The P.C. sensitivity level is officially and embarrassingly off the charts-- a college BBQ this time

[turzovka]

Students and faculty at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey, had to rethink an “American BBQ”-themed school-sponsored event after administrators reportedly expressed concern that the patriotic theme was too “offensive.”

What they did for the “American BBQ” was put up posters around the campus advertising the event and used the famous picture of Uncle Sam pointing and saying “I want You” (to attend the BBQ) as part of the advertisement. But the college administrators told them they had to take them all down because they were “offensive???”!!!

You can read it yourself, it makes zero sense to me. From where I stand I find this to be the sickest and lamest way to run a college or a country, acting as though all these students or people need to be sheltered from the SLIGHTEST of offenses, if you can even call it that. Safe spaces, sue them, harmful language, exclusionary events, what have you. Give me a break and grow up children! Rome is burning and everyone is so worried that they have somehow been “dissed” so they will sue or retaliate. And, yes, it is the hyper liberal circles, be it government or educators or the media or the lawyers, that are leading the charge. This is a pox on this nation and shame upon those who are so horrified someone might say something they don't approve of.

Students borced to change ‘American BBQ’-themed campus event after school says name is ‘offensive’

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Schools are becoming useless. Educate yourself. You can't do worse.

 

[martybegan]

Students and faculty at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey, had to rethink an “American BBQ”-themed school-sponsored event after administrators reportedly expressed concern that the patriotic theme was too “offensive.”

What they did for the “American BBQ” was put up posters around the campus advertising the event and used the famous picture of Uncle Sam pointing and saying “I want You” as part of the advertisement. But the college administrators told them they had to take them all down because they were “offensive???”!!!

You can read it yourself, it makes zero sense to me. From where I stand I find this to be the sickest and lamest way to run a college or a country, acting as though all these students or people need to be sheltered from the SLIGHTEST of offenses, if you can even call it that. Safe spaces, sue them, harmful language, exclusionary events, what have you. Give me a break and grow up children! Rome is burning and everyone is so worried that they have somehow been “dissed” so they will sue or retaliate. And, yes, it is the hyper liberal circles, be it government or educators or the media or the lawyers, that are leading the charge. This is a pox on this nation and shame upon those who are so horrified someone might say something they don't approve of.

Students borced to change ‘American BBQ’-themed campus event after school says name is ‘offensive’

Time for some school administration mewling about "mistakes", and "miscommunications".

 

[Godboy]

First they tell us not to appropriate other cultures, then they forbid us from celebrating our own culture.

 

[bitterlyclingin]

New Jersey. Says it all.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Who cares guys. It's a dumb college BBQ.

 

[konradv]

Isn't Campus Reform one of the fake-news sites? I can't find the story covered anywhere else!

 

[Mac1958]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised.

Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way.
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[LoneLaugher]

Students and faculty at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey, had to rethink an “American BBQ”-themed school-sponsored event after administrators reportedly expressed concern that the patriotic theme was too “offensive.”

What they did for the “American BBQ” was put up posters around the campus advertising the event and used the famous picture of Uncle Sam pointing and saying “I want You” (to attend the BBQ) as part of the advertisement. But the college administrators told them they had to take them all down because they were “offensive???”!!!

You can read it yourself, it makes zero sense to me. From where I stand I find this to be the sickest and lamest way to run a college or a country, acting as though all these students or people need to be sheltered from the SLIGHTEST of offenses, if you can even call it that. Safe spaces, sue them, harmful language, exclusionary events, what have you. Give me a break and grow up children! Rome is burning and everyone is so worried that they have somehow been “dissed” so they will sue or retaliate. And, yes, it is the hyper liberal circles, be it government or educators or the media or the lawyers, that are leading the charge. This is a pox on this nation and shame upon those who are so horrified someone might say something they don't approve of.

Students borced to change ‘American BBQ’-themed campus event after school says name is ‘offensive’

I read that and the linked article at "Campus Reform". Why is there no image of the advertising that is being discussed? Is there a single student cited who found anything offensive?

 

[LoneLaugher]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised.

Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way.
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Which snowflakes would that be?

