Nah, I'm willing to turn the other cheek on this. If he can just help raise awareness that

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Dec 4, 2024
8:20:06am

Skeptical Optimist Truly Addicted User

Nah, I'm willing to turn the other cheek on this. If he can just help raise awareness that

it's a dumb and offensive thing to chant, that's good enough for me.

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Article: Profane chant directed at BYU draws apology from Providence athletic director View

[Deseret News]

Dec 4, 8:00am

No actually when your students do a chant it does represent your school

BYU '80

Dec 4, 8:04am

My thoughts exactly. They are literally what the school represents.

Dec 4, 8:05am

Put some bite behind it. Ban the student section.

Dark Forest Green

Dec 4, 8:07am

I'll give him props for putting a stop to it. College students are gonna do dumb things.

Skeptical Optimist

Dec 4, 8:08am

Cheap words. Look at video and find the students otherwise it’s just talk

BYU '80

Dec 4, 8:10am

And then do what? It’s hard to punish people for words in a public university.

gwalker

Dec 4, 8:16am

Pretty sure Providence is catholic school

Bluforever

Dec 4, 8:22am

I stand corrected. I still doubt there is much of a mechanism to punish a chant

gwalker

Dec 4, 8:43am

Imagine our crowd chanting F the Jews. Do you think there would be some major

kotacoug

Dec 4, 8:49am

I’m not saying it wasn’t bad. I am saying further angst on my part only hurts me

gwalker

Dec 4, 8:49am

Probably what the Germans said in 1939….

kotacoug

Dec 4, 8:52am

Nah, I'm willing to turn the other cheek on this. If he can just help raise awareness that

Skeptical Optimist

Dec 4, 8:20am

Should the students get expelled? Come on man.

Ron Mexico

Dec 4, 8:21am

Fan got permanently banned from BYU for not saying hate speech at a byu

kotacoug

Dec 4, 8:34am

Or not saying it. Tom’s worst moment

Bluforever

Dec 4, 8:37am

But it doesn’t represent the school values

Ron Mexico

Dec 4, 8:20am

Imagine a F the Muslims chant going up in thr Marriot center directed at Abdur…

kotacoug

Dec 4, 8:33am

This is SO much worse than a made-up racist remark from one phantom

Mitty

Dec 4, 8:40am

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