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AtheistCrusader

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11. Assholes gonna asshole.

Tue Feb 18, 2014, 03:48 PM

Feb 2014

There's always going to be a few in any crowd of sufficient size.

Cut the rope, throw it in the evidence locker, keep the investigation silent (and an FBI-arrests-you-in-the-night hate crime if you find the culprit), and go on your merry way.

Pay them attention, and they win. Big yucks all around the circle of assholes.

Think of it like feeding/not feeding the trolls. Don't feed them and it discourages them, and makes it easier to find and ban them when they act out seeking more attention.

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Noose Found Around The Neck Of Statue Honoring Civil Rights Icon At Ole Miss [View all] DonViejo Feb 2014 OP

How low are we going to go before we grow up in this country. As a person of German descent I jwirr Feb 2014 #1

I spent my formative years JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #5

My shame regarding being of German descent is related to the Holocaust not another form of bigotry. jwirr Feb 2014 #20

Ahh JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #25

That does say a lot about how things have changed. And your dad had a right to be proud. jwirr Feb 2014 #30

You aren't the only cntrygrl Feb 2014 #45

Thank you for understanding. I am old enough now to accept that it really did not have to do so much jwirr Feb 2014 #46

A high school buddy of mine ... 1StrongBlackMan Feb 2014 #21

They are really quite lovely there JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #26

Great story. I think the South never healed because yurbud Feb 2014 #43

jwirr kardonb Feb 2014 #33

We are talking about Mississippi... SkyDaddy7 Feb 2014 #42

Wait for it JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #2

If they catch the person who did it, get ready for his Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #7

So true n/t JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #8

It's just a matter of time ... Ole Miss sounds like a cesspit. Squinch Feb 2014 #31

What assholes shenmue Feb 2014 #3

Probably a drunken frat prank.... Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #4

Probably BT JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #6

Exactly. In my experience, drunkenness only releases urges you manage to suppress while sober. nt SunSeeker Feb 2014 #28

At heart, I am a friendly social guy... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #34

Most people are that way. SunSeeker Feb 2014 #37

Me and my buddy... awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #38

LOL nt SunSeeker Feb 2014 #40

+1 tofuandbeer Feb 2014 #41

Wouldn't be a surprise. Lots of racism in Southern fraternities. dballance Feb 2014 #13

abhorrent, but what law was broken? it seems they'd have a tough time geek tragedy Feb 2014 #9

Vandalism JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #10

I don't think it's a reach to view it as a hate crime, since it's essentially a threat. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #12

ITA - but JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #15

Its an easier prosecution, certainly. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #19

that would be my guess, though I wonder if vandalism charges geek tragedy Feb 2014 #14

Technically JustAnotherGen Feb 2014 #17

Assholes gonna asshole. AtheistCrusader Feb 2014 #11

I totally disagree. They don't get to send the message and not have the message - and their act - Squinch Feb 2014 #32

The way... DirtyDawg Feb 2014 #16

You're close. bluedigger Feb 2014 #18

I wouldn't ask a black athlete to pass up a scholarship unless I was yurbud Feb 2014 #44

Inititation ritutal rocktivity Feb 2014 #22

Obviously, it's an outsider-- probably a left-wing provocateur... TygrBright Feb 2014 #23

Anything's possible madville Feb 2014 #39

Glad it wasn't my Alma Mater this time get the red out Feb 2014 #24

ESPN-U Aired the documentary "Ghosts of Ole Miss" Last Night KeepItReal Feb 2014 #27

Was Haley Barbour on campus? Hoyt Feb 2014 #29

Another sign that the U.S. is going backwards. AlinPA Feb 2014 #35

Why the Georgia flag? SansACause Feb 2014 #36

Old habits die hard nt MrScorpio Feb 2014 #47