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How weirdly fragile and vindictive do you have to be to initiate a formal complaint against a guest lecturer for making an observation about public policy you t

How weirdly fragile and vindictive do you have to be to initiate a formal complaint against a guest lecturer for making an observation about public policy you think is off-base? How lame do you have to be to even know how to do that, and to do it so fast that the lecturer heard about it when she got home?

stevenwoo 3y ago
The first year medical school student who started things is the daughter of a GOP state official, she didn't fall far from the tree despite wanting to be a doctor.
- bozhark 3y ago
  Hypocrisy Oath
- blantonl 3y ago
  This is equivalent to the daughter basically saying "do you know who my daddy is?" Deplorable.
  - stevenwoo 3y ago
    Both her parents are doctors but both parents' made alot of money from for profit schools preying on veterans (NAU http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/for_profit_report/Contents.pdf http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/for_profit_report/Conte...) and that help pay for the campaigns to start her mothers political career so not a lot of self introspection being done in the family.
wintogreen74 3y ago
So the same people who fight change they interpret as pushing "woke" culture also believe they have a right to never be exposed to criticism or negative comments against anything with which they identify?
- prh8 3y ago
  Correct
- akira2501 3y ago
  I don't think calls for "formal censure" and attacks on an individuals livelihood are the same as "criticism" or "negative comments." I think the effort to normalize the two being viewed negatively is entirely understandable.
ddavis 3y ago
Dan Patrick is a terrible human being. Totally unsurprising behavior from him.
ubermonkey 3y ago
That's A&M for ya, tho.
- 0xBDB 3y ago
  Parent got downvoted but speaking as an Aggie it's not totally wrong. This is hardly the university's first free speech controversy and doesn't seem likely to be the last. It's a bipartisan mess too - Chancellor John Sharp is a prominent Democrat. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-am-battalion-newspaper/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-am-battalion-n...

stevenwoo 3y ago

The first year medical school student who started things is the daughter of a GOP state official, she didn't fall far from the tree despite wanting to be a doctor.

bozhark 3y ago
Hypocrisy Oath
blantonl 3y ago
This is equivalent to the daughter basically saying "do you know who my daddy is?" Deplorable.
- stevenwoo 3y ago
  Both her parents are doctors but both parents' made alot of money from for profit schools preying on veterans (NAU http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/for_profit_report/Contents.pdf http://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/for_profit_report/Conte...) and that help pay for the campaigns to start her mothers political career so not a lot of self introspection being done in the family.

wintogreen74 3y ago

So the same people who fight change they interpret as pushing "woke" culture also believe they have a right to never be exposed to criticism or negative comments against anything with which they identify?

prh8 3y ago
Correct
akira2501 3y ago
I don't think calls for "formal censure" and attacks on an individuals livelihood are the same as "criticism" or "negative comments." I think the effort to normalize the two being viewed negatively is entirely understandable.

ddavis 3y ago

Dan Patrick is a terrible human being. Totally unsurprising behavior from him.

ubermonkey 3y ago

That's A&M for ya, tho.

0xBDB 3y ago
Parent got downvoted but speaking as an Aggie it's not totally wrong. This is hardly the university's first free speech controversy and doesn't seem likely to be the last. It's a bipartisan mess too - Chancellor John Sharp is a prominent Democrat. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-am-battalion-newspaper/ https://www.texastribune.org/2022/02/11/texas-am-battalion-n...