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  On 3/19/2025 at 4:38 PM, jimmyjazz said:

Why?  Sex (and sexuality/gender) is protected class.  That's why it's discriminatory to take action against someone because of their sexuality/gender (among many other things).

Did you ever take a fucking civics class?

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Doesn't seem very protected now does it? 

  On 3/19/2025 at 4:38 PM, David Dennison said:

You didn't answer the question.

Why ban drag shows if they don't affect anyone?

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Why care if they're banned if they don't affect anyone? Instead of a drag show on campus just go to one on w 5th or wherever the fuck they have them. 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 4:44 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Nice goal post movement.

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How so?  You seem to be fine with banning things that a lot of people find icky.  Why not mixed race or gay marriage?  Why not the rights of minorities to vote?  Hell, the rights of women to vote?

I'd say you're smarter than this, but I'm not so sure.

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Posted (edited)
  On 3/19/2025 at 4:45 PM, David Dennison said:

You didn't answer the question.

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Interfacial marriage is right around mid 90s approval % so that doesn't appeal to the masses and would hurt them in doing so where as transgender sits roughly at about low 30s in approval % with bulk of that coming from one party.

 

 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 4:48 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Interfacial marriage is right around mid 90s approval % so that doesn't appeal to the masses and would hurt them in doing so where as transgender sits roughly at about low 30s in approval %

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So we should determine whether to protect marginalized groups based on how well they poll?

What a country.

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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 1:14 PM, Captainant said:

And that's why @Rex Kramer thinks that Hartzell is doing a great job

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He did a great job. lol at calling UT a fascist shithole. 

  On 3/19/2025 at 3:02 PM, bolverk said:

Rex cares most about his wallet, and the ONLY reason Rex doesn't like Trump is he's bad for business. Rex is perfectly fine with everything else.

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I ignore everything Fantana says and did not see him mention me until your post. Trump cannot manipulate markets enough to suppress my business. I didn’t vote for him in ‘16 when his market manipulation attempts were an unknown. So, you’re wrong. I disagree with just about everything he’s doing. 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 4:44 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Nice goal post movement.

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Shitting on people for points in violation of the constitution is shitting on people for points in violation of the constitution.

If the constitution doesn't protect one disfavored minority, it doesn't protect any.

I would stand pretty fucking firm for the right of the student MAGA club to hold a demonstration demanding the deportation of everyone who wasn't at least 3rd generation American-born.   Not just even though I find their position abhorrent, but BECAUSE I find their position abhorrent.  "Public opinion" on a particular expression has zero to do with whether it is subject to constitutional protection.

But don't worry, I'm a grown-ass man, and I fully realize that we live in a post-Constitutional Republic, and folks like you are just fine with it (your acquiescence is the driving reason WHY we live in a post-Constitutional Republic).  I just think it's shitty, and I think that you're shitty.

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Posted (edited)
  On 3/19/2025 at 4:54 PM, David Dennison said:

So we should determine whether to protect marginalized groups based on how well they poll?

What a country.

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They're going for cheap appeal to the masses for points....so yeah. In the big post election discussion thread it was a conclusion that democrats need to quit being pussies, take the gloves off, and start fighting fire with fire. Quit fucking being victims about everything and step the fuck up. Republicans are in a win at all cost mentality, be damned of the way things are with regards to constitution. 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 4:58 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

They're going for cheap appeal to the masses for points....so yeah. In the big post election discussion thread it was a conclusion that democrats need to quit being pussies, take the gloves off, and start fighting fire with fire. Quit fucking being victims about everything and step the fuck up.

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Historically speaking, what happens when the rule of law no longer works?

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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 2:04 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Some of yall way overblow the shift.

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This bears repeating: https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-bill-increase-oversight-universities-222919953.html

State lawmakers introduced on Thursday sweeping legislation that would create a new office to police higher education institutions, currently under fire by conservatives who claim they are not complying with a statewide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The bill also proposes giving universities’ governing boards more power to hire administrators and oversee curricula. The boards have traditionally allowed the institutions they oversee to manage some of those affairs in the spirit of respecting their academic independence.

Senate Bill 37 would create an Office of Excellence in Higher Education within the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The new office, led by a governor appointee, would be responsible for investigating claims that universities and colleges have broken state laws or their own policies.

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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 4:48 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Interfacial marriage is right around mid 90s approval % so that doesn't appeal to the masses and would hurt them in doing so where as transgender sits roughly at about low 30s in approval % with bulk of that coming from one party.

 

 

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1. You do know that trans /= drag, right? It seems like you don’t.

2. It seems to me that as a freedom loving American we should hold firm on protecting the rights of all of us and not base policy for constitutionally protected rights based on a poll of popular opinion.

