OT: Nutty Dartmouth professor suing student and Dartmouth...

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"Professor Priya Venkatesan was so taken aback by what she claims was rude behavior - including the class applauding another student for disagreeing with her - she wants to sue her former pupils for harassment and discrimination.

"'I was horrified,' she said.

"'My responsibility is not to stifle them, but when they clapped at his comment, I thought that crossed the line. I was facing intolerance of ideas and intolerance of freedom of expression,' she told The Dartmouth newspaper."

Pot...kettle...black, I'd say.

Bill Putney (To reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my address with the letter 'x')

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Bill Putney
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For liberals tolerance of ideas only applies to you accepting their ideas. This is clearly evident everywhere today, especially in government.

Exactly who is this professor suing?

Immaturity is also a hallmark of the liberal elitists. If you poke at their myopic view of the world they don't know how to handle it.

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badgolferman

What makes you think she's a liberal? She mentioned anti-discrimination laws in her email to the students. That's stupid. I'd say that makes her a Republican. After all, you're the party whose spokesman loves to toss around erroneous words like "socialist".

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

"The feeling that I am getting from the outside world is that Dartmouth is considered a bigoted place..."

That sentence should be proof enough. Besides, if not a liberal who requires someone else to do everything for them she would have handled the problem herself. The mere fact that she "feels" it necessary to teach the students a lesson by suing them is another screaming example. She probably wishes those students were all on Ritalin so they would behave properly.

Reply to
badgolferman

Your disdain for education is pathetic. Do your kids know about it? Do you badmouth their teachers, too?

On this we agree.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

No, I didn't. You have problems seeing the connection between general categories and specific examples. Abstraction is an important skill for understanding pretty much everything. You must've attended an elementary school with a small budget or incompetent teachers. Otherwise, you would've been in special education classes.

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JoeSpareBedroom

"Bill Putney" ...

Oh for cryin' out loud!

Has she heard of the constitution? It works both ways. I can't say I'm surprised, though. We used to live near Dartmouth - lots of kooks there.

Natalie

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Wickeddoll®

Abstraction is the ONLY way you understand life. The problem is everyone else lives in a REAL world.

Reply to
badgolferman

Everything involves abstraction. All learning. If you hadn't dropped out of high school, you would know this.

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

Abstraction is only useful when discussing concepts. It doesn't surprise me that you are incredibly naive when it comes to international affairs and how to deal with peoples who can't be reasoned with. Now run along to the library and read another one of the works of fiction you like.

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badgolferman

Aren't you the twit who couldn't figure out whether to join his union?

Reply to
JoeSpareBedroom

Aren't you the twit who can't stay on topic for this off-topic thread?

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badgolferman

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