Emphasis mine. I find this quote rather sad. The emphasized part strikes me as treating Trump as a king figure, given that she’s presumably referring to the related executive order. Despite...
The student said she wasn’t going to participate in the lecture because she didn’t want to “promote something that is against our president’s laws, as well as against my religious beliefs.”
Emphasis mine.
I find this quote rather sad. The emphasized part strikes me as treating Trump as a king figure, given that she’s presumably referring to the related executive order. Despite everything that’s been happening in the US lately, that still feels really gross to see/hear, especially from a woman at a university. I’m aware that pro-Trump people have a tendency to be bizarrely pro, especially in places like Texas, but I still associate universities as being at least a bit more sane (I don’t know anything about this university in particular though). The article mentioned another student who said the confrontation felt performative, but even if she was playing it up, it still feels sad.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was less her treating him like a king figure and more just a complete failure of civic knowledge. People who just genuinely don't understand that EOs don't create new...
I wouldn't be surprised if it was less her treating him like a king figure and more just a complete failure of civic knowledge. People who just genuinely don't understand that EOs don't create new law nor do they apply to anyone except those within the Executive branch.
It’s almost certainly ignorance. Many years ago I was a stats TA before law school. A student was struggling with z-scores, because they didn’t understand the difference between greater than and...
It’s almost certainly ignorance. Many years ago I was a stats TA before law school. A student was struggling with z-scores, because they didn’t understand the difference between greater than and less than. The problem was solved with a YouTube video for children featuring alligators eating numbers.
As the discussion began, one student angled a phone in her lap, pressed record on a video and then raised her hand.
“I just have a question, because I’m not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching,” said the student, who went on to accuse the professor of violating President Donald Trump’s executive order, which recognizes only two biological sexes.
McCoul told the student she disagreed with her assessment, and after a short back-and-forth, captured on video, McCoul asked the student to leave.
But earlier this month, the recording of the confrontation — and a second one between the student and Texas A&M President Mark A. Welsh III, who first defended McCoul — was shared on social media by a GOP state representative, igniting a firestorm. Republicans quickly seized on the exchange to question the teaching of gender identity at a public university and demanded firings. Within days, Welsh terminated McCoul and demoted College of Arts and Sciences’ Dean Mark Zoran and the head of the English department, Emily Johansen — decisions that intensified scrutiny and ultimately culminated in his own resignation on Thursday afternoon.
Something something, Hitler youth, something. It would be sad but her parents are probably totally onboard and Trump loyalists themselves, so, idk what to do with that. I’m just not a loyalist.
Something something, Hitler youth, something.
It would be sad but her parents are probably totally onboard and Trump loyalists themselves, so, idk what to do with that. I’m just not a loyalist.
Emphasis mine.
I find this quote rather sad. The emphasized part strikes me as treating Trump as a king figure, given that she’s presumably referring to the related executive order. Despite everything that’s been happening in the US lately, that still feels really gross to see/hear, especially from a woman at a university. I’m aware that pro-Trump people have a tendency to be bizarrely pro, especially in places like Texas, but I still associate universities as being at least a bit more sane (I don’t know anything about this university in particular though). The article mentioned another student who said the confrontation felt performative, but even if she was playing it up, it still feels sad.
I wouldn't be surprised if it was less her treating him like a king figure and more just a complete failure of civic knowledge. People who just genuinely don't understand that EOs don't create new law nor do they apply to anyone except those within the Executive branch.
It’s almost certainly ignorance. Many years ago I was a stats TA before law school. A student was struggling with z-scores, because they didn’t understand the difference between greater than and less than. The problem was solved with a YouTube video for children featuring alligators eating numbers.
Anecdotes aside, most adults in the US are (partially) illiterate.
Something something, Hitler youth, something.
It would be sad but her parents are probably totally onboard and Trump loyalists themselves, so, idk what to do with that. I’m just not a loyalist.