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Interesting to read his note after this infamous story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/masters-their-domain http://www.motherjones.com/politics/20

by ucpete 14y ago

Interesting to read his note after this infamous story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/masters-their-domain http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/masters-their-do...

sonabinu 14y ago
that is very interesting
zapdrive 14y ago
lol... why is this comment not on the top of this page?
irollboozers 14y ago
wow, I wonder what the backstory is to that incident. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life
blackguardx 14y ago
More details: http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html
- samstave 14y ago
  Wait, Dean Jackson saw the outburst as a fantastic vehicle to pushing discussion among students? I am confused.
BHSPitMonkey 14y ago
Here's the original report: http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html
samstave 14y ago
WTF?! I knew Thiel was gay - and until today had no idea Rabois was as well. The story you linked to is the first time I've seen this and to see that they were some ultra conservative bible toting rebels is... Bizarre. Are they Tech's equivalent of the anti-gay senators caught in rest-stop bathrooms? How weird this got quickly
- slapshot 14y ago
  > to see that they were some ultra conservative bible toting rebels is... Bizarre. Or Mother Jones is trying to set up a strawman of them as being homophoboic bigots without realizing that they were actually protesting [1] the then-controversial Stanford speech code, which prohibited much more speech than the government could prohibit. Lawsuits [2] were underway against the speech code and it was a bit of a topic of the day. As others have pointed out, the safest way to protest a speech code that bans certain slurs against protected groups is to attack your own group. Rabois standing around using anti-gay slurs can easily prove that he's actually protesting the speech code by saying "look, I'm not homophobic, I'm actually gay myself." A bunch of white guys standing around dropping the n-word would not work out as well. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_v._Stanford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_v._Stanford
  - samstave 14y ago
    Thanks - I didn't get any of that from the article.
  - cadlin 14y ago
    I looked through your links and don't see anything about Keith Rabois being gay. That he was might be common knowledge, but it's not intimated on those sites.
    - mattdeboard 14y ago
      Keith Rabois is the author of the post you're commenting on.
      - cadlin 14y ago
        Right, I was commenting on this: "As others have pointed out, the safest way to protest a speech code that bans certain slurs against protected groups is to attack your own group. Rabois standing around using anti-gay slurs can easily prove that he's actually protesting the speech code by saying "look, I'm not homophobic, I'm actually gay myself."" Also, if he were a closeted homosexual it would make sense as to why he didn't tell Square about the relationship.

by ucpete 14y ago

Interesting to read his note after this infamous story: http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/masters-their-domain http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2007/06/masters-their-do...

sonabinu 14y ago

that is very interesting

zapdrive 14y ago

lol... why is this comment not on the top of this page?

irollboozers 14y ago

wow, I wonder what the backstory is to that incident. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life

blackguardx 14y ago

More details: http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html

samstave 14y ago
Wait, Dean Jackson saw the outburst as a fantastic vehicle to pushing discussion among students? I am confused.

BHSPitMonkey 14y ago

Here's the original report: http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html http://news.stanford.edu/pr/92/920212Arc2432.html

samstave 14y ago

WTF?! I knew Thiel was gay - and until today had no idea Rabois was as well. The story you linked to is the first time I've seen this and to see that they were some ultra conservative bible toting rebels is... Bizarre. Are they Tech's equivalent of the anti-gay senators caught in rest-stop bathrooms? How weird this got quickly

slapshot 14y ago
> to see that they were some ultra conservative bible toting rebels is... Bizarre. Or Mother Jones is trying to set up a strawman of them as being homophoboic bigots without realizing that they were actually protesting [1] the then-controversial Stanford speech code, which prohibited much more speech than the government could prohibit. Lawsuits [2] were underway against the speech code and it was a bit of a topic of the day. As others have pointed out, the safest way to protest a speech code that bans certain slurs against protected groups is to attack your own group. Rabois standing around using anti-gay slurs can easily prove that he's actually protesting the speech code by saying "look, I'm not homophobic, I'm actually gay myself." A bunch of white guys standing around dropping the n-word would not work out as well. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Rabois#Early_life [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_v._Stanford http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corry_v._Stanford
- samstave 14y ago
  Thanks - I didn't get any of that from the article.
- cadlin 14y ago
  I looked through your links and don't see anything about Keith Rabois being gay. That he was might be common knowledge, but it's not intimated on those sites.
  - mattdeboard 14y ago
    Keith Rabois is the author of the post you're commenting on.
    - cadlin 14y ago
      Right, I was commenting on this: "As others have pointed out, the safest way to protest a speech code that bans certain slurs against protected groups is to attack your own group. Rabois standing around using anti-gay slurs can easily prove that he's actually protesting the speech code by saying "look, I'm not homophobic, I'm actually gay myself."" Also, if he were a closeted homosexual it would make sense as to why he didn't tell Square about the relationship.