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In most circumstances, it is totally douchey to question the level of someone's fandom, however in this case, on behalf of Huskerboard since it is glaringly obvious you are not a Husker fan, we will kindly ask you to stop referring to Nebraska as "we."

Really has nothing to do with my job since I am not a criminal investigator, but here are a few links with data on hate crimes and hate groups if it floats your boat: https://www.justice.gov/hatecrimes/hate-crime-statistics https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/adl-fbi-data-reflects-deeply-alarming-record-high-number-reported-hate?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAy9msBhD0ARIsANbk0A9k4hPicuxd8T_3nH-dV3awRUP6rYYZUoQAPwoCn_Wd1ycvCj-nEocaAjM3EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map But really, my "rhetoric" today is not about the rise or statistics regarding white supremacy. It's been about Vivek, and you and Devo by extension, being dismissive of it. Now, I might be done here for the day. If this convo must continue, I would recommend taking it over to the Racism thread.

I'm not feigning surprise at anything, bruh. You're mischaracterizing my comments, and you still haven't substantiated your statements. You must not have read my commentary on the Harvard deal a couple of posts up. There are plenty of hypersensitive folks and other crazies who hysterically claim racism at every little thing. I am quite certain that I see these things more often than you do, and as a civil-rights investigator it is the bane of my existence. But the fact that people do this, and the fact that Jussie Smollett was a thing (since your boy Vivek brought it up), does not negate the existence of systemic racism, the rise in hate crimes even though other violent crimes are going down, the rise of hate groups, and the fact that we have actual active leaders in power who push white supremacist ideas and conspiracy theories. Pointing out that "liberals use 'white nationalist' and 'racist' or 'Nazi' when the concept being discussed is actually none of those things," might provides a convenient "out" for some folks to avoid discussing or acknowledging these issues. Tell ya what...the next time you see someone unjustly pull the "Nazi" or "white nationalist" card, feel free to ask my opinion if you really care. We can think critically about it together. After all, even Archy was thoughtful enough to ask me about the Harvard case.

That comment was mostly based on Ramaswamy's statement in the video where he said: Of course, Devo is the one who promoted the post on this forum in the first place, and you said "Everything was impressive about it" But also, Devo said this: which seems quite dismissive of these concepts.

Yeah, I hadn't read enough of the details of that matter to really know the ins and outs so I didn't comment on it here. But I should have read more about it (and still hope to) so I can make some educated comments on the substance of it. I am really glad that you brought it up though, can you remind me of some of the specific posts that "make a mockery of actual racism?" Some comments based on what I have heard and seen so far: - My knee-jerk reaction without having absorbed all the facts is that her termination (or forced resignation?) was justified. Her statements in the congressional hearing were clumsy and unprepared (more on that in a minute), and if the plagiarism allegations were true, then she simply could not stay. - It is not surprising that both the right and left would jump on the racial component of this case. Being the first black woman to lead Harvard is no small thing, and for any president of a major university to be gone amid scandal this quickly should certainly be subject to all sorts of second-guessing. Knowing that any adverse action against a black woman of that stature would be met with cries of racism, I would assume that Harvard's board or whoever was calling the shots would have had a solid justification for any action. These universities still think about diversity and inclusion issues very carefully (even if they still mess up quite often), even though many states are trying to outlaw DEI efforts. - It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that many folks from academia and from marginalized communities would be appalled at what happened and blame it on racism without evidence to substantiate it. I see it all the time in my work: people claiming discrimination when the facts don't support it, or raising hysteria without solutions. This hysteria is exactly what the right latches onto into in order to dismiss any suggestion of systemic racism or "wokeness" or whatever. - It also doesn't surprise me that right-wingers, including posters on this very board, were quick to celebrate her ousting, and claim she never belonged in that role in the first place. I personally don't think her termination was based on race, but a lot of the reaction might be. - The university presidents (including the one from Penn) walked into an obvious trap from Trump-stooge Stefanik in that congressional hearing. They were completely over their heads in responding to obvious gotcha questions. I'm not saying they should have responded like that idiot Ramaswamy, but their answers were dumb and unbecoming of a major university president. Stefanik didn't have the slightest clue nor interest in what constitutes harassment or conduct policy violations on college campuses, and I doubt she actually cares about antisemitism except as a political tool. But the college presidents walked right into her ambush. - I don't really know what qualifies someone to be a university president. I've seen a lot of them do stupid things, I've seen a lot who are nothing but political stooges (Sasse, for example), and I've seen a lot who are not capable of doing any of the actual working jobs that make a campus run. Seems that the most effective presidents are good at raising money, hiring competent VPs and Directors to do the real work, and avoid embarrassing themselves and the school. It looks like Gay failed at the last part, so I don't have a ton of sympathy. - If I get around to reading more of the facts of this issue, I may change some of these thoughts later.

