Adam Rittenberg: Bizarre scene at Northwestern athletics ground breaking

[BleedGopher]

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Go Gophers!!

 

[supadupafly]

Such ridiculous snowflakes. Smh.

 

[DLguy]

Kids these days will find anything to protest about. Seems like they just need attention

 

[BleedGopher]

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Go Gophers!!

 

[BleedGopher]

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[bkrownd]

LOL, college life

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Kids these days will find anything to protest about. Seems like they just need attention

Bingo. People nowadays just make up reasons to be upset.

 

[bkrownd]

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Go Gophers!!

"brave"? Right. What's the Princess Bride quote? "This word...I do not think it means what you think it means..."

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Protesters now leaving while chanting "You can't stop the revolution!" pic.twitter.com/B3VREY4PIr— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) November 13, 2015


Go Gophers!!

Says the children paying 50 grand to go to college.

 

[SelectionSunday]

Oh to be young, 21 & stupid, and have all the answers.

 

[Stan]

Bingo. People nowadays just make up reasons to be upset.

Yea, this is the first generation ever to protest. No college age group ever protested needlessly before.

 

[GophersInIowa]

So do we see some of these groups interrupting basketball and football games this weekend?

 

[Winnipegopher]

So do we see some of these groups interrupting basketball and football games this weekend?

I was just going to post the same. I say no, though. A football crowd could turn on a small group of protesters very quickly.

 

[MNVCGUY]

So do we see some of these groups interrupting basketball and football games this weekend?

Would be far more likely to see it happen during a basketball game then a football game. What I wonder is when another team will try to do something similar to what the Missouri players did.

 

[GopherJack]

I was just going to post the same. I say no, though. A football crowd could turn on a small group of protesters very quickly.

Especially a crowd that has been swilling $8 Big Friendly's at "The Bank". I guess we'll have to wait til next week to witness something like that.

 

[Breakin' The Plane]

Over/under on the number of Che Guevera t-shirts present?

 

[mnsportsgeek]

Yea, this is the first generation ever to protest. No college age group ever protested needlessly before.

Well, previous generations actually had some pretty major things worth protesting about.

 

[Governor Sibley]

Special Snowflakes Alert

 

[GoldenRodents]

The true "Brave Ones" are the students mocking this Cry-Bullies

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Honestly, Black people, tell these bozos to shut up. They are embarrassing you.

 

[bemidjigopher]

Anyone else think it's weird that most of the students in the picture are white.

 

[BarnBoy]

Here's a good one from earlier in the week:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/10/u...otesters-block-journalists-press-freedom.html

Before you watch the video, think about the First Amendment, what protesting means, what protesters want... and then let the hilarity ensue. And the lady shouting "I need some muscle" is a professor of journalism at Missouri.

 

[Donovan]

I'm sure many of you don't venture over to the "Off Topic Board" (and judging on some of the stuff posted over there, I don't blame you!), but there has been quite a bit of stuff posted over there on this subject.

 

[mplsbadger]

And the lady shouting "I need some muscle" is a professor of journalism at Missouri.

Not anymore!

 

[STPGopher]

Honestly, Black people, tell these bozos to shut up. They are embarrassing you.

As a Gopher fan, I'm asking you to shut up! You're embarassing us!

 

[mkAz]

There has got to be better things they can be spending their time protesting about.

 

[oleboy41]

Honestly, Black people, tell these bozos to shut up. They are embarrassing you.

Nah I'm good. But if you think I should be embarrassed as a black person because of this that tells me all I need to know about you. Ignored

 

[Seany]

Well, previous generations actually had some pretty major things worth protesting about.

Well, every generation has its own issues. What we've seen here in the past week at Missouri, Yale and now Northwestern are students protesting against what they see as being institutionalized racism within the context of their university experience, and while you might doubt the validity of that stance, that's simply your opinion, just as the protesters have their own.

It's natural for young people to try and find their voice, and I think it's encouraging to see political and social activism still alive on the campuses of America, because there have been times when such activism is mostly dormant and students are far more passive and accepting of whatever reality happens to surround them. I think it's never a bad thing to be an idealistic youth and stand up and fight for what you believe in, particularly when that fight is against what you perceive to be a grave injustice, and racism is alive in America, of that there is no doubt.

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Well, every generation has its own issues. What we've seen here in the past week at Missouri, Yale and now Northwestern are students protesting against what they see as being institutionalized racism within the context of their university experience, and while you might doubt the validity of that stance, that's simply your opinion, just as the protesters have their own.

It's natural for young people to try and find their voice, and I think it's encouraging to see political and social activism still alive on the campuses of America, because there have been times when such activism is mostly dormant and students are far more passive and accepting of whatever reality happens to surround them. I think it's never a bad thing to be an idealistic youth and stand up and fight for what you believe in, particularly when that fight is against what you perceive to be a grave injustice, and racism is alive in America, of that there is no doubt.

So are you on record saying it's totally fine to ruin somebody's career for failing to look into baseless allegations of racism so some entitled self-absorbed brat can find his voice? Standing up for real injustices is one thing, making sh1t up to stir up emotions and drawing attention to yourself is beyond unacceptable behavior.

 

[Pompous Elitist]

Well, every generation has its own issues. What we've seen here in the past week at Missouri, Yale and now Northwestern are students protesting against what they see as being institutionalized racism within the context of their university experience, and while you might doubt the validity of that stance, that's simply your opinion, just as the protesters have their own.

It's natural for young people to try and find their voice, and I think it's encouraging to see political and social activism still alive on the campuses of America, because there have been times when such activism is mostly dormant and students are far more passive and accepting of whatever reality happens to surround them. I think it's never a bad thing to be an idealistic youth and stand up and fight for what you believe in, particularly when that fight is against what you perceive to be a grave injustice, and racism is alive in America, of that there is no doubt.

Really? How do you feel about religious extremists, then? I think these things deserve more nuance.

Watch the video in the NY Times link above. If the few of you that identify with these kids support this I find that disturbing. It's extremism and intolerance. They have " jumped the shark" and the pendulum has swung too far.