ultraholland: I hear Gallaudet's a fabulous place.

I giggled.

/silently

FirstNationalBastard: Why doesn't Jesus ever tell anyone to do something harmless, like shiat on the buffet at the Sizzler?

I couldn't read this without thinking of this week's Hoarders (maybe the most eminently snarkable show on all TV), who was hoarding all sorts of crap because Jesus told her the Rapture was coming and she needed to stock up for her kids...who apparently were not going to make the cut. The Lord told her to hoard!

This just in:

Jesus doesn't actually hate gays and never did.

HotWingConspiracy: McCaskill was the first deaf African American female to earn a Ph.D. from Gallaudet

That's a pretty specific accolade.

Honestly, she's probably got a lot of "1st deaf African American female with a PhD to do [FILL IN BLANK] in her town/county/state trophies in on her wall".

bobfark: Honestly, she's probably got a lot of "1st deaf African American female with a PhD to do [FILL IN BLANK] in her town/county/state trophies in on her wall".

First deaf African American female with a PhD to get fired from a position as diversity officer.

some could argue there were reasons -- not based on discrimination -- for opposing gay marriage

Um, no. One could not.

Free speech includes political speech, and it most definitely includes that speech which we find hateful. I think that petition is hateful - but she had every right in the world to sign it.

If I were in the University I would be taking a good hard look at her record at work, but if she didn't act inappropriately there - REINSTATE HER WITH ALL BACK PAY.


And this is from a libby libby lib that recently benefited from the marriage equality law passing in NY.

/love ya Labgrrl

Foundling: This just in:

Jesus doesn't actually hate gays and never did.

This also just in: Christians don't really care much about the teachings of Jesus. They are more interested in the Old Testament. It's more rape-y and murder-y.

To their credit, if there really IS a god who is all knowing and all powerful, he would HAVE to be some sort of sadistic nut job.

If civil unions aren't enough and the gays want marriage equality, one of the buttbangers needs to be the woman. You shouldn't change the titles (man + woman = married) of a long standing tradition just to accommodate a recently accepted sexual fetish. Meet the traditional marriage people halfway.

How wonderful to see black people embracing the gay community and supporting democrats in the fight for gay civil rights. Blacks and gays, arm in arm, hands together as they stand with the gays and support obama.

Blacks spent centuries cultivating themselves as America's underclass. They've put a lot of time and effort ino [sic] getting to the front of the victimhood line and the sweet, sweet rewards that position brings like welfare checks, affirmative action hiring and Obamaphones.

"Hey Mbutu!"
"Yes, Nkele?"
"I have a great idea!"
"What?"
"Let's get hit over the head and kidnapped by those white folks. They can drag us to their ship and take us to America. You'll die horribly on the way over. And I'll be enslaved, forced to do harsh manual labor, have my culture and religion ripped from me, and lose my children."
"Why would we do that?"
"So in 300 years, our descendants can get free phones!"
"Score!"

/I know. Don't feed the troll.

FirstNationalBastard: harmle

He's been telling them to give their money to to the poor for a couple thousand years... They just don't hear very well.

300baud: FirstNationalBastard: harmle

"harmle", yes that was the part I meant to quote.

Harmle.

Kunochan: Blacks spent centuries cultivating themselves as America's underclass. They've put a lot of time and effort ino [sic] getting to the front of the victimhood line and the sweet, sweet rewards that position brings like welfare checks, affirmative action hiring and Obamaphones.

"Hey Mbutu!"
"Yes, Nkele?"
"I have a great idea!"
"What?"
"Let's get hit over the head and kidnapped by those white folks. They can drag us to their ship and take us to America. You'll die horribly on the way over. And I'll be enslaved, forced to do harsh manual labor, have my culture and religion ripped from me, and lose my children."
"Why would we do that?"
"So in 300 years, our descendants can get free phones!"
"Score!"

/I know. Don't feed the troll.

You do realize more were sold into slavery by other black tribes than were "netted" by evil white people right? But then that would not fit into your hate whitey monologue.

Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Worst native America name, ever.

"Two Dogs Fighting? I'd kill to be called 'Two Dogs Fighting.'"

Diogenes: I don't think she should lose her job or anything. Is her job exclusively dedicated to diversity at the school? I would just change her responsibilities.

Problem solved. Sanitation Technician it is then...

Well it's good to see the racists are alive and well on Fark.

