More ridiculous collegiate political correctness

[JustOneWay]

I knew who voted.

That democracy sure is sickening, isn't it? LOL

 

[JustOneWay]

This thread is not about Muslims. Just so you know....

 

[nightflight]

Is it really all that surprising noting the degree of Islamophobia that has become so prevalent in this country in recent years?

lol

 

[iluvatar5150]

What do the students have to remember? 9/11 was 14 years ago; most of the students were barely past kindergarten when it happened. And they're right - it often IS used as a means of perpetuation anti-Islamic and anti-Arab bigotry. What purpose will this moment of silence really serve?

 

[nightflight]

What do the students have to remember? 9/11 was 14 years ago; most of the students were barely past kindergarten when it happened. And they're right - it often IS used as a means of perpetuation anti-Islamic and anti-Arab bigotry. What purpose will this moment of silence really serve?

I guess the best reply to your post is to remind you that not all Americans are college-age people.

Wow, what a concept!

 

[iluvatar5150]

Remembrance Day does not fall on November 11th.

My mistake. The first search result I got said Nov 11. I don't know why they do it on Nov 21; the Battle of Gettysburg was in the summer.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I guess the best reply to your post is to remind you that not all Americans are college-age people.

Wow, what a concept!

The thread is about the University of Minnesota, and the majority of students are, indeed, "college-age."
http://www.oir.umn.edu/student/enrollment/term/1159/current/13267

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

How does 9/11 offend muslims exactly? How much do we want to bet that in those around 3000 people who died on 9/11.. muslims bodies[who weren't the hijackers] were also pulled from that wreckage? Bush didn't wage war on Islam, he waged war on terrorism. He even said so in his speech and why the ROE reflected it.

That hearts and minds ROE thing was started during Bush's run and continued with Obama.

 

[Sophrosyne]

I think we should not remember Pearl Harbor as it may irritate any Japanese people and that could lead to some phobia of sorts too.

 

[iluvatar5150]

How does 9/11 offend muslims exactly?

Did you read the article? There was concern that the even would be used to fuel anti-Islamic bigotry. If you read the source article (i.e. the one that the OP's article pulled from), there was also a fair amount of concern regarding the logistics of organizing it.

 

[iluvatar5150]

I think we should not remember Pearl Harbor as it may irritate any Japanese people and that could lead to some phobia of sorts too.

Did your college have a moment of silence for the Pearl Harbor attacks? Mine didn't.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

Did you read the article? There was concern that the even would be used to fuel anti-Islamic bigotry. If you read the source article (i.e. the one that the OP's article pulled from), there was also a fair amount of concern regarding the logistics of organizing it.

I agree with these students. I think they made the right decision.

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

Did you read the article? There was concern that the even would be used to fuel anti-Islamic bigotry. If you read the source article (i.e. the one that the OP's article pulled from), there was also a fair amount of concern regarding the logistics of organizing it.

Read articles? pfft ain't nobody got time for dat.

 

[bhsmte]

College Students Say Remembering 9/11 Is Offensive to Muslims
How a proposed moment of silence to honor 9/11 victims became the latest victim of the would-be despots of America’s campuses.
The everything-is-offensive brand of campus activism has struck a new low: Students at the University of Minnesota killed a proposed moment of silence for 9/11 victims due to concerns—insulting, childish concerns—that Muslim students would be offended.

Has it truly come to this? Is feelings-protection now such an overriding goal that completely unreasonable fears win out, even if they have no basis in reality? Can we not even have a single moment to recognize legitimate victims of terrorism without worrying that someone will feel marginalized on campus?

Theo Menon, a Minnesota Student Association representative and member of the College Republicans, realized that the university wasn’t doing anything to memorialize 9/11; on Oct. 6, he introduced an MSA proposal to do just that.

“The passing of this resolution might make a space that is unsafe for students on campus even more unsafe,” said Algadi. “Islamophobia and racism fueled through that are alive and well.”

To be clear, the resolution did not refer to Islam. It did not impugn Muslim students, or other Muslims. It did not require anyone to contemplate the fact that the terrorists responsible for 9/11 were Muslims. It said nothing about whether Islam itself is to blame for global terrorism. It merely stated that 9/11 has had a lasting effect on many students, and ought to be reflected upon for a single moment, once a year.

And yet, in an email obtained by The Washington Post, Algadi expressed concerns that efforts to recognize 9/11 are sometimes thinly-veiled expressions of Islamophobia.

Believe it or now, Algadi was not alone in his opinion—a majority of student government representatives sided with him, voting down the resolution in a 36-23 vote this month. There would be no moment of silence at UMN on Sept. 11, 2016, if students had their way.

Really???
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...remembering-9-11-is-offensive-to-muslims.html

They can vote to do whatever they like.

With that said, to think that having a moment of silence for 9/11 would be offensive to some, seems a wee bit over the top to me.

This would also tell me, a moment of silence to honor any particular event, could be deemed as offensive to somebody.

 

[Sophrosyne]

Did your college have a moment of silence for the Pearl Harbor attacks? Mine didn't.

I'm sure some places did at the time, but most people alive during that time are probably dead now if you were just starting college in 1941 you would be about 92 now

 

[ChristsSoldier115]

If you don't like what the college is doing.. don't go, send your kids, or recommend sending people there. Let the free market eat it alive and spit it out into a empty building.

 

[Sophrosyne]

I wonder if any college had a moment of silence in 2001.... or would they have been concerned about offending anyone then? I'm betting many places had a moment of silence back then perhaps even at this same college there was one. What has changed since then?

 

[iluvatar5150]

I wonder if any college had a moment of silence in 2001.... or would they have been concerned about offending anyone then? I'm betting many places had a moment of silence back then perhaps even at this same college there was one. What has changed since then?

Time is what's changed. It was 14 years ago.

 

[grandvizier1006]

As a young person, I actually sometimes feel bad for not remembering 9/11 well. My generation will be the last to live through it. I can't just ignore or forget something that changed the world for the worse forever and started a new "war", the war on terror. It's the beginning of a new chapter of American history, and centuries from now people will still have to look at it and remember it. We are not supposed to forget the Holocaust, or JFK's assassination.

 

[One Voice Among Many1]

Time is what's changed. It was 14 years ago.

Yes, time has changed.