 

[Mac1958]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised. Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way..

Which snowflakes would that be?

And USMB's King of the Obtuse Question weighs in!


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[Nosmo King]

From the Ramopo College facebook page:


Message from Office of Communications and Public Affairs

An online collegiate website yesterday incorrectly characterized the involvement of Ramapo’s administration in a recent student-organized barbecue that also promoted voter registration and active citizenship. The article stated that student groups at the College were pressured by the administration with cancellation of the barbecue if the marketing was not made more inclusive. This is not true.

We regret that there was confusion around a staff member’s direction to student organizers to broaden the barbecue’s marketing message. This direction, however, did not change the event’s intended goals.

As a matter of fact, the Uncle Sam image in question is routinely used in promotional materials on our campus. Again, the purpose of the barbecue was not affected nor was it ever threatened to be cancelled. In fact, the end result was one that the College desired, over 300 students attended a voter registration drive and civic participation event that all agree was successful.

Please direct inquiries to the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised.

Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way.
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Diploma Dumbos

The university is an obsolete aristocratic institution; that's why it produces totalitarians. It must be replaced by highly paid professional training, which will attract the most talented students and motivate them to study. In its present structure of class-biased indentured servitude, it puts inferior people in superior positions and drags our society into decline and fall.

 

[LoneLaugher]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised. Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way..

Which snowflakes would that be?

And USMB's King of the Obtuse Question weighs in!


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And.....the USMB's Queen of Passive Aggressive Non-Answers makes yet another grand entrance.

 

[IsaacNewton]

Seeing how it's New Jersey someone was offended because the picante sauce was made in New York City.

 

[LoneLaugher]

This would be a good time for the OP to return to this shit show, post a retraction of some kind.....and maybe vow to avoid citing "The Blaze" without doing some fact checking.

Will he?

 

[LoneLaugher]

The funny thing is that these poor little delicate snowflakes come out with goofy stuff so often, it easily could be true, and no one would be surprised.

Well, by "funny" I mean "funny" in a sad way.
.

Diploma Dumbos

The university is an obsolete aristocratic institution; that's why it produces totalitarians. It must be replaced by highly paid professional training, which will attract the most talented students and motivate them to study. In its present structure of class-biased indentured servitude, it puts inferior people in superior positions and drags our society into decline and fall.

Oh yes. That's a perfect post.

 

[turzovka]

From the Ramopo College facebook page:

Message from Office of Communications and Public Affairs

An online collegiate website yesterday incorrectly characterized the involvement of Ramapo’s administration in a recent student-organized barbecue that also promoted voter registration and active citizenship. The article stated that student groups at the College were pressured by the administration with cancellation of the barbecue if the marketing was not made more inclusive. This is not true.

We regret that there was confusion around a staff member’s direction to student organizers to broaden the barbecue’s marketing message. This direction, however, did not change the event’s intended goals.

As a matter of fact, the Uncle Sam image in question is routinely used in promotional materials on our campus. Again, the purpose of the barbecue was not affected nor was it ever threatened to be cancelled. In fact, the end result was one that the College desired, over 300 students attended a voter registration drive and civic participation event that all agree was successful.

Please direct inquiries to the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

Where in what you cited does the Office of Communications deny saying the signs had to be removed or changed? We know the Uncle Sam image had been used in other campus signs, and we know the even was not threatened to be canceled, but that is not the question.

[From the article:]
[When asked why students were told the theme had to be changed, Angela Daidone cited “miscommunication” issues.

Gilson replied to Bischoff Hall assistant residence director Ariana Rivera’s email, asking who requested the change.
“To be honest, I’m not sure,” Rivera wrote. “I think it was administrative. I was told that our advertising was too ‘military and recruitment-oriented,’ because we had the Uncle Sam saying ‘I want you.’ I think?]

Sounds like everyone questioned knows more but is afraid to say.

 

[LoneLaugher]

From the Ramopo College facebook page:

Message from Office of Communications and Public Affairs

An online collegiate website yesterday incorrectly characterized the involvement of Ramapo’s administration in a recent student-organized barbecue that also promoted voter registration and active citizenship. The article stated that student groups at the College were pressured by the administration with cancellation of the barbecue if the marketing was not made more inclusive. This is not true.

