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Originally Posted by Kevin
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
The problem is that you seem to dismiss every reaction stronger than your own as a Chicken Little response, whether that's a fair characterization or not.
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When the standard response is that fraternities are facing an existential crisis and now that is somehow much worse because some kid was a du bass or because some celebrity says something, that is a definite overreaction. We are doing fine. |
Thanks for illustrating my point. The standard response here has been that fraternities face a problem; some have said it's a serious problem. You characterize that as saying "fraternities are facing an existential crisis," which can then be easily dismissed as "a definite overreaction"—except it's not what anyone here has actually said, as best I can recall. And it's been pretty clear that the questions and concerns people have raised aren't because of what one celebrity said or one "kid" (who is, of course, an adult) has said or done. But again, easy to dismiss others' responses when what people are actually responding to is ignored or minimized.
BTW, if fraternities actually were having an existential crisis, that would mean fraternities were themselves questioning whether their own existence has any meaning or value.