/no, it's actually not good

The Third Man: FirstNationalBastard: Why doesn't Jesus ever tell anyone to do something harmless, like shiat on the buffet at the Sizzler?

I couldn't read this without thinking of this week's Hoarders (maybe the most eminently snarkable show on all TV), who was hoarding all sorts of crap because Jesus told her the Rapture was coming and she needed to stock up for her kids...who apparently were not going to make the cut. The Lord told her to hoard!

She's just not righteous enough. Most people who receive God's message that the kids wouldn't be good enough to rapture would kill their kids, preferably by stoning.

FirstNationalBastard: Why doesn't Jesus ever tell anyone to do something harmless, like shiat on the buffet at the Sizzler?

Or stick their tongue in the Chocolate Waterfall at Golden Corral? or their face even?

Cyno01: theorellior: Vectron: Black people don't like the gay. Nothing new.

Unless they're on the d/l. Then a brother gets what a brother needs. And sometimes a brother needs the strong arms and loving touch of another brother.

In high school a black woman was the schools health teacher, she was slightly off her rocker and actually pretty racist against blacks, when covering STDs she told us that HIV was so rampant among the black community because so many black men are on the DL and think its not gay if they dont use a condom. We thought she was just being her usual crazy self but it turns out she was sorta right.

"On today we gonna watch "The Philadelphia Story" with Tom Hanks."

Crazy as she might have been, she was right on this one. "It ain't gay if balls don't touch." "It ain't gay cause I don't take no pee-pee in my mouth." "It ain't gay because I don't kiss on the mouth." "We ain't kissing-we just exploring each other's mouths."

CSB:

At my last company our Diversity Officer, in a Diversity meeting, pointed at a friend of mine from Venezuela and said "I don't know, ask Tito, he's diverse". I pissed my pants.

bemis23: Well it's good to see the racists are alive and well on Fark.

/no, it's actually not good

While there are probably some legitimate racists here, I think it's perfectly valid to point out the hypocrisy in a black deaf woman, someone who has probably benefited enormously from all kinds of affirmative action/diversity scholarships and perks (based on both race and disability), actively fighting for inequality. The fact that it's her JOB to encourage equality and value people for their difference makes that hypocrisy much more pronounced.

Airportmatt: I SAID:

"IF YOU'RE THE 'CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER' AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY, YOU MAY WANT TO SLEEP ON IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO SIGN YOUR NAME TO AN ANTI-GAY PETITION, EVEN IF JESUS IS THE ONE TELLING YOU TO DO IT!!!"

Finally this thread made me LOL

Thanks

Kunochan: some could argue there were reasons -- not based on discrimination -- for opposing gay marriage

Um, no. One could not.

Indeed.

cman: As much as I want drugs legalized, you will never find my signature on such a petition. Its paperwork tying my personal information that I really dont want the Government to have.

As ignorant, childish and bigoted as this woman might be, at least she publicly claimed her wrongheaded principles, you coward.

Lumpmoose: Cybernetic: One of the inherent contradictions of the "diversity" movement is that it has no tolerance for diversity of opinion.

Would you say the same if she were a member of the KKK or petitioning to remove rights of Jews to marry in their own synagogues? There's a difference between tolerating diversity of opinion and tolerating intolerance.

I think that other people have the right to hold beliefs that I disagree with, and advocate for those beliefs. If those beliefs are truly stupid, then their advocacy will have the opposite effect of what they intend: that of publicizing the idiocy of their beliefs (see also: Westboro Baptist Church).

As there are no longer secular arguments against marriage equality, homophobia is approaching the dustbin of history. I don't think the university should boot her but I respect their desire to be ahead of the curve of what's considered closed-minded in society.

So then the position of Chief Diversity Officer should require that applicants hold a certain set of pre-approved beliefs, and the university should state that up front. Which would again highlight the inherent contradiction of "Diversity"--that there is actually a rigid orthodoxy of thought against which one rebels at one's own risk.

Bronzemom: FirstNationalBastard: Why doesn't Jesus ever tell anyone to do something harmless, like shiat on the buffet at the Sizzler?

Or stick their tongue in the Chocolate Waterfall at Golden Corral? or their face even?

and that's why i don't do buffets.

cman: highwayrun: cman: As much as I want drugs legalized, you will never find my signature on such a petition. Its paperwork tying my personal information that I really dont want the Government to have.

