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| Dartmouth College Student Asks Rick Perry Explicit and Tasteless Questions At Public Event | ||
| 2014-11-12 | ||
| [BREITBART] Texas Governor Rick Perry wasn't expecting to be asked sexually explicit questions while he spoke at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire -- but that's exactly what happened. One student asked the governor if he would have anal sex in exchange for $102 million in campaign contributions. According to The Dartmouth, senior Emily Sellers asked the question about anal sex; freshman Timothy Messen accused the governor of comparing homosexuals to alcoholics. I had really hoped that the younger generation would be free of homophobia. How sad... Many event attendees were offended by the questions. I'm so surprised. In a Facebook status, Dartmouth College Democrats President Spencer Blair said, "Some students chose to undermine this event by asking the governor very explicit questions, preventing a productive and engaging discourse about pressing policy issues from taking place. While I find Governor Perry's social (and fiscal) policy vision for our country to be quite reprehensible, "Harrumph, harrumph..." the questions aimed at [him] about various sexual acts were unnecessary and inappropriate, and they represented Texas very poorly." I'm guessing they're more typical of New Hampshire than they are of Texas or anyplace else in the civilized world...
I'm guessing that was why they were so...sophomoric. The flyers said, "In 2002, you supported Texas's anti-sodomy law. Do you [Rick Perry] dislike bootysex because the peeny goes in where the poopy comes out?"
Can't this student be sanctioned for the public use of a slur against gays? Shouldn't there be a disciplinary hearing? Dartmouth College Republicans President Michelle Knesbach told The Dartmouth, "They were phrased in incredibly insulting ways, and I'm horrified. Not that her opinion would count, since she's a Republican... We allow people to ask policy-driven questions, but when they're phrased in an insulting manner, we try to avoid that, because it just detracts from the overall political discourse we can have on campus." But Patrick has continued to defend his questions, but admitted that they did not achieve the desired effect. No! Really? He told the college paper, "I think the desired effect was to point out that their political discussion is not meaningful. Since the event organizers knew what we were doing before it happened, they sort of controlled the lens through which the questions were viewed. The questions--they're funny, right? Wrong. I think they're funny. "...and I can't imagine that when I'm forty I'm gonna look back on this and feel really stoopid." I think a lot of people think that they're funny, He can't imagine that what's funny in the dorm room or the all-gay shower party ain't funny in a presumably sober political gathering. but since the event had control over the framing of the questions, nobody in the audience laughed. They booed." Because you were stoopid. Because he's a raging homophobe... | ||
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 I cannot imagine spending several hundred thousand dollars for a college 'education' at Dartmouth, a once-great school. A local junior college would be better. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-11-12 20:44 |
| #10 Ben Packer, a sophomore at Dartmouth, wrote the sexually-explicit questions and passed them out on flyers Nicknamed "Fudge"? |
| Posted by: charger 2014-11-12 20:08 |
| #9 Peeny, poopy. Obviously a student in the Dartmouth Bachelor's of Fart Jokes. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-11-12 18:59 |
| #8 And these people are supposed to be the 'future' of our country. Being tasteless and rude appears their only traits. Not good traits but traits nonetheless. |
| Posted by: smegladorph the foolish 2014-11-12 16:26 |
| #7 Someday this doofus is going to try and get a real job, and he will discover that the internet does not forget. |
| Posted by: Anice Nim 2014-11-12 14:57 |
| #6 I'm sure Dartmouth has Behavior codes. Nothing will be done of course. Wonder the effects on Alumni donations. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2014-11-12 14:33 |
| #5 No comment from the College President? The Dean? No consequence to this foolishness? Are they just going to let the incident stand as an appropriate representation of this august institution of learning? What a clown car the vaunted Ivy League colleges are. |
| Posted by: regular joe 2014-11-12 12:20 |
| #4 A case where youth was wasted on the young. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-11-12 10:41 |
| #3 The funny guy at Dartmouth is known on campus as Ben 'Fudge' Packer, mostly due to his obsession with activities involving the fundament. |
| Posted by: Lonzo Peacock3727 2014-11-12 09:46 |
| #2 I believe you mean secede. Either way they mean the same thing at this point. |
| Posted by: chris 2014-11-12 08:02 |
| #1 Its all very interesting for the media I suppose. When I vote for Texas to succeed, with Rick Perry as president I expect the questions will be answered. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2014-11-12 01:58 |