No christmas at ut

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mrorange211 said:
That's because Facebook represents the mob Alexander Hamilton warned you about.
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Wonder how Alexander Hamilton would feel about not being able to call a Christmas party a Christmas party and how having a secret Santa hurts people's feelings?
 
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volbeast33 said:
Wonder how Alexander Hamilton would feel about not being able to call a Christmas party a Christmas party and how having a secret Santa hurts people's feelings?
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You just don't get it. Higher institutions should be the most inclusive places in the country. This is not a war on Christ; this is a war on the perception that this time of year is only about Christ. For some it is, but you should respect those that don't see it that way. And guess what? Most academics at UTK that would celebrate at these parties, don't see it that way.

Oh, and Hamilton would probably state that these protests over Christmas in Tennessee are just the babblings of the uneducated mob trying to impose their sense of justice on everyone else, but he tended to hate the mob for many reasons, mostly because he was a stuck up prick but I digress.
 
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mrorange211 said:
You just don't get it. Higher institutions should be the most inclusive places in the country. This is not a war on Christ; this is a war on the perception that this time of year is only about Christ. For some it is, but you should respect those that don't see it that way. And guess what? Most academics at UTK that would celebrate at these parties, don't see it that way.

Oh, and Hamilton would probably state that these protests over Christmas in Tennessee are just the babblings of the uneducated mob trying to impose their sense of justice on everyone else, but he tended to hate the mob for many reasons, mostly because he was a stuck up prick but I digress.
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In my years at higher learning institutes, I realized most were really good at book smarts but really lacking in common sense. Im not a Christian and not concerned about a supposed "war on Christmas" Its a national Holiday and Tradition loaded with years of American customs. What other country tries to devalue its on tradition and customs to give people some false sense of feeling welcome. I am the boss at my job and have a Christmas dinner with all our employees. All our employees come and I make them feel welcome and included. Even the few that don't believe in Christmas come and spend time with all their co-workers and friends. I don't have to insult their intelligence by changing the name and getting rid of Secret Santa.
 
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MercyPercy said:
I don't give a damn about your anecdotal evidence, I'm just sitting here enjoying you attempt to justify why segregation wasn't all that bad.

This could be a case study in "back in my day things were perfect!" syndrome.
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I didn't say that segregation wasn't that bad. I merely relayed a statement made to me by others. Back in my day we had a happier, more satisfied populace overall. I don't see much of that today. I never said things were perfect, did I?
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
Like getting hanged for glancing at a white chick?
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Nobody got hanged in my town. I am not saying that it never happened anywhere, but that was inconceivable where I grew up.

In my hometown, there has never been a racial incident of any kind that I am aware of. No black men accused of raping any white girls. No lynchings, no shootings of unarmed black men, no problems at school when integration began, no nothing.
 
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mrorange211 said:
You just don't get it. Higher institutions should be the most inclusive places in the country. This is not a war on Christ; this is a war on the perception that this time of year is only about Christ. For some it is, but you should respect those that don't see it that way. And guess what? Most academics at UTK that would celebrate at these parties, don't see it that way.

Oh, and Hamilton would probably state that these protests over Christmas in Tennessee are just the babblings of the uneducated mob trying to impose their sense of justice on everyone else, but he tended to hate the mob for many reasons, mostly because he was a stuck up prick but I digress.
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Inclusion should not mean everyone has to hide their beliefs.... Inclusion would be others accepting your beliefs and not being offended.
 
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1972 Grad said:
Nobody got hanged in my town. I am not saying that it never happened anywhere, but that was inconceivable where I grew up.

In my hometown, there has never been a racial incident of any kind that I am aware of. No black men accused of raping any white girls. No lynchings, no shootings of unarmed black men, no problems at school when integration began, no nothing.
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Same at mine.... We had a 4% black enrollment, yet our homecoming queen was black.... We all got along just fine.
So much so that the govt decided to close it due to segregation......so much for neighborhood schools
 
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1972 Grad said:
I didn't say that segregation wasn't that bad. I merely relayed a statement made to me by others. Back in my day we had a happier, more satisfied populace overall. I don't see much of that today. I never said things were perfect, did I?
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These types only see things in terms of absolutes.....
 
