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re: Nice billboard Ole Miss
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:08 pm to RebelNutt48
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:08 pm to RebelNutt48
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You obviously need to go and read the history on Ole Miss. Cause from this statement, you have no idea what you are talking about.
I will give this small fact. When the riot happened in the 60s, it wasn't the citizens of Oxford or the students that attended the school, it was a lot of people from out of state and around other places in Mississippi that came in and started the riots. Of course there were a small majority of people from Oxford and school that were big into the riot, but what school didn't have this problem? A lot of the students stayed locked up in dorms that night, or were asked to leave for their safety.
You can find this information just about anywhere if you read carefully.
Don't take the idiot's troll bait any more than any of us have. He's just being a count for the sake of it.
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Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:18 pm to DeeHorton
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Just saw Eyes on the Prize finally re airing on PBS, that should remind everyone nationally what a racist place Ole Miss is.
It's not. The school is clearly attempting to put more distance between that imagine and the imagine it wants to portray. The school isn't racist, it is just in a place that people associate with racism.
I'm not going any farther with that, since you're obviously trolling.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:20 pm to Duke
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The school isn't racist, it is just in a place that ignorant people associate with racism.
FIFY
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:47 pm to RebelNutt48
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I will give this small fact.
Downplaying the riot quite a bit. I'd like you to tell that to my uncle who was in the Guard at the time and had to go up there and deal with that crap.
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it wasn't the citizens of Oxford or the students that attended the school, it was a lot of people from out of state and around other places in Mississippi that came in and started the riots. Of course there were a small majority of people from Oxford and school that were big into the riot,
This is revisionist history and downplaying student involvement. I think it is the "company line," I've heard this bs on several occasions from Ole Miss alums. I've also been up to Oxford and had several kids tell me to check out "the Lyceum and the cool bullet holes." Real cool.
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but what school didn't have this problem?
LSU, Ms. State, pretty much every school but Ole Miss and maybe Bama but George Wallace standing in the door is a far cry from actually shooting at people.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:54 pm to TravelSmartly
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TravelSmartly
I'm just going to assume that traveling is the only thing you do smartly...
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:55 pm to OPR
ZING!
Posted on 2/7/11 at 12:59 pm to TravelSmartly
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TravelSmartly
Look, a-hole, Ole Miss integrated BEFORE LSU, Alabama, Mississippi State, and Auburn. Perhaps the reason the rioting happened in Oxford was because what happened at Ole Miss wasn't seen as an isolated incident, but rather a sort of tipping point for the integration of all of the major universities in the deep south. Have you ever thought of it that way?
Don't pretend that, had LSU integrated in 1962, that Baton Rouge wouldn't have devolved into a war zone. The same goes for Starkville, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, etc.
I'm not trying to revise or sugarcoat the history. It happened, it was terrible, and it took place because white people did not want to accept black people into what they deemed as "their" society. But Ole Miss, in a vacuum, isn't the primary culprit here.
And, come the frick on, if Ole Miss were some grand racist institution like many of you would believe, then why in the hell would it have one of the highest minority enrollment rates in the SEC (higher than LSU, fwiw)?
Also, if you're an LSU fan or a Louisianan, you don't have a leg to stand on. I don't want to turn this into a "you're racist, no YOU'RE racist" pissing match, but seriously, glass houses and shite.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:04 pm to RebelNutt48
Oh yeah, that old argument from Mississippi, we arent racist, we are just poor victims of being so nice we let Kluckers from neighboring states come in and cause all this trouble
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:07 pm to DeeHorton
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Oh yeah, that old argument from Mississippi, we arent racist, we are just poor victims of being so nice we let Kluckers from neighboring states come in and cause all this trouble
Your state damn near elected David Duke to the United States Senate... IN THE 1990's!
Jena Six, Hurricane Katrina Aftermath, "my solution to the projects is dynamite," purple and gold confederate flags...
I said I didn't wanna turn this into a pissing match, but get a fricking grip dude. None of us are innocent here, just as none of us are, individually, guilty (as far as any of us know).
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:10 pm to DCRebel
I don't think the school itself is racist, if anything they have swung to the opposite extreme in attempts at redemption.
I'm not getting into a who is more racist argument. I agree with the glass houses, but there is a ton of sugar coating and excuse making that goes on with this riot.
First black man enrolled at LSU, AP Tureaud. 1953.
I'm not getting into a who is more racist argument. I agree with the glass houses, but there is a ton of sugar coating and excuse making that goes on with this riot.
First black man enrolled at LSU, AP Tureaud. 1953.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:17 pm to DCRebel
David Duke went to LSU and supposedly used to spew his rhetoric in free speech alley.
I do not think Ole Miss should have gotten rid of Colonel Reb. It allows the further push younger genertations to have a distorted view of the war between the states.
Valid point, for the most part. But how are none of us innocent?
I do not think Ole Miss should have gotten rid of Colonel Reb. It allows the further push younger genertations to have a distorted view of the war between the states.
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None of us are innocent here, just as none of us are, individually, guilty (as far as any of us know).
Valid point, for the most part. But how are none of us innocent?
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:22 pm to goat
If you want to talk riots....look in California. Those were some bad riots during the time of segregation.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:24 pm to DCRebel
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one of the highest minority enrollment rates in the SEC (higher than LSU, fwiw)?
really, here is a self serving non referenced wiki page showing Ole Miss is 19%
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and some article from someone bitching LSU only has 26%, seems you'll just make shite up as you go along, just like your faux national titles and SEC West banners
LINK
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:26 pm to DCRebel
I guess none are innocent is true enough, but the guy who wont let his daughter date a Jew because he doesn't like Jews is a lot less harmless than Hitler. See, LSU is like that old crotchety guy, Ole Miss is like Hitler. Neither innocent, but I think we both know who is worse 
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:27 pm to DeeHorton
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, LSU is like that old crotchety guy, Ole Miss is like Hitler. Neither innocent, but I think we both know who is worse
How?
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:36 pm to DCRebel
In a fire??? Seriously??? hah, nice touch with a Bonnie Blue Flag....to be expected from the likes of you as there is little more racist than that
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:38 pm to DeeHorton
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DeeHorton
How about you learn how to be consistent in your research. According to the Princeton Review (read: better than either of the sources you provided), the percentage of the Ole Miss and LSU student bodies which are African American is 16.53 and 8.71 percent respectively. The percentage of the Ole Miss student body that is black is essentially DOUBLE that of LSU.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:40 pm to DeeHorton
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In a fire??? Seriously??? hah, nice touch with a Bonnie Blue Flag....to be expected from the likes of you as there is little more racist than that
For starters, you're utilizing the Red Herring Fallacy (a classic argumentative tactic used by the intellectually small). And regarding the former flag of the State of Mississippi, it is far less worse than the current flag. Yes, I'm arguing over the lesser of two evils, but I think your point is way off.
Posted on 2/7/11 at 1:40 pm to DeeHorton
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I guess none are innocent is true enough, but the guy who wont let his daughter date a Jew because he doesn't like Jews is a lot less harmless than Hitler. See, LSU is like that old crotchety guy, Ole Miss is like Hitler. Neither innocent, but I think we both know who is worse
wtf are you talking about?
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