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  On 3/19/2025 at 1:14 PM, Biff Tannen said:
This is the part I don't get.  They act like people are being dragged off the street and forced to watch Clockwork Orange style.

Seems like an easy solution to me.


Loyalty test. If you'll let this go unchecked, you'll let the next thing go, and so on, and so on.

Gas chambers didn't just appear one morning.
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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 4:48 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

Interfacial marriage is right around mid 90s approval % so that doesn't appeal to the masses and would hurt them in doing so where as transgender sits roughly at about low 30s in approval % with bulk of that coming from one party.

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UT is just the local facet of the overall greater move towards totalitarianism.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-freezes-175m-upenn-funds-over-trans-women-2047100

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The Trump administration has frozen $175 million in federal funding from the University of Pennsylvania because of its policies that allow trans women to compete in women's sports.

"Promises made, promises kept," said a post on X, formerly Twitter, by Trump's rapid response communications team in the White House, sharing a Fox Business report about the funding freeze.

A UPenn spokesperson told Newsweek the college was aware of the reports of the freeze but has "not yet received any official notification or any details."

"It is important to note, however, that Penn has always followed NCAA and Ivy League policies regarding student participation on athletic teams," the spokesperson said.

"We have been in the past, and remain today, in full compliance with the regulations that apply to not only Penn, but all of our NCAA and Ivy League peer institutions."

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Fox Business cited a senior administration official as saying this action is "just a taste" of what is to come for UPenn, and said the freeze relates to discretionary funding from the Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The official reportedly said the university is "still at risk of losing all its federal funding" over the Title IX investigation into UPenn for allowing trans swimmer Lia Thomas to compete on the women's team and use women's facilities such as locker rooms.

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Just fucking insane the degree of hatred that trans people get for simply trying to live their lives and participate in society. It's not even about them in particular, they're just the people in the crosshairs while a madman is at the trigger

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  On 3/19/2025 at 6:59 PM, tchookem said:



 

 


Loyalty test. If you'll let this go unchecked, you'll let the next thing go, and so on, and so on.

Gas chambers didn't just appear one morning.

 

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First they came after the drag queens and trans people….

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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 6:41 PM, royiv said:

1. You do know that trans /= drag, right? It seems like you don’t.

2. It seems to me that as a freedom loving American we should hold firm on protecting the rights of all of us and not base policy for constitutionally protected rights based on a poll of popular opinion.

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Conservatives think using preferred pronouns is an infringement of their rights, so appealing to freedom goes the opposite direction.

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  On 3/19/2025 at 6:49 PM, Captainant said:

There you go again, putting words in my mouth that I didn't say or type. But UT is certainly making moves that would not be out of place in a fascist society. 

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In the post you inexplicably called me out on, Captain Dipshit, you responded to a guy that called UT a fascist shithole. 

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  On 3/19/2025 at 6:24 PM, Satchel said:

This bears repeating: https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-bill-increase-oversight-universities-222919953.html

State lawmakers introduced on Thursday sweeping legislation that would create a new office to police higher education institutions, currently under fire by conservatives who claim they are not complying with a statewide ban on diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

The bill also proposes giving universities’ governing boards more power to hire administrators and oversee curricula. The boards have traditionally allowed the institutions they oversee to manage some of those affairs in the spirit of respecting their academic independence.

Senate Bill 37 would create an Office of Excellence in Higher Education within the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The new office, led by a governor appointee, would be responsible for investigating claims that universities and colleges have broken state laws or their own policies.

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BUDAPEST, April 27 (Reuters) - Hungary's parliament passed legislation on Tuesday setting up foundations to take over the running of universities and cultural institutions in a move critics say extends the ideological imprint of the ruling right-wing government.
Currently, most Hungarian universities are owned by the state but have a large amount of academic autonomy.
 
The bill, drafted by Prime Minister Viktor Orban's deputy, says the universities need to be reorganised and run by foundations because modern conditions require a "re-thinking of the role of the state" and the foundations will manage institutions more efficiently.
 
 
 
it's all in project 2025. once again, desantis is way ahead of abbott on this issue 
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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 7:52 PM, Rex Kramer said:

In the post you inexplicably called me out on, Captain Dipshit, you responded to a guy that called UT a fascist shithole. 

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Campus Protests and Teach-Ins – AAUP@UT

It's moreso that you think that the above was a good move. Because the above is what a fascist shithole looks like.

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Posted
  On 3/19/2025 at 4:58 PM, BurntOrange&White said:

They're going for cheap appeal to the masses for points....so yeah. In the big post election discussion thread it was a conclusion that democrats need to quit being pussies, take the gloves off, and start fighting fire with fire. Quit fucking being victims about everything and step the fuck up. Republicans are in a win at all cost mentality, be damned of the way things are with regards to constitution. 

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Trump and his people rode the victim train all the way to the White House. 

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