Professor says "F*%$ you, Republicans"

[acadecalli.livejournal.com]

As an officer at my university's College Republicans chapter, this type of story almost makes me nauseous. A professor at the University of Iowa responded to a mass email sent out by the CRs with an email that simply said "F*%$ you, Republicans." This is someone who is paid by the tax payers of Iowa and probably has had conservative students at one time or another.

Here is the full story:
http://theiowarepublican.com/home/2011/04/20/university-of-iowa-professor-tells-college-republicans-to-%E2%80%9Cf%E2%80%9D-off/

I find her "apologies" even MORE insulting than her initial statement. Thoughts?

Comments

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

Ugh.

Her "apology" is the one that kills me about the whole thing. Not that she sent this back to them (professionalism yay!), but that she replied with "apologize for any affront to anyone’s delicate sensibilities".

Delicate sensibilities. So we're being sensitive to her obvious correctness by being offended when she screams obscenities at us. Right. Sure. Uh-huh.

[coldblossom.livejournal.com]

This.

Her apologies stank of the "its not MY fault, its YOUR fault" liberal mentality. Also, I hate those "if I offended anyone" type non-apologies. Either take responsibility for your actions and apologize truly or don't bother. Again, this just ties into the "its never MY fault" thinking, because she lashes out and blames the victims for "inciting" her.

[archerstar.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly. This was "I was right, and I'm sorry you have thin skin and were offended by something that was obviously in the right." not "I'm sorry because I did something wrong."

It's our fault for sending out a message, that was completely approved by the college, that they had no idea who it would be sent to outside of the mass list, and somehow that message was personally damaging to her because we did something else that pissed her off, and this message only served to throw it in her face! AND WE DID IT ON PURPOSE, OBVIOUSLY. UGH. So much dislike.

[whak-hat.livejournal.com]

man we should all send her a message saying F&%$ YOU Democrat! And then when she makes a big fuss go: oh sorry that you had thin skin

[animenutcase.livejournal.com]

See, I don't mind those types of apologies so much as long as they admit it (i.e. say "I'll apologize for any offense caused by my remarks, but I won't apologize for the remarks themselves") and if I think they have no reason to be apologizing, like if they made a legitimate argument or are being blamed for something that wasn't actually their words. For example, Pope Benedict's Regensburg lecture? Not something to apologize for. The remark about Muhammad was not his own, it was a quote.

This, though? Is not a legitimate argument.

Sorry for commenting almost a year later.