Quote Originally Posted by Taog Redloh View Post
Come on, man.

I get it. I know you are trying to be reasonable. But you do realize, that the students are the very definition of unreasonable? Even if they are correct THIS time (which is highly unlikely), which would make you correct, do you really think they'll do the right thing NEXT time? Hell no. Blind squirrel, nut, all that. They are in this for what they can get out of it, because they haven't been successful at earning anything (or haven't tried).

Missouri is pretty liberal. There ain't NOBODY holding anyone back. 'Institutional' racism, 'systemic' oppression.....all buzzwords for 'give me an advantage'. Their enemy isn't there, and they know it.
I'm honestly not that concerned over whether they're right or not, in the discussion we're having right now. I am glad they have the right and ability to voice their concerns and opinions. Sure, they may be stupid opinions and unreasonable concerns/demands, etc. but generally speaking, groups with stupid opinions don't gain much support and don't produce much change.

The system generally works pretty well. I'm not sure what you're arguing. Are you arguing that since they're unlikely to be correct, they shouldn't be able to make demands like this? Again, any group can make any 'demands' they want. I could get all my coworkers to make 'demands' of my boss, but the only way it's going to actually lead to anything is if those demands are legitimate, they are expressed in a valid way, and they have widespread support.

I'm not making a judgement on the validity of their claims. That's for Missouri's administration to decide, I don't have to make that decision. But I will always defend their right to make the claims.