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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:31 PM Original message |
From academia, an outpouring for Gates |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. and crowley lied. that shifts all truth to gates. cant believe a single part of crowleys |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh jesus, someone wrote a poem? These guys have no shame. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Yes, people shouldn't speak out against police abuse of power... |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Yes, economic elites should railroad a blue collar guy who protects them. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. our professional paid officer .... lied. he betrayed not only gates, civilians as a whole but HIS |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. He let his union hold a press conference to defend him. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. yes. he dishonored them all. further, they did it willingly. they knew he lied and they |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. How exactly did Crowley protect anyone but himself? |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I believe the contempt is for the racist abuse of power. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I was such an elite, I had to buy the chalk for my classroom |
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AspenRose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #2 |
19. Gosh, I guess Billie Holiday was all wrong about "Strange Fruit" then |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:12 PM Response to Reply #19 |
39. Point. Well done. |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. I agree with President Obama's initial take on this. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. He never withdrew that. He only said he didn't mean to malign Crowley or the department. |
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man4allcats (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Good. Three more cheers for The President! |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
11. Aw shit we're toast. Americans hate smart folks almost as much as black folks. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 05:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. lol lol. ya know. n/t |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. academia (at duke) |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:04 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. So, Paul, what do you think of Crowley lying his ass off on his incident report? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. easy. if he lied on the report, he should be fired |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. I think that's wrong. We're trained to question each other. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. that's rubbish |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. I didn't see the faculty of Harvard holding any press conferences over this, did you? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:37 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. i know you would like to believe this |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:43 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Okay. Maybe it would be more accurate to say that what emerges |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:48 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. academics are rarely involved |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. And that's a very valid point, too. Cops are always under public scrutiny. |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. but the analogies are there |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. I saw the SFPD for years close up as one of their certified interpreters. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Who stands to profit from this? nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:19 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Profit? Crowley is just trying to keep his job. n/t |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. That's the point. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:04 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. That's not logic. That's rationalizing right wing bullshit. |
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imdjh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Are the reports coming out about his "miscategorized grants" to his friends right wing bullshit? |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-28-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #43 |
51. excellent point. and as soon as the critics start wailing about "right wing talking points: |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. thank you. n/t |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:09 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. If you will recall, those academics condemned the social context that led to the |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. He's changing the channel after spending hours berating anyone |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. read the frigging declaration |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. but if he lied in the report, then the rest of his report is worthless. gates could have been |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:33 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. that's tangential to the issue |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. i get it. excellent point. nt |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. glad you are here. a question. you have read his report. know what he said at beginning |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 06:40 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. that's a tough question |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. i agree. nt |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 07:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
42. I'm looking at it right now. It's about the racial social context at Duke. |
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-..__... (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
45. Acedemics sticking togther = "fight the man" |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. False equivalence. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Today the police commissioner said he always tells his cops to learn |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:30 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. In this case, police sticking together = covering for a lying racist asshole. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-27-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
50. "Harvard's Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Fellows released a strongly worded letter" |
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