"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
06/17/2019 at 14:47 • Filed to: None
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"Spanfeller is a twat" (theaspiringengineer)
06/17/2019 at 14:47 • Filed to: None | 0
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What Harvard did was very controversial. Deep down if I were in a position to rescind his application I would’ve. But I don’t think it’s the most ethical thing since most accepted applicants
do not have the
level of public scrutiny he has as an activist. Is he an asshole? The texts show so. Is everyone at Harvard an angel? I doubt it.
Shift24
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 15:15 |
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Actions require consequences. And a social encounter means it will be judged whether or not it is socially acceptable.
Harvard isn’t a public university so they have the right to refuse him. And granted there are dicks and assholes at every college but some are smart enough not to publicly voice it.
KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 15:19 |
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He has my #Thoughts &Prayers
DipodomysDeserti
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 15:24 |
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So experiencing extreme violence caused him to question his racist, misogynistic and antisemitic beliefs. Interesting...
I think we may be on to someth ing with the whole “punch a nazi” thing.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Shift24
06/17/2019 at 15:31 |
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I understand what you mean, and I support it. for me it’s this part:
“some are smart enough not to publicly voice it.”
The thing is, trial by media is not the best justice tool exactly because of that thing you wrote. I don’t think we can hold ourselves to the impossibly high standard of media.
Sure, I have never written a text in even the fashion of how this guy wrote it. Age is not an excuse... But punishing this guy in this manner for writing those texts after apologizing is not really going to help him understand why what he did is wrong. If anything he’s just going to become more extreme, and whatever college finally accepts him will also have to accept that they can’t meet Harvard’s impossible standard.
Again, if I were in Harvard’s admissions office I would’ve probably res
cinded the letter -all things considered- but it would’ve been a gut wrenching decision for me to take.
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Spanfeller is a twat
> DipodomysDeserti
06/17/2019 at 15:33 |
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Do you think he’s going to change after what happened
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DipodomysDeserti
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 15:49 |
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There’s no way you come out of something like that unchanged , especially if you’re some rich white kid in Florida who’d probably never even been in a fight. B ut as far as being a bigot, I think you have to get raped by another bigot before you start to really question those views.
fintail
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 16:24 |
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Private institution can do what it pleases, right? I mean, that’s the gist given to us by the bootstrapping capitalist heroes aligning with so-called right for a long time. Funny how that works.
No worries, Liberty will take him, he’ll end up with a spot at Breitbart.
nermal
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 17:24 |
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The moral of this story is that what you think or say doesn’t really matter, as long as it doesn’t get media attention showing somebody or something with more $$$ than you in a negative light.
This isn’t about admissions standards or politics or anything else besides bad publicity for the university.
ZHP Sparky, the 5th
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 18:27 |
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I like how his “apology letter” only came out after his not so nice messages gained traction and only in the form of “it has come to my attention that I might have said something uncool” blah blah blah...that actually makes it sound like this might not the only time he’s pulled some shit like this (of course it isn’t).
Yes, he’s getting more scrutiny than a typical applicant...but it’s of his own doing. Harvard didn’t go digging around on him and find this, it just came out given his prominence and platform. It’s all part of the game he’s decided to partake in, so if he can’t handle it, boo hoo little snowflake.
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Shift24
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/17/2019 at 21:42 |
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But that’s the consequence, sometimes it’s more severe and maybe unfair but that’s life.
There are other colleges he can get in. He has two options that will determine if he is truly sorry. Learn from it and move/work on it. Or become more of an ass hole.
D epends on the wolf you feed
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Spanfeller is a twat
> Shift24
06/17/2019 at 21:55 |
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You are right.