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loyalsister

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47. Are you receiving hate mail for being involved in these protests?

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 11:39 PM

Nov 2015

I know some white faculty members who are. To assume that people who are willing to send them aren't serious could be dangerous. To assume it is not the person who is shouting slurs as they walk down the street could also be dangerous.

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Mizzou police issue advice for reporting 'hateful and/or hurtful' speech [View all] B2G Nov 2015 OP

cops, left-wing extremists find common cause in embracing authoritarianism nt geek tragedy Nov 2015 #1

I am hurt and offended by your comment. I'm calling the cops now. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2015 #2

Alright...Who fucking called the cops? Iggo Nov 2015 #3

Ridiculous n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #4

This whole thing is crawling up its own ass rather quickly. Throd Nov 2015 #5

No surprise there, none at all. hifiguy Nov 2015 #40

I totally love your comment lol. cwydro Nov 2015 #45

Why are people surprised? Shandris Nov 2015 #6

People of color shouldn't leave their houses if they don't want to be threatened loyalsister Nov 2015 #7

Being threatened is completely different SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #8

Until you hear iy directed at you, I suppose loyalsister Nov 2015 #9

You can't be serious n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #10

If someone was to tell you that you're ugly and you dress funny ... 11 Bravo Nov 2015 #14

Righhht that's the same loyalsister Nov 2015 #15

Fortunately SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #20

I'm a gay woman who never hid who I was. cwydro Nov 2015 #46

Are you receiving hate mail for being involved in these protests? loyalsister Nov 2015 #47

Drama llamas n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #48

I could tell you some stories about things that happened to me if you want. cwydro Nov 2015 #50

Threats are different from slurs and hate speech SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #51

Had you gotten threatening hate mail.... loyalsister Nov 2015 #52

Did you not read what I wrote? cwydro Nov 2015 #53

And I asked loyalsister Nov 2015 #55

Hmm. So if I got a LETTER before the big giant football player showed up in PERSON cwydro Nov 2015 #56

These threats are getting very serious loyalsister Nov 2015 #58

For fuck's sake SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #59

Ya think it's remotely possible that the people doing the threatening loyalsister Nov 2015 #62

Very possibly SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #63

What I really don't like is that my friends are facing real threats loyalsister Nov 2015 #64

Yeah, whatever SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #65

Students are truly scared loyalsister Nov 2015 #54

Well, see. They should be separating the threats from the words kcr Nov 2015 #78

Damn straight loyalsister Nov 2015 #97

Are you fucking serious??? *shaking my head* n/t X_Digger Nov 2015 #109

There are death threats happening *right now*. Recursion Nov 2015 #75

Then why doesn't it say "call if threatened"? SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #76

Because that would be stupid kcr Nov 2015 #79

If that's the case SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #81

Then what is your beef, exactly? kcr Nov 2015 #82

My "beef" SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #83

If this were an incident where only hurtful words were happening, you'd have a point kcr Nov 2015 #84

The email from the campus police SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #86

Okay. But there are threats. kcr Nov 2015 #88

The problem is SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #89

Generally speaking, yes kcr Nov 2015 #90

I support free speech SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #91

Guess what? I do, too. kcr Nov 2015 #92

Have you not read anything I've written? SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #93

Yes, I've read them kcr Nov 2015 #94

Why aren't my family members treated like you describe? Boudica the Lyoness Nov 2015 #42

Your family members who are loyalsister Nov 2015 #49

You cannot comprehend the damage you're doing. Boudica the Lyoness Nov 2015 #73

Sigh hon. cwydro Nov 2015 #57

Wait..... when was the "butthurt exception" to the First Amendment enacted? (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #11

+ 1 LOL n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #12

I know right? Lol. B2G Nov 2015 #13

"Nine one one, what's your emergency?" pintobean Nov 2015 #18

Having too many cops leads them to do things Eric J in MN Nov 2015 #16

It's interesting how people love to make outher people's pain about their rights loyalsister Nov 2015 #17

would you be comfortable with white people being able to call the police geek tragedy Nov 2015 #19

I would be comfortable if words were recognized as having real effect loyalsister Nov 2015 #23

whatever set of rules get put in place will be used to benefit the dominant class. geek tragedy Nov 2015 #24

Offending someone with words SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #25

The 1st Amendment does not protect a "right" to insult people loyalsister Nov 2015 #29

absolutely people have a right to call a racist a racist nt geek tragedy Nov 2015 #30

Actually it kinda does. Throd Nov 2015 #31

You're right, the First Amendment SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #32

Who is demanding anyone called a racist slur sit there and take it? ProudToBeBlueInRhody Nov 2015 #96

The word "hurtful" is rather vague loyalsister Nov 2015 #98

Calling "hurtful" a "rather vague" term hifiguy Nov 2015 #106

Have you ever read a pice of legislation? loyalsister Nov 2015 #110

Yeah, those pesky "rights"! They really ought to sit in the back of the waaaahhhmbulance! WinkyDink Nov 2015 #22

If you say something that makes someone "uncomfortable" or hurt romanic Nov 2015 #27

I don't think you have a clue as to what is happening here loyalsister Nov 2015 #33

And they should be reported to the police for this? n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #34

Deflecting. romanic Nov 2015 #35

Faculty members are flinging the n-word? B2G Nov 2015 #36

First hand account here loyalsister Nov 2015 #44

She cites two examples unrelated to faculty exboyfil Nov 2015 #66

The right to which you refer is articulated by the first amendment. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2015 #103

Good-bye, 1st Amendment. It's been real. WinkyDink Nov 2015 #21

The "left" if it can be defined as that hifiguy Nov 2015 #39

Couldn't agree more n/t SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #41

Please don't call this "the left." Comrade Grumpy Nov 2015 #95

That is why I used the conditional hifiguy Nov 2015 #104

The language of this is too broad romanic Nov 2015 #26

Yep SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #28

If you've ever complained about the overuse of police or the existence of a "police state" Lee-Lee Nov 2015 #37

Revolting on too many levels to even describe. hifiguy Nov 2015 #38

When did police get group host powers? N/T beevul Nov 2015 #43

LOL, people call the police for hurtful speech now? Imajika Nov 2015 #60

Hammer, meet nail head SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #61

The police are the most effective way to document exboyfil Nov 2015 #67

Great points philosslayer Nov 2015 #68

Okay, so I call you a fatty... Imajika Nov 2015 #69

I agree, that was my point exboyfil Nov 2015 #71

It goes FAR beyond a single racial ephithet loyalsister Nov 2015 #102

Well reports on Twitter is that campus security has been beefed up in response to Starry Messenger Nov 2015 #70

That is a terrorist threat exboyfil Nov 2015 #72

And it is already illegal. hifiguy Nov 2015 #107

Black student protestors are receiving death threats and fleeing campus, per Shaun King Recursion Nov 2015 #74

"Death threats" are very different from "hurtful speech" (nt) Nye Bevan Nov 2015 #77

So, when was it just hurtful speech and when did it become something serious enough kcr Nov 2015 #80

Threat of physical harm hifiguy Nov 2015 #108

I am failing to detect a problem here. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2015 #85

Mizzou is a state school. branford Nov 2015 #100

No, the common misperception is that the First Amendment is absolute. Act_of_Reparation Nov 2015 #101

What you see or want is immaterial to the actual law. branford Nov 2015 #105

There has been an arrest kcr Nov 2015 #87

As has been stated ad nauseum SickOfTheOnePct Nov 2015 #99