mr. pony wrote:Great! The thug anarchists have popped up at SMU now!! Ignore their "demands". This is pure D crap, birthed by Obama, Democrats and our corrupt media.
BTW - Hands up, don't shoot DID NOT HAPPEN.
Wow. Such insight contained in this post. I swear some of you force me to argue positions on this board that I don't always agree with. People should be able to express their opinions or struggles without being called things like "thug anarchists." I said this in another post, but more than anything that has happened at SMU recently, it's idiotic statements made on boards like this that really show things have not changed on campus and in the SMU community and is a major part in why both of my children have decided not to apply to SMU. Good job guys!
I am kind of interested in which schools your kids found to apply to or attend where this does not exist? I may want to direct my kids there.
Some people that recruit against SMU say that SMU is racial callous. I wonder what they would think if they read this thread. Sometimes it is not that is does not exist but to what degree does it exist on that campus.
Stallion wrote:Channel 8 does positive piece on SMU student march today describing and showing a diverse collection of people from the SMU community uniting to seek positive change at SMU and a community and leadership willing to listen and improve the university. Nobody died. Nobody was shouting or yelling past each other. It appears the march served to open dialogue and understanding in the SMU community. Good Day to be a Mustang
Compare the responsible protest at SMU to these individuals at Dartmouth interrupting students in the library studying...as if that's going to help anything. smudubs, where do you want your children to attend?
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Stallion wrote:Channel 8 does positive piece on SMU student march today describing and showing a diverse collection of people from the SMU community uniting to seek positive change at SMU and a community and leadership willing to listen and improve the university. Nobody died. Nobody was shouting or yelling past each other. It appears the march served to open dialogue and understanding in the SMU community. Good Day to be a Mustang
Stallion wrote:Channel 8 does positive piece on SMU student march today describing and showing a diverse collection of people from the SMU community uniting to seek positive change at SMU and a community and leadership willing to listen and improve the university. Nobody died. Nobody was shouting or yelling past each other. It appears the march served to open dialogue and understanding in the SMU community. Good Day to be a Mustang
12 pages, 171 replies, and yet no one has been able to provide a reasonable explanation as to why the Missouri president needed to resign, other than the fact he's white
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PerunasHoof wrote:It's an anonymous message board. If they took the time to read every schools boards I'm sure they would find similar comments. And so far, the posts have been about 15-1 against racist commentary . I wouldn't want to indict an entire university based on one comment on an ANONYMOUS message board.
It wasn't 15 to 1 regarding the SMU thug party.
Did I mention anything in my thread about a party? Pretty sure I only spoke about what is on this board.
He also attacked the police officer and it's on the video. Police are allowed to use force to affect an arrest. Even laying on the ground and not complying with a lawful order is resisting, contrary to the un-informed public. As ex LEO I'll discuss use of force policy with anyone on here.
smudubs wrote:Great! The thug anarchists have popped up at SMU now!! Ignore their "demands". This is pure D crap, birthed by Obama, Democrats and our corrupt media.
BTW - Hands up, don't shoot DID NOT HAPPEN.
Wow. Such insight contained in this post. I swear some of you force me to argue positions on this board that I don't always agree with. People should be able to express their opinions or struggles without being called things like "thug anarchists." I said this in another post, but more than anything that has happened at SMU recently, it's idiotic statements made on boards like this that really show things have not changed on campus and in the SMU community and is a major part in why both of my children have decided not to apply to SMU. Good job guys!
I am kind of interested in which schools your kids found to apply to or attend where this does not exist? I may want to direct my kids there
Some people that recruit against SMU say that SMU is racial callous. I wonder what they would think if they read this thread. Sometimes it is not that is does not exist but to what degree does it exist on that campus.
Having attended SMU in the mid 90s, I did not sense at all the racial strife that seems to be present today. I was required to take a course by Dr. Clarance Glover that addressed racial issues in America as a part of my curriculum. I did not always agree with what was said in the classroom, but I was exposed to his point of view. It seems to me that Americans are far more divided today than they were then and that has more to do with the media, politicians, etc. promoting these divisions for their own benefit.
My graduation speaker was perhaps the most visible and respected African American in the world at the time. The SMU Basketball coach was one of the few African American BBall coaches in the SWC at the time.
If I were a recruit, I might be asking why it took Texas and Texas A&M so long to integrate their football programs when SMU was a leader in this area.
He also attacked the police officer and it's on the video. Police are allowed to use force to affect an arrest. Even laying on the ground and not complying with a lawful order is resisting, contrary to the un-informed public. As ex LEO I'll discuss use of force policy with anyone on here.
I'm on the officers side. kid was being an idiot and the police felt threatened. Imo if your getting arrested sit down shut up and comply with whatever they say and figure it out in the courts later on the rare case the officer was wrong. im just saying this doesn't seem much different than some other issues that have blown up in the media latelY.
He also attacked the police officer and it's on the video. Police are allowed to use force to affect an arrest. Even laying on the ground and not complying with a lawful order is resisting, contrary to the un-informed public. As ex LEO I'll discuss use of force policy with anyone on here.
I'm on the officers side. kid was being an idiot and the police felt threatened. Imo if your getting arrested sit down shut up and comply with whatever they say and figure it out in the courts later on the rare case the officer was wrong. im just saying this doesn't seem much different than some other issues that have blown up in the media latelY.
Agreed. Thankfully this was on video. If people comply there won't be problems. If you think the arrest isn't lawful, fight it out in the court system. I promise you that no officer starts his shift wanting to shoot somebody. But once someone starts resisting, no matter in what form, everything escalates.
PonyTime wrote:Having attended SMU in the mid 90s, I did not sense at all the racial strife that seems to be present today.
The mid 90's was when SMUDubs and other African American athletes at SMU were getting harassed by being called the N word on campus on multiple occasions. I guess you were just out of touch and have never read SMUDubs story which was even confirmed by a white athlete who witnessed it happen.