Yeah, that's mine. Do you have additional comments or questions?

Hey, nobody pissed in anything this morning, but if you are going to make statements such as: you should be prepared to substantiate them. Simply dismissing white nationalism and racism as if they are mythical concepts that don't exist is irresponsible and dangerous.

These are good points (except for the "terrible take" part), and I don't think we are that far off from one another. I'm sure the journalist was attempting to go down some sort of gotcha path, and the questions were dumb and clumsy. I'm all for calling out stupid questions and bad journalism; fact-based questions would be very refreshing indeed. But he came across as very petulant and chose to make a stand in refusing to discuss a topic that everyone should be against. There are smarter ways to engage. I agree that he is a clown on many levels.

Ah, that wasn't so hard, was it? No, this is a load of total bull$h!t that your right-wing media has sold to you. If you truly believe this and want to make the argument, then please support these sweeping claims with facts, evidence, and/or logic.

Oh! So he couldn't answer a simple question about white nationalism and instead claimed that white supremacy is a myth and some insignificant part of our country's past? And so he embraces endorsements from douchenozzles like Stephen Miller and tries to parrot Trump's rhetoric every chance he gets. And he doubles down with an even more idiotic tweet of his own that you were good enough to share with us. "Punctuality" and "the written word"? Interesting to see what sort of characters appeal to you. How would you personally answer such questions: Devo and Archy, do you condemn white supremacy and white nationalism? How about a bonus question: What was the cause of the civil war?

What "gotcha" moment? What was the question?

What question was he responding to with this word salad, and what did @DevoHusker, @Archy1221, and @teachercd find so impressive about it?

For the past decade 100% of the time that I actually have a chance to watch NU basketball, I have found the game early in the second half when we have a lead, and that lead immediately evaporates. It didn't happen this time. 2024 is gonna be a good year for Husker sports.

Has anyone heard any updates on Johnson and Ervin coming back from their injuries? I know Rhule said in October that Johnson planned to be back, but I don't think I've seen anything else since then. Our RB depth seems dreadfully thin, but the coaches don't seem to be too outwardly worried. I'm especially worried about Ervin's hip injury, I have no idea how severe it was but I'm still traumatized by how Bo Jackson's career ended I guess.

I know we've all been down on Haarberg's QB play, but if your 3rd string guy has already been on campus a couple of years, is a local boy, has nine starts under his belt, and is a good teammate to boot, that's a pretty good QB room.

Part of the quote in that first tweet said: What? What would happen to any of us in our workplaces if we threw hands at a coworker?

Nebraska might just finish GT before the Creighton/Louisville game is actually over. First set was dominant.

Guy, I respect you a lot, and I am reading all of your points and the arguments and rationale put forth by the committee, but it's still a bunch of horse$h!t. These committee members are talking about "who would you rather play" and "their offense looks different without their QB," but these arguments still do not speak for the actual results on the field. Of course strength of schedule makes a difference, but it's far from the only factor. In this case, everyone other than the selection committee does not find the strength of schedule to be more compelling than...the actual games that were played. Bama had a tougher schedule and beat some good teams, but they barely squeaked by some mediocre teams as well. Yet another, more direct, piece of evidence relating to results on the field, was the fact that FSU and Bama played a common opponent this season. Bama won by 14 against LSU. FSU won by 21. Objection: relevance.

Even Deion's fiancee is entering the portal. https://www.wbrc.com/2023/12/04/deion-sanders-fiancee-tracey-edmonds-split-after-nearly-12-years-together/

rather quickly? this year?

WE GET BETTER AND BETTER

that is one f&#ked up knee injury!

Then Rhule says to the entire QB room: