It wasn't an expression of free speech but an appalling classless move by a bunch of coddled head up their assess arrogant 21 - 22 yr Olds . The expression of free speech was the vice president Mike Pence s speech at the invitation of Notre Dame . They objected to his right to speak bc they don't agree with him. That's anti free speech. They could have respectfully listened and then disagreed and protested to their hearts content after he was finished. What they did was imply he's illegitimate and has no right to even address them. A duly elected vice president of the United States. Hubris without limit. Undoubtedly those graduates like you are imbued in the political correctness philosophy of the left that has run dangerously amok in this country. No doubt short on facts and reflection but long on vitriol and emotionality. Homophobia, sexism, racism and anti environment are code words for today's liberal adhominiem attacks for anyone with the gall to oppose their liberal / socialist doxology
So long Notredame
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You must've had similar thoughts for the protestors when Obama spoke, otherwise you would be a hypocrite.
Sure did. What was disgraceful about Obama s speech at ND as I remember is how Fr Jenkins et al accommodated Obama s demands that ND cover up all Catholic symbols like the Crucifix etc . I imagine that you weren't bothered by that at all...
Nope. I believe you may be responding to the wrong thread. Who wants to engage in a teleconference call tomorrow? I'll do my best to arrange it, but will also be pretty busy. Still, I'm not sure how many people I can accommodate on our teleconference line, but maybe we can all have a civil discussion? The first order of business will be whether one can have limited posts, but still be informed. Please be ready to discuss that topic, first and foremost. If you want to patch in, please respond here. I'll do my best to check this site in the morning. I can already tell that I'm likely going to regret having made such a proposal....
Well, it was about 75 students, out of probably about 2,500 graduates. That's 3%. It would probably be more than that at Stanford.
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My daughter has eliminated ND from consideration. Down to Stanford and USC.
I won't be watching ND anymore.
My daughter has eliminated ND from consideration. Down to Stanford and USC.
I won't be watching ND anymore.
Good riddance. Some of the best news I've heard all day.
Has she also eliminated "Standard" from consideration?
I wouldn't want her to go to a school where a pr/@k like you attended. Your jealousy is obvious! Btw its 85 here today. How's your Mobile home? Does the heater work?
No, the number of posts does not make a poster an expert or an idiot but I still suggest a longer period of gauging the current tone of the board before beginning to lecture current posters. I will note that I made no qualified comment about you personally, or your intelligence.
My jealousy of what? Someone who can't spell Notre Dame or Stanford? Or someone who thinks that the "mobile" in "mobile home" is capitalized.
My home is perfectly wonderful. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Not annoying me at all. I find you amusing.
But after being a major diva in starting this thread, I see that you can't quit ND. Figures.
I live in SoCal and you don't! You could not afford to live here. This is the best place to live on earth. You are jealous!!!
I was told you live at the YMCA with your FB
While an excellent idea, probably yet another "violation" of the students "right to confidentiality" and the University can't do that even if they had the desire to do so. Were I a prospective employer I sure would have a flag up during the interview process. End of the day, those who think they will find "safe areas/zones" into which they can run and hide when something doesn't go their way in the normal workplace are in for a big surprise. They will rapidly be directed to the fastest route to a one way door marked EXIT!
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Both your attempted insults and your original post leads me to hope that for your daughter's sake, she got her mother's genes.
I check in here 2-3 times per week, but I don't post much. I check in, hopefully, to see some football news, not peoples' partisan political views. I have a pretty darned good gauge of what's been going on here, and I don't like it. Go to some other site to argue politics. This is NOT the place to do that. Every day, the level of silliness increases.
No. She just needs to write "Black Lives Matter" 100 times for her essay and she is in.
Nonsense. No one objected to the speakers right to speak. The students in question exercised their freedom of choice to not stay and listen. No different than you or I changing the TV or radio station if we don't t care for the content.
So you are endorsing discrimination in the hiring process based on personal beliefs being different than your own ? Sounds legal.
And how many snowflakes are upset with their silent protest? Judging by Facebook, tens of thousands at least.
Ok buddy. You keep name-calling high school and college kids who want to play football at ND and I will keep holding out hope that one day when I do a drive by for old time's sake you will have said something worthwhile
Wait the girl form Southern California eliminated a school in the Midwest for two equally tiered schools in Southern California... this seems like it could only be related to the protest. Never seen anything like this before.
What's really comical is that, if you lined up ND, USC and Stanford, ND would far and away be the most conservative of the three schools.
Totally. Congrats to him and his family that his daughter has the ability to choose from those schools but lets be real, if you are basing your college decision on one protest... lol man life is going to be weird going to college at either of those Cali schools
Stu4don your a breath of fresh air with the idiots on this site that love Donald Trump who I know personally and is the biggest piece of manure that walk this planet
Folks he is a snake oil salesman who has
called republicans no energy bush lying Ted sweaty Marko but you ignore all this because of politics
I am a grad of ND and proud of the students who walked out . And SouthernCal Irish your probably a troll but send your daughter to Stanford if you think ND is too liberal Stanford is liberal on steroids
The saddest thing is that he was still a better option than the alternative. I am in the commercial real estate business, where his reputation is being a sleezebag blowhard (versus Ivanka who has a very solid reputation among people who have worked with her), if not worse, and nobody likes him. But even with that, he gave us a chance for meaningful change and wouldn't be scared to take on major issues. He didn't get elected because people like him, and I don't hardly know anyone who likes him now. The idea of Trump lovers is a joke, NOBODY loves him. But you don't have to.
That was my thought - the headline at Stanford would be "100 students leave protest to attend Pence graduation speech."
It's almost impossible to comprehend that anybody would flee the liberal values of Notre Dame for the warm womb of Stanford, that bastion of conservative values. But hey, some kids voted with their feet this weekend. It's like the definition of irony. I guess the alt-right calls Haight-Ashbury home and we didn't know it...