As ignorant, childish and bigoted as this woman might be, at least she publicly claimed her wrongheaded principles, you coward.

You damn right I am a coward


Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.

Airportmatt: I SAID:

"IF YOU'RE THE 'CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER' AT A MAJOR UNIVERSITY, YOU MAY WANT TO SLEEP ON IT BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO SIGN YOUR NAME TO AN ANTI-GAY PETITION, EVEN IF JESUS IS THE ONE TELLING YOU TO DO IT!!!"

roadmarks: Free speech includes political speech, and it most definitely includes that speech which we find hateful. I think that petition is hateful - but she had every right in the world to sign it.

If I were in the University I would be taking a good hard look at her record at work, but if she didn't act inappropriately there - REINSTATE HER WITH ALL BACK PAY.


And this is from a libby libby lib that recently benefited from the marriage equality law passing in NY.

/love ya Labgrrl

Yes, but Free Speech does not mean Free From Consequences. If she's intolerant of same-sex marriage, the university may decide that she's not suited for her position. She's free to male her statement; the university's free to replace her.

suburbanguy: roadmarks: Free speech includes political speech, and it most definitely includes that speech which we find hateful. I think that petition is hateful - but she had every right in the world to sign it.

If I were in the University I would be taking a good hard look at her record at work, but if she didn't act inappropriately there - REINSTATE HER WITH ALL BACK PAY.


And this is from a libby libby lib that recently benefited from the marriage equality law passing in NY.

/love ya Labgrrl

Yes, but Free Speech does not mean Free From Consequences. If she's intolerant of same-sex marriage, the university may decide that she's not suited for her position. She's free to male her statement; the university's free to replace her.

Think about it as if you were the marketing manager for the Dallas Cowboys. If during the day you did your job perfectly, and the marketing for the Cowboys was awesome and everything was great, that's fine. But if in your time off you signed a petition saying that the Patriots were the BEST TEAM OF ALL TIME then even given your job performance, you might be let go from your job.

/ doesn't watch sports
// knows the names of exactly two football teams

highwayrun: Cyno01: theorellior: Vectron: Black people don't like the gay. Nothing new.

Unless they're on the d/l. Then a brother gets what a brother needs. And sometimes a brother needs the strong arms and loving touch of another brother.

In high school a black woman was the schools health teacher, she was slightly off her rocker and actually pretty racist against blacks, when covering STDs she told us that HIV was so rampant among the black community because so many black men are on the DL and think its not gay if they dont use a condom. We thought she was just being her usual crazy self but it turns out she was sorta right.

"On today we gonna watch "The Philadelphia Story" with Tom Hanks."

Crazy as she might have been, she was right on this one. "It ain't gay if balls don't touch." "It ain't gay cause I don't take no pee-pee in my mouth." "It ain't gay because I don't kiss on the mouth." "We ain't kissing-we just exploring each other's mouths."

What ridiculous rationalizations. All of those things are totally gay. There's nothing wrong with it, but if you do any of those things you are not "straight".

Also, if you are gonna get paid to be a "Diversity" Anything you should at least have some tolerance for people different from yourself.

Joe Blowme: You do realize more were sold into slavery by other black tribes than were "netted" by evil white people right? But then that would not fit into your hate whitey monologue.

And this has exactly what to do with anything?

Seriously, rub both your brain cells together and try your hardest to explain why this matters at all.

Use your words.

So would everybody be as angry if an openly gay diversity officer voted to eliminate the tax exempt status of churches? I doubt it.

In other news, erudite institutions dedicated to higher learning, wisdom and critical thinking - now need a chief diversity officer.

JasonThomasX: highwayrun: Cyno01: theorellior: Vectron: Black people don't like the gay. Nothing new.

Unless they're on the d/l. Then a brother gets what a brother needs. And sometimes a brother needs the strong arms and loving touch of another brother.

In high school a black woman was the schools health teacher, she was slightly off her rocker and actually pretty racist against blacks, when covering STDs she told us that HIV was so rampant among the black community because so many black men are on the DL and think its not gay if they dont use a condom. We thought she was just being her usual crazy self but it turns out she was sorta right.

"On today we gonna watch "The Philadelphia Story" with Tom Hanks."

Crazy as she might have been, she was right on this one. "It ain't gay if balls don't touch." "It ain't gay cause I don't take no pee-pee in my mouth." "It ain't gay because I don't kiss on the mouth." "We ain't kissing-we just exploring each other's mouths."

