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[QUOTE]Originally posted by OtterXO
[The t-shirt thread is an obviously humorous thread playing off stereotypes of greeks. No one in that thread is claiming to "reveal" anything about greek life on GC, they are just joking around and talking during the day at work/school.

This statement supports my earlier argument. Many in the Greek community are in an uproar about the book and its supposed claims about greek life (whether chapter specific or greeks in general) because it paints greeks in a bad light and only shows one side of the story, but at the same time, members can be their orgs own PR nightmare. And while the T-Shirt Thread (I went back and looked and it is actually a Greek Slogans thread) may be in jest it sends out the same bad message and reputation that many feel "Pledged" does.

And I am familiar with the adage "From the outside looking in, etc", but really from the outside looking in many greeks do themselves and their orgs a diservice. I can only imagine how difficult it is to be an individual as well upholding the values of your organization but I THINK (my personal opinion) is that many in the greek community immediately get their feathers ruffled when someone has something negative to say or a critique (although I recognize that greeks can/have/are targets for many things) instead of evaluating what is said. It is not impossible for the claims that she is making to actually have happened. And maybe along with the criticism of the book, can come measures to make sure that representation of sorority/greek life is/remains an inacurate one. And remember not only the things that non-greeks/haters/greek bashers have to say about the greek community is damaging, many of the things that actually go on are just as, if not more damaging.