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Originally Posted by hoyacoug
Don't just react emotionally. Try to think this through a bit.
Imagine that it was Samuelson who sent out the email to people urging them to vote for a certain candidate. Now imagine the candidate was Nancy Pelosi. Would Samuelson still have a job? Probably not. And why? Because it would appear that he was speaking on behalf of the university (even if he wasn't).
People in positions of authority at large institutions MUST be cognizant of how their messages will be interpreted.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4540194
MANY people (including many conservative Mormons) think the deans did something wrong here, not just liberal hoya. |
My reaction isn't wrought out of emotion. If anything it's the people who're obviously over-reacting here who aren't able to hide their biased thinking that spawn their bizarre emotional reactions to this.
If anything, I'm laughing at the people who get suckered by this sensationalism. It exposes their inability to be rational.