Comments on UVA Law Blog: Don't Forget to Sign the Diversity Pledge

and "For years now, the Rev. Dr. Martin Lut...

2010-03-09T22:27:09.998-05:00

and

"For years now, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his associates have been deliberately undermining the foundations of internal order in this country. With their rabble-rousing demagoguery, they have been cracking the “cake of custom” that holds us together. With their doctrine of “civil disobedience,” they have been teaching hundreds of thousands of Negroes — particularly the adolescents and the children — that it is perfectly alright to break the law and defy constituted authority if you are a Negro-with-a-grievance; in protest against injustice. And they have done more than talk. They have on occasion after occasion, in almost every part of the country, called out their mobs on the streets, promoted “school strikes,” sit-ins, lie-ins, in explicit violation of the law and in explicit defiance of the public authority. They have taught anarchy and chaos by word and deed — and, no doubt, with the best of intentions — and they have found apt pupils everywhere, with intentions not of the best. Sow the wind, and reap the whirlwind."

Just so you know where The National Review Magazin...

2010-03-09T22:26:52.500-05:00

Just so you know where The National Review Magazine is coming from:

Will Herberg, "’Civil Rights’ and Violence: Who Are the Guilty Ones?", The National Review Sept. 7th, 1965

It did not come easy for us in this country, under the weight of the vast influx of immigrants and the residual effects of the frontier tradition, to consolidate a secure internal order based on custom and respect for constituted authority; but finally we managed. This internal order is now in jeopardy; and it is in jeopardy because of the doings of such high-minded, self-righteous “children of light” as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King and his associates in the leadership of the “civil rights” movement. If you are looking for those ultimately responsible for the murder, arson, and looting in Los Angeles, look to them: they are the guilty ones, these apostles of “non-violence.”

I'm a "minority" at the law school a...

2010-03-08T13:31:09.870-05:00

I'm a "minority" at the law school and I could care less about the diversity pledge. Either people are accepting of me and don't consider race when it comes to personal relationships or they aren't going to change. I don't sign the pledge nor wear a t-shirt; it's meaningless gesture to me.

To 4:19, re: "are" see: http://www.this...

2010-03-07T16:26:00.482-05:00

To 4:19, re: "are"

see: http://www.thisisarecountry.com/
scroll down to botttom of page

@2:46 - u mad?

2010-03-07T16:16:53.825-05:00

@2:46 - u mad?

12:47 is clearly the same person who posted at 12:...

2010-03-07T14:46:28.840-05:00

12:47 is clearly the same person who posted at 12:07 earlier in this thread. This person obviously gets sauced, pops onto UVa Law Blog, gets incensed, and then posts an incoherent argument littered with not-so-subtle quips that are neither insightful nor comical. He or she most likely thinks that they are about 50 times more intelligent than they in fact are. Easy to mock, impossible to actually engage.

@4:19 - u mad?

2010-03-06T22:29:16.659-05:00

@4:19 - u mad?

Um, what's with all this ARE garbage? I assume...

2010-03-06T16:19:35.071-05:00

Um, what's with all this ARE garbage? I assume the commenter intends to make fun of a particular regional dialect that pronounces "our" more like "are" than "hour"... or, to go a logical step further, to imply that everyone that speaks with such a regional dialect is opposed to diversity. Such superiority and/or stereotyping from someone claiming to support diversity is more than a bit discouraging.

Um, what's with all this ARE garbage? I assume...

2010-03-06T16:19:33.443-05:00

Um, what's with all this ARE garbage? I assume...

2010-03-06T16:19:31.886-05:00

we are indeed FRIENDS, 8:02

2010-03-05T09:59:39.321-05:00

we are indeed FRIENDS, 8:02

I think UVA gets some extra cash out of the deal. ...

