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Rights of threatened populations

Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:43 pm
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:43 pm
This is a thing at my work now.

From an email earlier today (keywords redacted):
"A few entities . . . have allied to organize and sponsor a forum for the community to discuss the rights of threatened populations, such as the undocumented, religious minorities, LGBTQ, and people of color, in the changing political atmosphere in the U.S. We have invited local attorneys to speak on this topic tomorrow night."

How do I say I feel threatened by their threatened populations?
This post was edited on 11/28/16 at 7:45 pm
Posted by EGCROSS
Northern Idaho
Member since Dec 2007
1353 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:47 pm to
quote:

Rights of threatened populations


Straight white males?
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:49 pm to
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Straight white males?


won't be many of them at the meeting . . . i can tell you that
Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
12026 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:50 pm to
Is switching jobs a possibility?!?! Your workplace sounds like a college campus.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
23735 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:51 pm to
Here is how it works. If you are in the majority, you can set the law, even if it is unfair to others. If you are in a minority, you have "rights" which set the bar for how much the majority can oppress you. Human rights protect the minority from the oppression of the majority. These minority groups are concerned about oppression under the current political trends, so they are preparing to protect themselves through appeals to their rights.

This is all natural and normal.

If you take the position that they have no rights, you are a person who will be constrained by the rights of the oppressed.
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

Is switching jobs a possibility?!?! Your workplace sounds like a college campus.


That's exactly what it is.
Posted by Gr8t8s
Member since Oct 2009
2579 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:53 pm to
Sorry you work with a bunch of idiots. Prayers
Posted by shinerfan
Duckworld(Earth-616)
Member since Sep 2009
22354 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:53 pm to
File a hostile work environment complaint on the grounds that white, steaight men are being tacitly singled out as the threatener.
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:55 pm to
It's being sponsored by our "Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity" . . . and the Women's and Gender Studies department of course.
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:56 pm to
quote:

File a hostile work environment complaint on the grounds that white, steaight men are being tacitly singled out as the threatener.


It's getting to the point where that's becoming a conceivable option, sad to say.
Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
12026 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:59 pm to
Ding ding ding! Get the heck out if you can. As someone who has worked on a college campus, although some years ago, get out if you want to maintain your sanity. I feel your pain! (and I'm not even a white straight male)
Posted by EGCROSS
Northern Idaho
Member since Dec 2007
1353 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:00 pm to
quote:

It's being sponsored by our "Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity" . . . and the Women's and Gender Studies department of course.

Should be two groups immediately defunded and shut down nation wide. Trump will do this. Damnit we are going to MAGA!!!!
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
Throbbing Member
Member since Dec 2012
69917 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:01 pm to
quote:

It's being sponsored by our "Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity" . . . and the Women's and Gender Studies department of course.




We used to have one of these at Tennessee. But then last year, the department sent a memo to students instructing them to use gender neutral pronouns.

The University of Tennessee responded by defunding and closing the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, PERMANENTLY.


Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
12026 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:02 pm to
Way to go! Need more responses like that, it will take care of the problem in no time.
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:03 pm to
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Should be two groups immediately defunded and shut down nation wide. Trump will do this. Damnit we are going to MAGA!!!!


Add to that the following:
Latino & Latin American Studies
African-American Studies
Jewish Studies
Queer Studies
. . . and Communications, which is basically the same department as all of the above
Posted by conservativewifeymom
Mid Atlantic
Member since Oct 2012
12026 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:06 pm to
I'd like to add Criminology and Political Science. At least the way it's being taught these days. And given all of the snowflakes majoring in these really useful fields.
Posted by PoundFoolish
East Texas
Member since Jul 2016
3724 posts
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:07 pm to
Poli Sci I'm fine with. Criminology should likely be purely an Associate's degree. Kinesiology should be abolished as no one knows what it is, even people with degrees in it.
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