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Originally posted by SG-17
reply to post by Trustfund
You can't expect much from Southern Rednecks.
Jones said social media played a huge role in both prompting the gathering and spreading misinformation about what actually happened.
Initial reports on Twitter labeled the gathering as a “riot,” but many observers say it was simply a small group of angry students assembled in protest.
Ole Miss made national headlines for the protests following the president’s victory, and, as a result, we may have lost any credibility we gained as a progressive institution.
I understand that each individual has the right to express his or her opinions on this campus. However, the election night discourse on campus was far from respectable. Racial slurs were yelled, signs were burned and “Dixie” was played. Students shouted, “The South will rise again.” These actions have no place on The University of Mississippi’s campus and are not becoming of an Ole Miss Rebel.
In one word, I was shocked.
Shocked like so many other members of the Ole Miss family — students, alumni, faculty and staff — when I woke up Wednesday morning to the news that protests had occurred on campus in the wake of President Obama’s re-election. But as I read articles, Facebook posts and Twitter feeds documenting the blatant use of racial slurs towards not only the president, but other Ole Miss students, my shock turned into anger. And my anger turned into shame.
Even though initial reports of full-on “riots” proved to be blown out of proportion, the damage is done. The nation’s modern understanding of The University of Mississippi, which this entire year had focused on the 50th anniversary of integration and progress in race relations, was eclipsed in an instant.
Just remember, those of you from the Tea Party, how easily you labeled all forms of Occupy Wall Street protests as 'riots'.
Originally posted by spyder550
Remember -- it is ONLY a riot whey the left does it. It is a matter of semantics, delusional semantics.
Originally posted by Trustfund
reply to post by Blackmarketeer
Just remember, those of you from the Tea Party, how easily you labeled all forms of Occupy Wall Street protests as 'riots'.
Yup. That's what I was thinking
Originally posted by Logarock
Originally posted by Trustfund
reply to post by Blackmarketeer
Just remember, those of you from the Tea Party, how easily you labeled all forms of Occupy Wall Street protests as 'riots'.
Yup. That's what I was thinking
that was easy for the Tea Party. They cleaned up their mess and didnt block trafic and use the street as a public john.edit on 8-11-2012 by Logarock because: n
Originally posted by Trustfund
reply to post by Logarock
Before or after they attempt to murder women and hold up racist signs?