Republican Stupidity Watch, Volume 58

[Ryan]

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php

Florida Republican idiots now want to allow college students to sue professors for teaching stuff they don't want to hear. Way to be.

[Vosh]

No way this bill will pass. No way... it's just... not possible. Freaking A, any student that sued a proffesor for shit like that would get his ass beat here in my university, it's completely childish. Deal with it you fucking pansies.

[Element4040]

Real World:

You may not always agree with your bosses point of view, but you have to deal with it because he's got more power than you.

Same thing that is going on when you disagree with your professor. You are learning a very important lesson in life.

Can I sue my boss because I disagree with his ideas on how to manage a data center?

Originally Posted by Ryan

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php

Florida Republican idiots now want to allow college students to sue professors for teaching stuff they don't want to hear. Way to be.

So the right is getting as stupid as the left in academia?

Summer's flogging at Harvard was the equivalent of this proposal don't you think?

[Edwin Watson]

Originally Posted by xiannaix

So the right is getting as stupid as the left in academia?

Summer's flogging at Harvard was the equivalent of this proposal don't you think?

no, and please explain how. please explain how a private citizen attempting to open dialogue on a subject, though perhaps in appropriate and found to be offensive by some, is equivalent to the government creating a new law that would allow one citizen to sue another for saying something that they dont like when it is neither libel or slander. Please explain how this incredible assault on First Ammendment rights is equivalent.

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by xiannaix

So the right is getting as stupid as the left in academia?

See, this is my whole problem with Republicans. I understand that there are idiots everywhere, but Republicans seem more and more like disingenuous hypocrites to boot. They want the law and society tailored to them in every single aspect and they cannot be pleased no matter how much they control. We hear them talk about "small government" and then they keep expanding the government. We hear them talk about "states' rights" and then they override states' right whenever it's convenient for them. We hear them talk about "moral values" but then their heroes are drug addicts and cheaters. And now, with all of their talk about "tort reform," they want to give people the ability to legally abuse the court system when they get offended.

[tricky]

Originally Posted by Ryan

See, this is my whole problem with Republicans. I understand that there are idiots everywhere, but Republicans seem more and more like disingenuous hypocrites to boot. They want the law and society tailored to them in every single aspect and they cannot be pleased no matter how much they control. We hear them talk about "small government" and then they keep expanding the government. We hear them talk about "states' rights" and then they override states' right whenever it's convenient for them. We hear them talk about "moral values" but then their heroes are drug addicts and cheaters. And now, with all of their talk about "tort reform," they want to give people the ability to legally abuse the court system when they get offended.

power will do that to you......

Originally Posted by Ryan

See, this is my whole problem with Republicans. I understand that there are idiots everywhere, but Republicans seem more and more like disingenuous hypocrites to boot. They want the law and society tailored to them in every single aspect and they cannot be pleased no matter how much they control. We hear them talk about "small government" and then they keep expanding the government. We hear them talk about "states' rights" and then they override states' right whenever it's convenient for them. We hear them talk about "moral values" but then their heroes are drug addicts and cheaters. And now, with all of their talk about "tort reform," they want to give people the ability to legally abuse the court system when they get offended.

If your saying politicians are often duplicitious - I'll agree with you. But to claim that Republicans have the market cornered on duplicity (or stupidity) is just not very accurate....

Originally Posted by Edwin Watson

no, and please explain how. please explain how a private citizen attempting to open dialogue on a subject, though perhaps in appropriate and found to be offensive by some, is equivalent to the government creating a new law that would allow one citizen to sue another for saying something that they dont like when it is neither libel or slander. Please explain how this incredible assault on First Ammendment rights is equivalent.

You're right - one more of a state action in that it (apparently) authorizes a cause of action and the other was a private matter.

My point was that both sides of the political spectrum have demonstrated intolerance for the free exchange of ideas... not just the idiot GOPer who came up with this stupid bill.

[willy_jack]

Originally Posted by Edwin Watson

no, and please explain how. please explain how a private citizen attempting to open dialogue on a subject, though perhaps in appropriate and found to be offensive by some, is equivalent to the government creating a new law that would allow one citizen to sue another for saying something that they dont like when it is neither libel or slander. Please explain how this incredible assault on First Ammendment rights is equivalent.

i am really starting to love you. if they ever legalize gay marriages.... its awn.

but i think my girlfriend would get mad about it....

[Ryan]

Originally Posted by xiannaix

If your saying politicians are often duplicitious - I'll agree with you. But to claim that Republicans have the market cornered on duplicity (or stupidity) is just not very accurate....

I didn't say that. They do seem to be rather self-righteous in their stupidity, though.

Originally Posted by Ryan

I didn't say that. They do seem to be rather self-righteous in their stupidity, though.

And Democrats seem intellectually aloof in theirs... so, can we be done sticking our tongues out at one another?

[transparentaura]

I agree that both sides are guilty of duplicity. The difference I see is that while the left can be smug and condescending regarding conservative thought. The right on the other hand has declared a culture war and everyone not in agreement is immoral.Unlike the democrats they have a propensity for punishing those they disagree with and show little regard for their constitutional rights. They take it farther than the left by abusing their majority to ram their "values" down everyones throats through legislation and try to stifle the first amendment rights of dissenters. They show much less regard, in my opinion, for the constitution than democrats.

Originally Posted by transparentaura

Unlike the democrats they have a propensity for punishing those they disagree with and show little regard for their constitutional rights.

examples?

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[willy_jack]

Originally Posted by xiannaix

examples?

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see republicanism, also see Patriot Act

sup jeff