^ IMO no, it really isn’t. Just another sensational piece.
“Come claiming fear and trembling”. Really.
What’s funny-- it seems to be pretty much of a non issue, non (or minor) news item locally.
jym626 —while most people on CC can relate to or know somebody who goes to or went to emory the average person in the greater atlanta area has no connection to the school. it is like u penn and philly or yale and new haven…
They just had a conservative speaker on campus on the 24th and lo and behold he wasn’t blocked, protested or anything else.
You’d think the campus "SJW"s were burning copies of the constitution and shutting down all right-wing discourse according to most of these “articles”.
I agree with you that it is sensational (it is an opinion piece after all), however, a reasonable person would read between the lines. They posted quotes in the article, and the quotes really don’t need any further explanation…
Whoever did write those messages must be quite surprised by the backlash. I really don’t see how it’s much different than posting those campaign signs on street corners or putting “Trump 2016” stickers all over your car, except maybe that it’s on a private campus. Plus it’s just chalk, it will wash away. People who complain about such things need to get a grip. If you don’t like Trump, don’t vote for him. Simple as that. There’s plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike all the candidates from someone’s perspective. I would never vote for Bernie, but I am not going to fear an immediate tax hike and stop to meditate about free college education if someone writes “Bernie 2016” on a sidewalk. I’ll just ignore it.
Well said, albert.
Zobroward,
Sorry but that (post #62) simply isn’t true. The number of staff, faculty, families of current and past students, alum, people who attend events on campus, are connected with the hospitals, business , med or law school there, you name it, who have a connection with Emory and live in Atlanta is not minor. To posit otherwise is silly. I would argue that more people in Atlanta have a direct connection or “know somebody who goes or went to Emory” than you think. Emory is a large business and large employer in Atlanta, and what happens on or near campus is news. That said, the chalk-gate incident has already been relegated towards the back of the local news section of the paper, save for some editorial comments. And there has been nothing on the TV news in several days. The pez easter hunt fiasco has gotten bigger news than the chalk-gate.
You think that the Halloween incident at Yale didnt hit New Haven’s local news? ITs the biggest employer in New Haven, for pete’s sake.
from their website (and this is just employment data):
the people you know have a connection to emory…like I said folks on CC and people in the emory bubble. metro atlanta is huge and most people do not have emory as part of their life. and most people (not just in atlanta) can relate to the pez easter egg thing (parents bullying little kids…is a story everyone looks at with disbelief) SJWs whining about chalk markings and the presidents creepy response just does not interest as many people…it is not something they relate to in their lives.
What did you read between the lines?
To put it in perspective, if we don’t consider the current students (undergrad/grad/business/law/med) alums, family of current or past students/alum, those who live near campus, use any of the Emory system resources, etc etc etc, you have this: Only Delta employs more people in Atlanta:
metro atlanta population is about 5.5 million
Yes, zobroward, and I’d argue MOST, if not almost all of them over the age of 16 are familiar with Emory. They don’t live under a rock. You think when the ebola victims were flown to Atlanta for treatment at Emory, the “average” person in the metro area thought “Emory? Where’s that?” Good grief.
I’m not so sure. There were many, and they also included statements like “Build the Wall”, which a logical person might assume Hispanic students might take issue with (and no surprise - some did).
I think whoever did the chalking got at least as much as they expected.
Especailly if this is true:
you do understand that average person does not know or care what happens at emory.
…this can go in circles you are missing the point.
just like the average person in metro NYC does not care about NYU or colombia. people on CC do…hipsters in brooklyn highly likely…that is a small overall% of the pop.
chalk writings and the response to that is of interest to a super small% of people.
You guys, who cares how well known Emory is in Atlanta. It is irrelevant.
If you don’t like a particular presidential candidate, don’t vote for him/her. It is as simple as that. Don’t cry about other people exercising their rights to free speech as it makes you look like a hypocrite.
And for someone, let alone an adult, to claim they are “in pain” after seeing some chalk writing on a sidewalk is an absolute joke.
Clearly it’s of great interest to conservative news sites that like to bemoan the special-snowflake-touchiness of “today’s college students”.
Yes, exactly, fractalmaster, it is irrelevant. But the fact that zobroward thinks that many locals have no connection with Emory is ridiculous. But agreed, the city workers widening the roads near campus or sanitation workers taking the trash from campus probably do not give a rat’s patoot about chalk-gate. The point is, chalk-gate is a non issue off campus, and its only an issue within some aspects of academia because some “frightened, pained, unsafe space” feeling students who may want their 15 min of fame need to get a life. :O)
》》It wasn’t just the words themselves but where they were written that bothered some students, said Alexius Marcano, president of Young Democrats of Emory — for example, on steps leading into the building that houses the gathering places for Latino and black students. “A lot of people felt targeted by that …《《
Wait, are you saying Emory has separate places for Latino and black students to congregate, away from everyone else? B-)
》》There were many, and they also included statements like “Build the Wall”, which a logical person might assume Hispanic students might take issue with (and no surprise - some did). 《《
Why would American citizens have problems with that (beyond the ridiculousness of Mexico paying for it and the other rhetoric)? Unless you are saying that there are illegal immigrants attending Emory that would be offended by that.
" But agreed, the city workers widening the roads near campus or sanitation workers taking the trash from campus probably do not give a rat’s patoot about chalk-gate."…exactly my point. the school has been embarased terribly with those who follow these things. the kardishians and such are of much more interest to 99.9% of people. so to gauge the story by local interest is a poor gauge for this type of story.
fractalmastr you are 100% correct
“And for someone, let alone an adult, to claim they are “in pain” after seeing some chalk writing on a sidewalk is an absolute joke” just add in the president of the school is a facilitator and showed a lack of a spine and understanding of how to deal with the situation. spoiled kids (actually adults) need not be coddled it empowers their lunacy!