Louisiana Men's Basketball Season Ticket Renewals Underway

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Originally Posted by Cajunrunner

Well then, I stand corrected. We should sell out the Cajundome every game and show that we are perfectly happy with the current results.

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Is that really what you got out of that comment?

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Originally Posted by CajunT

The university is hurting itself when the president has decided to join a chorus of social change and disorder publicly. His poor decision is currently damaging the fundraising for the university's athletic and academic endowments.

Major donors are considering pulling their support because our president has decided to invest funds in supporting a Marxist movement and that demands programming of students and the renaming of on campus facilities that are deemed racist. The pulling of funds from the MBB program is the least of our problems right now.

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Welcome to the new norm for sports around the country. If you think we are the only ones doing this you haven't kept up with much of the new sports world. The focus has been moved from fundraising and catering to those who support, to the program to satisfying college athlete demands.

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Originally Posted by fpc4life99

Welcome to the new norm for sports around the country. If you think we are the only ones doing this you haven't kept up with much of the new sports world. The focus has been moved from fundraising and catering to those who support, to the program to satisfying college athlete demands.

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Sure, but it goes far beyond satisfying college athlete demands. It involves making all incoming freshmen take mandatory programming courses in white ___ility and the re-education in American History. But won't stop there, here is the newest demands upon the university, I guess it will remove all names from facilities because of the sins of someone's ancestors.

https://www.klfy.com/local/petition-...tte-buildings/

At some point fans will have to make their own decisions on how much of this movement they are willing to support to enjoy college athletics. My line of demarcation is fast approaching.

Seems strange to draw a line in the sand defending statues, building names, etc. I would guess that the money withdrawn from education because a school tries to do the right thing is money that will be replaced in some other way. See University of Memphis.
There are plenty of good people to name buildings after.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

Sure, but it goes far beyond satisfying college athlete demands. It involves making all incoming freshmen take mandatory programming courses in white ___ility and the re-education in American History. But won't stop there, here is the newest demands upon the university, I guess it will remove all names from facilities because of the sins of someone's ancestors.

https://www.klfy.com/local/petition-...tte-buildings/

At some point fans will have to make their own decisions on how much of this movement they are willing to support to enjoy college athletics. My line of demarcation is fast approaching.

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I'm not disagreeing with you on whether or not fans will have to make a decision. I'm just saying this is happening across the nation not just here at the University.

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Originally Posted by Ragin4U

Seems strange to draw a line in the sand defending statues, building names, etc. I would guess that the money withdrawn from education because a school tries to do the right thing is money that will be replaced in some other way. See University of Memphis.
There are plenty of good people to name buildings after.

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I'm defending history as it is, warts and all. Erasing history does not change the course of this country. Removing buildings and declaring all living decendants of the names on those buildings are racist is Cancel Culture. If you do not speak its language...then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished.” This seems to be in contrast to the traditional role of higher education, requiring critical thought and open debate.

The recent petition of Princeton Students and Grads draws a line of distinction between the traditional role of higher education and a movement that would allow be no room for any act of dissent or good-faith debate. I think it speaks directly to what is currently taken place on college campuses today.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/02...cism-training/

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Originally Posted by CajunT

I'm defending history as it is, warts and all. Erasing history does not change the course of this country. Removing buildings and declaring all living decendants of the names on those buildings are racist is Cancel Culture. If you do not speak its language...then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished.” This seems to be in contrast to the traditional role of higher education, requiring critical thought and open debate.

The recent petition of Princeton Students and Grads draws a line of distinction between the traditional role of higher education and a movement that would allow be no room for any act of dissent or good-faith debate. I think it speaks directly to what is currently taken place on college campuses today.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/02...cism-training/

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Good luck with that. We’ve been going exactly opposite direction for decades. Now the Marxist feel emboldened to accept the beliefs they’ve camouflaged with terms like progressive. I mean who doesn’t want progress. Also who can simply ignore being called a racist.

The universities are rapidly becoming something as anti American as Mao tactics.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

I'm defending history as it is, warts and all. Erasing history does not change the course of this country. Removing buildings and declaring all living decendants of the names on those buildings are racist is Cancel Culture. If you do not speak its language...then you will be censored, banished, blacklisted, persecuted, and punished.” This seems to be in contrast to the traditional role of higher education, requiring critical thought and open debate.

The recent petition of Princeton Students and Grads draws a line of distinction between the traditional role of higher education and a movement that would allow be no room for any act of dissent or good-faith debate. I think it speaks directly to what is currently taken place on college campuses today.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/02...cism-training/

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I read today that a direct descendant of Lee wants statues of Lee taken down.
We do not learn history by a name on a building or by looking at a statue. There is a reason we have Holocaust museums but no statues of Hitler or Goebbels.

Please tell me where the statue touched you?

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Originally Posted by Ragin4U

I read today that a direct descendant of Lee wants statues of Lee taken down.
We do not learn history by a name on a building or by looking at a statue. There is a reason we have Holocaust museums but no statues of Hitler or Goebbels.

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I'm not certain I would compare Fredrick Douglas or Abraham Lincoln to Hitler or Goebbels, most rational people would not.

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Originally Posted by CajunT

I'm not certain I would compare Fredrick Douglas or Abraham Lincoln to Hitler or Goebbels, most rational people would not.

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I'm missing your point.

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Originally Posted by Ragin4U

I'm missing your point.

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He said you are an idiot.