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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:15 PM Original message |
Univ. Of Arizona Professor Booed At Graduation For Criticizing Immigration Bill |
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joeybee12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hey, most commencement speakers are politicians...what they say |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. I know, right? |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
2. It's just more bullying anti-intellectualism from the baggers |
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Peregrine Took (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Them's my empty headed, shot swilling, tea baggin' college graduATES! n/t |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hardly shocked that the citizens who passed the bill |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Fuck 'em. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. the citizens didn't "pass" the bill. The fucking state legislature did. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So you're claiming Arizona has unelected legislators... |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yes, it had the support of many of the residents |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. I live in AZ and have for 40 years--had it been a referendum, it would have passed handily. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. I don't doubt that. My point was that this wasn't a referendum |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:15 PM Response to Reply #10 |
28. We do have an unelected governor |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:09 PM Response to Reply #4 |
19. Wait. How is objecting to the abridgment of your 1st Amendment rights |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
30. That would be inappropriate to |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I am the one raising the question. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. If what you say is not mere hyperbole, i will |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I've used no hyperbole whatsoever. The law specifically targets ethnic studies |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I would appreciate a link |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I believe this is the text of the bill. |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:36 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. very much appreciated! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:45 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I expect it to be overturned but the ill will in the community |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 11:26 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. If it is as you state, i will join you in not only being |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:28 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Many graduates and their families are not from Arizona |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Commencement speeches are supposed to |
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TommyO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. So, speaking out against discrimination and hate is now narcissism? |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Hardly, all i am saying that it was an inappropriate venue. |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I thought universities were bastions of free speech |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:52 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Boy are YOU naive. Free speech can get you fired or denied tenure now on college campuses. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:46 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. The "boo's" were free speech too, I guess |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 08:17 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Reading for comprehension is just not your |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:22 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. It was exactly the right venue. She was talking to grads in the field under attack. n/t |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 03:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. You must hate lots of commencement addresses |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:02 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. see #7 for more details. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:06 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yeah, my response was TO #7, And you can believe what you want about them |
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Riftaxe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think our only real disagreement |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. I didn't realize there were rules the speakers had to follow |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 10:29 PM Response to Reply #7 |
35. Everyone in that state deserves to hear about their terrible bill |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. Megyn, I'd warn you that your face is going to freeze in that sneer, |
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pinboy3niner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 06:17 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yes, it's too bad. She's a pretty woman, but the ugliness shines through nt |
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political_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
24. The utter disrespect in this country against people who fight oppression is staggering. |
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Vattel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'm glad she spoke out. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-25-10 07:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Me too. n/t |
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