2010-03-05T09:45:52.808-05:00

I think UVA gets some extra cash out of the deal. Part of this diversity pledge coming about was the foxfield incident but part of it was the S&C / Charney thing. I always assumed these firms donated a little extra to UVA beyond the cost of the shirts for the publicity. So we get some free tshirts, UVA gets some cash and looks less racist, and S&C and these other firms look a little less homophobic.

12:47, Are we FRIENDS?

2010-03-05T08:02:22.839-05:00

12:47,

Are we FRIENDS?

8:00 here, it means absolutely nothing. Just tryi...

2010-03-05T01:25:19.543-05:00

8:00 here, it means absolutely nothing. Just trying to see if somebody would get offended.

People seem to really get fired up about this pledge that most people sign to get a free T-Shirt...

@8:00 PM: "If a person signs the diversity pl...

2010-03-05T00:50:00.493-05:00

@8:00 PM: "If a person signs the diversity pledge can the law school legally bind that person to supporting affirmative action?"

wtf does this even mean?

lol, 7:28 is f'ing hilarious ... oh the sweet ...

2010-03-05T00:47:11.447-05:00

lol, 7:28 is f'ing hilarious ... oh the sweet irony, it's too rich, too delicious

"The Diversity Pledge is HURTING UVA law school more than helping it."

yes, friend, i agree: the diversity pledge is HURTING ARE lawschool.

is there no end to the torment that is heaped on white heterosexual conservative elitists?

more specifically, the diversity pledge is hurting ARE students who are forced to, um, ... decline to sign a piece of paper that others voluntarily choose to sign

"A suggestion to get rid of it is helping. You are not."

yes, friend, again we find agreement. a suggestion to get rid of this oppressive tool is helping us.

ty for protecting ARE liberty and autonomy in the face of this relentlessly creeping totalitarianism.

this pledge, this symbolic speech voluntarily engaged in by some of our peers, must be STOPPED to protect ARE right to, um ... not be put in the PAINFUL position of, um ... choosing not to speak if we don't want to!

"You are not [helping]. No one thinks you're cute for being "pro-diversity." We all think you're cliche and living in your liberal, late-teens, undergrad years.

Get over yourself."

LOL.

9:46, I'm in the same boat. If the shirts had...

2010-03-04T22:23:00.761-05:00

9:46, I'm in the same boat. If the shirts had been orange I would have signed the pledge.

They ran out of shirts, so I didn't sign. What...

2010-03-04T21:46:57.331-05:00

They ran out of shirts, so I didn't sign. What a sham.

If a person signs the diversity pledge can the law...

2010-03-04T20:00:45.604-05:00

If a person signs the diversity pledge can the law school legally bind that person to supporting affirmative action?

1:38 The Diversity Pledge is HURTING UVA law scho...

2010-03-04T19:28:33.283-05:00

1:38

The Diversity Pledge is HURTING UVA law school more than helping it. A suggestion to get rid of it is helping. You are not. No one thinks you're cute for being "pro-diversity." We all think you're cliche and living in your liberal, late-teens, undergrad years.

Get over yourself.

wgwag

2010-03-04T16:02:27.651-05:00

wgwag

Could be worse, they could make you write the whol...

2010-03-04T13:41:14.729-05:00

Could be worse, they could make you write the whole thing out and sign it to get your free tshirt. All in all a signature isn't that bad for a free tshirt.

Who is responsible for the diversity pledge? I for...

2010-03-04T11:46:35.561-05:00

Who is responsible for the diversity pledge? I for one have no idea whatsoever. How does one who is concerned with the wording of this pledge and wants to improve it for future years go about doing so?

12:07 sounds like something Sprigman would post on...

2010-03-04T10:10:33.253-05:00

12:07 sounds like something Sprigman would post on his Facebook. (Which makes it all the more impressive that he stays so unbiased in class. Seriously.)

8:25 The "silence me" thing was tongue i...

2010-03-04T03:11:52.378-05:00

8:25
The "silence me" thing was tongue in cheek