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03-20-2008, 10:14 AM
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Sometimes it's better to say nothing...
The article I linked here is pretty typical; it's the comment below that I found offensive. Scroll down to the end of the article.
http://media.www.laloyolan.com/media...-3271547.shtml
When you post as a member of any fraternity or sorority, you are theoretically representing Greeks in general. If you are going to "fight back" or respond to an anti-greek opinion piece, please least do so with some class. Proper grammar and a statement of argument (as in, "I disagree with what you wrote because .....") would help too. Otherwise, you are just feeding into the sterotypes.
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03-20-2008, 10:27 AM
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That made me LOL. 
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03-20-2008, 10:33 AM
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Who knows why he posted what he did, it's definitely not representative of the Greek population. This behavior can be shown amongst Greeks or non-Greeks.
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03-20-2008, 11:09 AM
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Why am I not surprised that Earp was the first one to post a response.... 
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03-20-2008, 10:31 AM
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Yikes! All I can say right now is thank God "our" unfortunate mouthpiece is a member of a fraternity and not a sorority. Can you imagine having a Tiffany Earp?!? 
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03-20-2008, 11:14 AM
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Please let that be a poser and not the real Tom Earp.
That's an opinion piece and I would have posted it on here for all to comment instead of commenting on the actual article.
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03-20-2008, 12:15 PM
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03-20-2008, 12:30 PM
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Rise above the article and strive to set greater examples!
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03-20-2008, 05:36 PM
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So, I just wonder how long it will take for some to finally stand up to this kind of posting of people and writers before some one else speaks up?
You make fun of me when this writer posts things about You, Me, and Other GLOs whether they have no true facts?  Just Who Is This Person?
Get off of your dead rears and ask the same thing I did or can you not? 
You want to complain about Me. Why don't You complain about what this person wrote?
I am proud of what I did and still do as A Greek, are you?
Meow, what is up puddy cat?
Argh!
Are you a leopard and change your spots?
Oh, You are special?
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03-20-2008, 05:47 PM
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03-20-2008, 05:59 PM
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The issue should be the article--not Tom's response.
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03-20-2008, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by ladygreek
The issue should be the article--not Tom's response.
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As re-Xi said, the article is pretty typical.
People sing their criticisms and praises of Greek Life everyday.
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03-20-2008, 10:11 PM
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The issue should be the article--not Tom's response.
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Frankly, I think it's fair for both to be at issue.
As DSTChaos says, the article is nothing new. Reasonable, and I think persuasive, arguments can be made to refute its claims.
Unfortunately, the response instead resorted to infantile ad homimen attacks (such as "you are are a piece of crap" who apparently "got dished when trying to join a GLO") that do nothing except reinforce the negative stereotypes represented in the article in the first place.
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03-21-2008, 10:35 AM
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Didn't see this one!
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So, I just wonder how long it will take for some to finally stand up to this kind of posting of people and writers before some one else speaks up? |
How long will it take for people to type poorly spelled insult replies in response to college newspaper articles? I mean clearly this guy was a total Greek reject. I can tell by the pixels. Also it takes until 1:55pm on the day it's published.
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You make fun of me when this writer posts things about You, Me, and Other GLOs whether they have no true facts? Just Who Is This Person?
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You're making fun of ME? But this guy, he's a piece of crap who will write things! I mean COME ON. A PIECE OF CRAP WHO WILL WRITE THINGS!
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Get off of your dead rears and ask the same thing I did or can you not?
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Yeah, I asked him "what have you done" in between calling him poop and boil-like. Can't you manage that?
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You want to complain about Me. Why don't You complain about what this person wrote?
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I mean, it's not like you're familiar with me and are not surprised that I'm giving Greek life a bad name once again as I rant and ramble.
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I am proud of what I did and still do as A Greek, are you?
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Calling people poop, and comparing them to a boil I apparently have, thus explaining my crankiness, is something to be proud of. YAY I'm Greek!
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