Yea for feel good 'activism" !!!

No Chick-fil-A is planed for the school, yet, she feels "banning" some thing that is not going to happen any way is a good thing. I wonder if she thought to take half the time she spent to research, promote and get the "ban" pass, to instead, picket in front of a chick-fil-a store? Perhaps pass out small flyers at the store explaining the stores hateful position on social issues.

Who knows, maybe she could have reach a few people and changed some view points. Of course, then she would miss out on all the attention her feel go ban got her.

same. While this may not be a big issue for Johns Hopkins, if it is repeated on even half the campuses in the US it will have a profound effect.

Good point, I have not considered that angle.

Good point, I have not considered that angle.

I have banned Koch Industries, Walmart, Chick-Fil-A, and Delphi from building on my block.

how about focusing the energy on the fuckwit politicians who enable/engender this bullshit?

where did people get the notion that they have the right to go through life without ever having their beliefs questioned or challenged?

Because that's what the article is referring to.

bigotry against LGBTQ should be illegal everywhere. I was referring to how microaggression was used in the OP - the notion that a company should be banned because some might be upset at the mere sight of it. Stuff like this trivializes the battle for equal rights.

This raises awareness among college students. Next time they're off campus, or maybe even have graduated and are working, when they are looking for a place to eat, they'll remember Chick-fillet and choose the alternative across the street, perhaps El Pollo Loco.

You're a straight white guy, aren't you?

but I do question the notion that a company should be banned because some might be upset at the mere sight of its sign. Stuff like this trivializes the battle for equal rights.

microaggression for someone who is not in your dominant demographic. It's kinda like men (or white people) telling women (or POC) what they're allowed to be offended by, but only as defined by you. In fact, it sounds like you don't believe in the concept of microaggression at all. Which isn't surprising, considering that you will never be subject to one.

Kind of arrogant, frankly.

agism, classism, and regionalism never ever influence how people perceive and interact with me? Every white man, regardless of class and power, treats every other white man as an absolute equal with no subtle insults or put downs? Got it.

I find your micro-aggression against micro-aggression to be very upsetting. You should have least put a trigger warning on your post if you are going to question or challenge my beliefs.

I find your micro-aggression against micro-aggression to be very upsetting. You should have least put a trigger warning on your post if you are going to question or challenge my beliefs.

How precisely did you arrive at that irrelevant and false conclusion?

but I do question the notion that a company should be banned because some might be upset at the mere sight of its sign. Stuff like this trivializes the battle for equal rights.

And, it is taking aim at the wrong target ...

You want to do something about the demonizing of gays in this country - put your time and energy into doing what you can to unelect the fuckwit pols who enable and engender it.

Healthy chickens living a good chicken life while it lasts.

...where they execute gay people.



Is Johns Hopkins going to refuse to do business with apple or ban Saudi government officials and their families from attending the school?

I wouldnt bet on it.

It solves a problem that they don't have. I wish my life were so good that I had to look to solve problems I didn't suffer from.

Eh, but whatever.