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re: Deke gameday banners are over

Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:30 am to
Posted by NoGeaux
New Orleans
Member since Jan 2004
5547 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:30 am to
The problem with your theory is that the prevailing orthodoxy currently is extreme political correctness.

Tasteless speech even as satire is what is under attack not the "protected" groups. If anything tolerance has trumped reason. Satire even in poor taste should be more tolerated.
Posted by lsu2006
BR
Member since Feb 2004
40003 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:31 am to
quote:

It does show our priorities as a country though that this sign is such a big deal but they didn't get in trouble for the one they had that said "This won't be the first time Virginia Tech has been massacred"


This. arse-backwards.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
128401 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:31 am to
Posted by LSUGrad9295
Baton Rouge
Member since May 2007
34338 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:32 am to
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These were all cool, though:


Sorry dude, but please explain to me how "Getting Massacred is Nothing New to Kent St" is "cool". I just don't see it.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
159311 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:34 am to
I usually mock the "pussification of merica" folks but this is so fricking ridiculous. This was really the one that did them in? Come on.
Posted by Sampson
Member since Mar 2012
24832 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:36 am to
The signs will be back by next season they just won't be crude and offensive in any way going forward.
Posted by El Eh Shu
New Orleans
Member since Oct 2007
874 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:36 am to
Gays in America: 1.7% of adult population
LINK

DKE went beta as frick. Should be DKE Beta Beta not Zeta Zeta. Literally bent over and took it up the arse from the PC Police, no lube.
Posted by Lsupimp
Ersatz Amerika-97.6% phony & fake
Member since Nov 2003
82280 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:37 am to
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the prevailing orthodoxy currently is extreme political correctness.


quote:

speech under attack


quote:

Satire even in poor taste should be more tolerated.





See. I don't think you understand. How can we "tolerate" intolerant thought? Only through INTOLERANCE can we become truly tolerant.
Posted by Sampson
Member since Mar 2012
24832 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:38 am to
Yeah I can't believe making fun of school shootings got the pass but this crossed the line
Posted by Draconian Sanctions
Markey's bar
Member since Oct 2008
85652 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:41 am to
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The whim of The State is sacrosanct.


LSU is not the state. They are the landowners in this scenario and they get to make the rules just like your parents get to make the rules for you when you lived at home.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
18014 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:41 am to
Law states that a school can limit freedom of speech if it goes against the schools values, or if it promotes or inhibits derogatory remarks that can hinder the name of the university.

This isn't a freed of speech issue. It is an LSU officially recognized organization , on LSUs campus.

LSU has the legal right, and frankly, a moral obligation to stop these signs.

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Posted by monsterballads
Make LSU Great Again
Member since Jun 2013
29526 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:42 am to
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No more 1st amendment. Got it.



Posted by hondurantiger
Portland, OR
Member since Feb 2007
2175 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:42 am to
unbeleivable.


referencing a massacre is fine but something as stupid as a gay player is too much.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
32281 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:43 am to
quote:

Law states that a school can limit freedom of speech if it goes against the schools values, or if it promotes or inhibits derogatory remarks that can hinder the name of the university.

This isn't a freed of speech issue. It is an LSU officially recognized organization , on LSUs campus.

LSU has the legal right, and frankly, a moral obligation to stop these signs.

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Yea, my whole point was that they weren't able to do it before because DKE actually owned the land their house was on, and now they don't
Posted by TN Bhoy
San Antonio, TX
Member since Apr 2010
60589 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:44 am to
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It's offensive to a few, not many. Maybe people should stop getting offended over things that are hilarious.



Except it's not hilarious. It's a form of comedy based on shock value and vulgarity. Funny to some, but not to the vast majority of the intelligent population. I, personally, don't want LSU to have anything to do with this kind of comedy.

However, I am baffled as to why this is the sign that got DKE into trouble. They've had some truly scummy signs over the years.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
128401 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:44 am to
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This was really the one that did them in? Come on.

They had to have been under the microscope at some point after last year.
Posted by BilJ
Member since Sep 2003
159311 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:44 am to
I don't even think the sign is really a slur regardless. Sam is gay, so is it offensive to say he's probably getting some dick that night? Would there have been an uproar had they put a woman's name there?
Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
56874 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:44 am to
Good. That shite was lame
Posted by Sampson
Member since Mar 2012
24832 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:49 am to
Yeah, the dude chooses to have a 5 minute make out session on national TV with his BF but a sign implying that he makes love to his bf is a slur? BS It's prejudice to call that predjudice.
Posted by namvet6566
Member since Oct 2012
7135 posts
Posted on 9/11/14 at 10:52 am to
Joan Rivers would have loved this, I am donating money to the Dekes

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