We regret that there was confusion around a staff member’s direction to student organizers to broaden the barbecue’s marketing message. This direction, however, did not change the event’s intended goals.

As a matter of fact, the Uncle Sam image in question is routinely used in promotional materials on our campus. Again, the purpose of the barbecue was not affected nor was it ever threatened to be cancelled. In fact, the end result was one that the College desired, over 300 students attended a voter registration drive and civic participation event that all agree was successful.

Please direct inquiries to the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

Where in what you cited does the Office of Communications deny saying the signs had to be removed or changed? We know the Uncle Sam image had been used in other campus signs, and we know the even was not threatened to be canceled, but that is not the question.

[From the article:]
[When asked why students were told the theme had to be changed, Angela Daidone cited “miscommunication” issues.

Gilson replied to Bischoff Hall assistant residence director Ariana Rivera’s email, asking who requested the change.
“To be honest, I’m not sure,” Rivera wrote. “I think it was administrative. I was told that our advertising was too ‘military and recruitment-oriented,’ because we had the Uncle Sam saying ‘I want you.’ I think?]

It didn't happen, fool.

 

[turzovka]

From the Ramopo College facebook page:

Message from Office of Communications and Public Affairs

An online collegiate website yesterday incorrectly characterized the involvement of Ramapo’s administration in a recent student-organized barbecue that also promoted voter registration and active citizenship. The article stated that student groups at the College were pressured by the administration with cancellation of the barbecue if the marketing was not made more inclusive. This is not true.

We regret that there was confusion around a staff member’s direction to student organizers to broaden the barbecue’s marketing message. This direction, however, did not change the event’s intended goals.

As a matter of fact, the Uncle Sam image in question is routinely used in promotional materials on our campus. Again, the purpose of the barbecue was not affected nor was it ever threatened to be cancelled. In fact, the end result was one that the College desired, over 300 students attended a voter registration drive and civic participation event that all agree was successful.

Please direct inquiries to the Office of Communications and Public Affairs.

Where in what you cited does the Office of Communications deny saying the signs had to be removed or changed? We know the Uncle Sam image had been used in other campus signs, and we know the even was not threatened to be canceled, but that is not the question.

[From the article:]
[When asked why students were told the theme had to be changed, Angela Daidone cited “miscommunication” issues.

Gilson replied to Bischoff Hall assistant residence director Ariana Rivera’s email, asking who requested the change.
“To be honest, I’m not sure,” Rivera wrote. “I think it was administrative. I was told that our advertising was too ‘military and recruitment-oriented,’ because we had the Uncle Sam saying ‘I want you.’ I think?]

It didn't happen, fool.

You're only half right at best
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And my fault for assuming the headlines in several articles meant what it said when it wrote >>> Student groups at Ramapo College were forced to change the theme of an “American BBQ” because the administration deemed it too “offensive.”

America-themed BBQ 'considered offensive' at Ramapo

So in that article you read >>>

However, on September 14, just two days before the scheduled event, (Assistant Resident Director) Ariana Rivera wrote to Gilson, again, this time regretfully explaining that Bischoff Hall would no longer be co-sponsoring with the CRs because the American theme was “considered offensive.” Rivera subsequently reported that the event would not be entirely cancelled, after all, but that it would have to be a standard BBQ.

“The BBQ did go on as planned, there were American flags and TurboVote was there, and over 300 students attended,” Ramapo Public Relations Specialist Angela Daidone told Campus Reform. “The theme was changed, but there were American flags hanging.”

So technically they were not "forced" to change it, but if they did not they would lose their sponsorship. Coercion. And in the end, the article says they did change the theme. And oh what an OFFENSIVE theme it was. Something high paid college administrators need to waste our money on. It was a picture of Uncle Sam and the caption was “We want you...to come to our BBQ.” Is that even possible they might get politically freaked out over that!!!

But you are half right they did not tell them they had to take the posters down, just change the theme. My error. Still, this is so ridiculous and embarrassing.