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theFallGuy said:
No. And if I went to Israel I wouldn't demand that they not call it a Hannukah party
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That's what you don't understand: if you were at the University of Tel-Aviv they wouldn't even celebrate the holiday. Look at their website. Today is the first day of Hanukkah and there is no mention of it, because they pride themselves on being a 'global institution'. This is not an issue----only an issue to Christians that possess some kind of inferiority complex which makes no damn sense because they are the majority of this country.
 
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mrorange211 said:
That's what you don't understand: if you were at the University of Tel-Aviv they wouldn't even celebrate the holiday. Look at their website. Today is the first day of Hanukkah and there is no mention of it, because they pride themselves on being a 'global institution'. This is not an issue----only an issue to Christians that possess some kind of inferiority complex which makes no damn sense because they are the majority of this country.
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How many university websites do you think have something about Xmas listed?
 
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Carl Pickens said:
Same at mine.... We had a 4% black enrollment, yet our homecoming queen was black.... We all got along just fine.
So much so that the govt decided to close it due to segregation......so much for neighborhood schools
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I wish that these idiots who have had their minds twisted into absolutes by the educational system would go to george clem school blogspot and click on George Clem Wolverines dated Aug 2014, and read about the loss of their neighborhood school in 1965, and about the coming integration from the black teachers and students who were actually alive then , and experienced it firsthand.

They need to read about how the kids were then ( compared to today) from some of the teachers, and about the pride that they had in their school and their community. They felt a loss when their school was closed.

It is sad when someone tells you that things absolutely didn't happen in YOUR childhood, and they weren't even born yet. They know more about what happened in the 1950's and 60's in my hometown than I do.
 
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I'm not being a dick here but, folks always look back at their own generation more favorable than the current generation. It's called nostalgia.
I'm 40, and I feel that way about the late 80's and 90's.
 
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DEFENDTHISHOUSE said:
I'm not being a dick here but, folks always look back at their own generation more favorable than the current generation. It's called nostalgia.
I'm 40, and I feel that way about the late 80's and 90's.
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I loved the late 80's and the 90's. I'm 41.
 
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Only good thing about the 80s was when Johnny sent the Bear into retirement and the Sugar Vols
 
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ClearwaterVol said:
I'm sure if a poll was taken minorities and homosexuals would express a desire to return to the 50s. LMFAO.
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First of all, you would have to only poll the ones who were alive then. I knew both gays and minorities then, and they didn't seem particularly miserable to me. My parents each had their own businesses, and employed both, and had both as customers.

I feel like you must think that lynchings and turning the dogs loose on blacks, and ridiculing gays were a daily occurrence in the 50's and 60's.

Those things may have happened occasionally in some areas, but I guess that I grew up in Mayberry. The things that let me know we were segregated were a couple of restaurants ( that had signs posted that they could refuse service to anyone they chose to), a separate entrance to the theater, and the school and sports teams.

As I said, my parents both employed and served blacks in their businesses, as did most places. They were treated like everyone else. There were no city buses to have to ride in the back, and very few people ate at restaurants. There was no such thing as fast food then, so the vast majority of people ate at home. I was hardly ever in a place to eat until after integration. If you didn't live then , you do not understand the era. All that you have been taught are the bad things.

In my town, the blacks had a school building that was modern and the equal to the whites. We played Little League at 1 of 3 fields in town. One was in front of their school, and it was normal for 2 white teams to play each other in their neighborhood. or a black team versus a white team in my neighborhood.

The coach of their LL baseball team became a baseball and football coach at our high school while I went there, and he was well respected by all. We did what he told us to do.
 
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