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eppur_se_muova

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20. No surprise that it's the main (flagship) campus -- the one where George Wallace blocked the doorway to a black student.
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 03:36 PM
Dec 2025

A couple of weeks after that event, a news photographer sent to cover the registration of the first black student at the UAHuntsville campus almost missed getting any footage at all, because the guy was in and out with no fuss. He went on to become a professional engineer -- i.e. things went they way they should go for anyone wanting to attend a state university, with no grandstanding political assholes in the way.

Sure, there are racist assholes throughout the state, but they tend to gravitate southward, which happens to be downhill as well.

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Where are the free speech absolutists? 617Blue Dec 2025 #1
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Burning America to the ground Botany Dec 2025 #2
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Horrible. sinkingfeeling Dec 2025 #3
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Hope the fuck that University and state go bankrupt form a lawsuit. Fuckers. Jbraybarten Dec 2025 #8
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Change the name of the publication liberalgunwilltravel Dec 2025 #11
It would be more accurate that way MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #18
Visit Alabama - 'We refuse to leave the 1850s behind' Scalded Nun Dec 2025 #12
No racist left behind MustLoveBeagles Dec 2025 #21
So there should be no sports-oriented publication because it discriminates against the clumsy. TheRickles Dec 2025 #14
Higher education deciding to become middling education. Martin68 Dec 2025 #15
Nooo, Not ALABAMA! Say It Isn't So, US History! N/T ColoringFool Dec 2025 #16
"Dr. Hood" ..... perfect surname IcyPeas Dec 2025 #17
What next...getting rid of tampon and condom dispensers? Totally Tunsie Dec 2025 #19
No surprise that it's the main (flagship) campus -- the one where George Wallace blocked the doorway to a black student. eppur_se_muova Dec 2025 #20
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