Purple Haize wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 4:01 pm
Jonathan Carone wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 12:51 pm
I'm sure other people are doing it but I'm not invested in those places. Why am I wrong for wanting to make a place I care about better just because other places do the same bad things?
I’m not sure it’s necessarily “bad”. It just “is”. Every church. Every Christian school at every level has these types of talks with students.
I don't think that's true. I've definitely be involved with multiple churches where students were not spiritually manipulated to keep their mouths shut.
Purple Haize wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 4:01 pmHe’s not be forbidden from posting. He’s not being expelled for posting. He’s just being cautioned. I absolutely like write an article that could make this type of interaction look sinister (as they do here) or benign or glorious.
You keep saying "he" as if it were one person in the article. There were multiple students along with a faculty member who mentioned the same thing.
Purple Haize wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 4:01 pmI know absolutely nothing about Nasser. But what I gathered from the article is what I posted earlier. He’s Jr buffer. Like Godwin was for his dad. Someone who has the opposite skill set to handle what they cannot. Senior was an incredible people person who could never say No. Godwin was his hatchet man. Junior lacks those people skills. It appears Nasser does not.
I'm totally fine with having a buffer. That's not an issue at all. It's how he's doing the buffering that I have a problem with.
Purple Haize wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 4:01 pm
So he has a nice office. So what? So the university puts guests up at a nice place on campus. Big deal. (I suspect this author has t stayed at a lot of nice hotels).
Absolutely no issue with him having a nice office.
Purple Haize wrote: ↑December 30th, 2019, 4:01 pmThere is just nothing there. This kid was not muzzled or silenced. So what’s the big deal.
Again - you say it as it's one kid. It's not. It's systemic.
As for offering solutions - how about not trying to twist the Bible into making it feel like standing up for your convictions and beliefs is somehow sinful?
Or not randomly scheduling an impromptu "spirit led" worship service just days after the worst negative PR we've gotten in a few years?