Naval Academy withdraws appointment over racist messages
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Clem72
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Why is this controversial and requiring of thought. Do you believe this person exemplifies what the Naval Academy is looking for?
Depends on what he said.
What ever it was it was seen as not being in keeping with the Academy’s strict personal conduct requirements. What else do you need to know?
awpitt
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They didn't release those details but it had to be serious for the Academy to take this action.
awpitt
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No.
Oh, you mean like Aunt Jemima syrup?
The progs bitch about so many ridiculous things I no longer just assume the offense in question is in fact offensive, I want to see what they're griping about before I form an opinion.
awpitt
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I'd like to see it too. They have long established policies on things like this. I must admit though that I'm surprised that this is happening so late in the process. These applicants get vetted pretty thoroughly.
Apparently not.
awpitt
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Yep. The article also mentions a Senior that's being investigated for online comments.
Scat
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Political pandering does not equal a serious offense.
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
One of his "buddies" ratted him out. IIRC, the kid did apologize to the members of that particular group before somebody decided to cancel him. So either the academy does not vet the candidates that well OR they did not deem it serious enough to withdraw the appointment until somebody started bitching.
BOP
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Well, JK Rowling is literally a TERF Nazi, so anything is possible.
Yooper
Up. Identified. Lase. Fire. On the way.
Maybe there's something to this. Would like to know more to know context (because everything these days is being called "racist"). And as far as the "high standards" go I would be willing to bet that they are unequally applied in a variety of ways.
Until I know more, my interim take is that I call BS on the USNA. Or CYA on the USNA. Or whatever on them. If they're expecting saints out of teenagers during a time when just about every kid is on social media and has said something stupid on social media, then they're gonna get non-fighters. Or, more likely, no one.
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Until I know more, my interim take is that I call BS on the USNA. Or CYA on the USNA. Or whatever on them. If they're expecting saints out of teenagers during a time when just about every kid is on social media and has said something stupid on social media, then they're gonna get non-fighters. Or, more likely, no one.
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awpitt
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I don't think the Naval Academy is in danger of not filling it's spaces. For the 2018-19 school year, they had 16,000 applicants and accepted almost 1,400.