Don't Conservatives Hate Law Suites?
Apparently they don't, and I'll tell you why. I can remember a specific day in my "America Since 1945" class about 6 years ago in college when a conservative friend of mine named Dave proclaimed that there was no more de facto segregation in the United States (if you think back to your Sociology classes, you'll remember that's the matter-of-fact type of segregation that occurs without laws forcing it to occur, unlike "whites only" drinking fountains, etc). Our professor smiled and asked him to drive through downtown Poukeepsie (the city I went to college in), look around, then report back to the class what he found.
He continued to support his point, and the professor continued to support hers. The professor had supporting facts. She was incredibly articulate in showing Dave how wrong he was. She was 100% correct. She was 100% persuasive. She could have been sued.
The Republicans on the House Choice & Innovation committee voted recently along party lines to allow students to sue teachers and Universities when their ultra-fucking conservative views are not being fairly represented in class where small things like truth and facts play a role in learning about the world in which we live. I couldn't even make this stuff up, folks.
A student at Harvard gets help with after class with his calculus homework.
In other words - if you're in an anthropology class, studying the origins of man, and the paper you wrote about Adam & Eve gets you an F, you can sue the shit out of your pinko Commie science professor - well, that's Nobel Prize winning Doctor pinko commie science professor to you, hillbilly .
Those who still actually use common sense in this country have examined the law, and declare that similar suits could be filed by students who don’t believe astronauts landed on the moon, who believe teaching birth control is a sin or even by medical students who refuse to perform blood transfusions and believe prayer is the only way to heal the body. Aren't you who voted for W thanking Jesus every day for this kind of
stuff?
Remember, this is from the party who continued to bitch slap lawyers throughout the Bush presidential campaign, who have been arguing that frivolous law suits have been the root cause of all that's evil in this country, right down to our health care system. Remember when they said all that stupid shit? Well, I can't think of anything more frivolous than this.
Why is this? Why are they adamant in supporting the tobacco industry, gun lobby, death penalty and reduced health care if they claim they're for a culture of life? Why is it they are for smaller government, yet we have the largest federal government we've had in the history of the united states and the largest federal deficit ever? It's all related, it's all hypocritical, and it's disgusting.
American colleges and Universities are the last standing institutions in the country that haven't been invaded by these mindless, sound byte vomiting scumbags, so they decided while they have the Supreme Court, White House, the media, and Congress, they might as well turn Boston College into Bob Jones University.
That's a cute idea, except I'd like to keep their slimy, red tentacles off the one foundation that encourages free thought, innovative ideas, research, discovery, and knowledge - the things that those on the Right most despise, fear, and try to squash on a daily basis. Honestly guys - we progressives have been, for decades, growing and expanding our beautiful colleges and universities to become the best in the world. Leave the fancy book learnin' to us, and you can keep Nascar and the Klan.
He continued to support his point, and the professor continued to support hers. The professor had supporting facts. She was incredibly articulate in showing Dave how wrong he was. She was 100% correct. She was 100% persuasive. She could have been sued.
The Republicans on the House Choice & Innovation committee voted recently along party lines to allow students to sue teachers and Universities when their ultra-fucking conservative views are not being fairly represented in class where small things like truth and facts play a role in learning about the world in which we live. I couldn't even make this stuff up, folks.
A student at Harvard gets help with after class with his calculus homework.
In other words - if you're in an anthropology class, studying the origins of man, and the paper you wrote about Adam & Eve gets you an F, you can sue the shit out of your pinko Commie science professor - well, that's Nobel Prize winning Doctor pinko commie science professor to you, hillbilly .
Those who still actually use common sense in this country have examined the law, and declare that similar suits could be filed by students who don’t believe astronauts landed on the moon, who believe teaching birth control is a sin or even by medical students who refuse to perform blood transfusions and believe prayer is the only way to heal the body. Aren't you who voted for W thanking Jesus every day for this kind of
stuff?Remember, this is from the party who continued to bitch slap lawyers throughout the Bush presidential campaign, who have been arguing that frivolous law suits have been the root cause of all that's evil in this country, right down to our health care system. Remember when they said all that stupid shit? Well, I can't think of anything more frivolous than this.
Why is this? Why are they adamant in supporting the tobacco industry, gun lobby, death penalty and reduced health care if they claim they're for a culture of life? Why is it they are for smaller government, yet we have the largest federal government we've had in the history of the united states and the largest federal deficit ever? It's all related, it's all hypocritical, and it's disgusting.
American colleges and Universities are the last standing institutions in the country that haven't been invaded by these mindless, sound byte vomiting scumbags, so they decided while they have the Supreme Court, White House, the media, and Congress, they might as well turn Boston College into Bob Jones University.
That's a cute idea, except I'd like to keep their slimy, red tentacles off the one foundation that encourages free thought, innovative ideas, research, discovery, and knowledge - the things that those on the Right most despise, fear, and try to squash on a daily basis. Honestly guys - we progressives have been, for decades, growing and expanding our beautiful colleges and universities to become the best in the world. Leave the fancy book learnin' to us, and you can keep Nascar and the Klan.
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