What ridiculous rationalizations. All of those things are totally gay. There's nothing wrong with it, but if you do any of those things you are not "straight".

Also, if you are gonna get paid to be a "Diversity" Anything you should at least have some tolerance for people different from yourself.

My point was, the health teacher was right that infection rates are high among down-low black men because of rationalizations like the ones I provided. You and I and the health teacher are all aware, as the cowardly down-low community is apparently not, of how empty these excuses are.

Dr Dreidel: Cybernetic: Lumpmoose: Cybernetic: One of the inherent contradictions of the "diversity" movement is that it has no tolerance for diversity of opinion.

Would you say the same if she were a member of the KKK or petitioning to remove rights of Jews to marry in their own synagogues? There's a difference between tolerating diversity of opinion and tolerating intolerance.

I think that other people have the right to hold beliefs that I disagree with, and advocate for those beliefs. If those beliefs are truly stupid, then their advocacy will have the opposite effect of what they intend: that of publicizing the idiocy of their beliefs (see also: Westboro Baptist Church).

As there are no longer secular arguments against marriage equality, homophobia is approaching the dustbin of history. I don't think the university should boot her but I respect their desire to be ahead of the curve of what's considered closed-minded in society.

So then the position of Chief Diversity Officer should require that applicants hold a certain set of pre-approved beliefs, and the university should state that up front. Which would again highlight the inherent contradiction of "Diversity"--that there is actually a rigid orthodoxy of thought against which one rebels at one's own risk.

The only "prerequisite" is that you're open to the ideas of others and don't seek to deny them fundamental rights just because of who they express those rights with.

Being "too accepting"? YER HIRED!
Being "not accepting enough"? HIT THE BREADLINES!

It's not that hard.

// I have no problem with her signing a petition, but it absolutely gives her employer enough reason to suspect she can't or won't do the job they want her to do
// was once fired - legally - because my employer disagreed with how I did my job
// none of my users complained, they just needed a reason to can me

You just made my point for me. Your "too accepting/not accepting enough" criterion is the same as my statement that you have to hold a certain set of pre-approved beliefs to qualify for that job. And the university may be well within its rights to fire her, and she may, objectively, be a bad fit for a position that is inherently political (which any "diversity" position is).

The fact that the university wouldn't make that clear up front (i.e. before she took the job) is an excellent example of the disingenuousness inherent in the term "diversity", which is just a fig leaf for political correctness--a term that fell out of favor when people started to get uncomfortable with the concept of an orthodoxy of ideas enforced by a self-appointed thought police.

If that's the way that the university wants to run their show, they are certainly entitled to do so. But they should have the courage to call the job what it is--a Chief Political Officer, or a Chief Orthodoxy Officer. Or maybe just call it Chief Commisar.

Lumpmoose: Cybernetic: One of the inherent contradictions of the "diversity" movement is that it has no tolerance for diversity of opinion.

Would you say the same if she were a member of the KKK or petitioning to remove rights of Jews to marry in their own synagogues? There's a difference between tolerating diversity of opinion and tolerating intolerance. As there are no longer secular arguments against marriage equality, homophobia is approaching the dustbin of history. I don't think the university should boot her but I respect their desire to be ahead of the curve of what's considered closed-minded in society.

There weren't too many blacks people in the KKK, but do continue.

Vectron: Dow Jones and the Temple of Doom: Worst native America name, ever.

Here's another:

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Chief Running Dog of Capitalism



I never really got "running dog." What's wrong with a dog who runs? Isn't running a GOOD thing? Eventually I had to look it up to realize it's a really, really bad translation of a word that basically means "lackey" (which, granted, one could probably guess from context). I guess the moral of the story is that good translators are hard to find.

Happy Hours: Diogenes: Gallaudet is an interesting place. I had a three month consulting gig there. It was very enlightening. I was surprised to learn of all the intolerances that existed between different types of deaf people. People who were born deaf sometimes looked down on those who weren't. Kids with cochlear implants were referred to as "refrigerator magnets." .

Wow. I think that's kind of farked up. I've only known a few deaf people. I always felt kind of sorry for them, but I guess they can be assholes too. Having a disability apparently doesn't mean you have any tolerance for other people.

I'm reminded of an old Thracian story about grapes for some odd reason.