6:59PM Pretty sure you're wrong -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:06PM I'm no fan of mciroagressions. In fact, I'm for the lawsuit. However ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:13PM Well, I'm not reaching, but it's completely beside the point -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:18PM That's a reasonable position. Then why are you suddenly talking ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:20PM Don't know. Tell me why you're talking about throat punches. ** -- 007 Hoo 04/07/2021 5:21PM Because Ron Mexico talked about throat punches ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:24PM Microaggressions? Professionalism concern card? WTH? -- Wahoos1 04/07/2021 4:44PM If you acted, that would be battery. I'm not a fan of whatever ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 4:58PM Wtf. was clearly a joke. ** -- Ied 04/07/2021 5:34PM It's not clearly a joke. He said there are plenty of people ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:37PM LOL. If I bitch slapped everyone I wanted to bitch slap. -- Wahoos1 04/07/2021 5:45PM I thought you just be a master pimp ;) ** -- Zhoo 04/07/2021 5:50PM So you're saying Throat Punch? I like the way you think. ** -- Ronald Mexico 04/07/2021 5:00PM Free country. Just know you'll be doing a lot of jail time. ** -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:05PM That depends on what state you do the throat punch in ** -- SoCalWahoo 04/07/2021 5:15PM Actually....probably no jail time. -- Ronald Mexico 04/07/2021 5:09PM I don't know. A throat punch? People are taking battery ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:15PM Dude, you..like those people, are taking things way to seriously. -- Wahoos1 04/07/2021 5:48PM That's not my business. This is my point: this micoraggression ... -- Blah 04/07/2021 5:53PM Lots of microaggressions is this thread. Kick them off of SABRE. LOL ** -- CatHoo 04/07/2021 6:00PM Cool beans. Yes I was in jest. I think they all sad and pathetic. -- Wahoos1 04/07/2021 5:57PM Not one second in jail. ** -- Ronald Mexico 04/07/2021 5:18PM Assuming all of that is accurate, that’s incredibly embarrassing for UVa. ** -- Wahoos6 04/07/2021 4:42PM The discussion was taped...UVA looks very bad ** -- Yosemite Sam 04/07/2021 6:03PM Add to the growing list. Still way behind the UMBC loss. ** -- Ronald Mexico 04/07/2021 4:48PM So, basically, the snowflakes have now aged into faculty jobs. ** -- chicken 04/07/2021 4:38PM Pretty Much -- PatK1990 04/08/2021 09:15AM
