Fair enough. If that’s how my statement reads, that’s not how it’s meant. I think veterans include all sorts of people, the noble, the decent, the good, the bad, volunteers and draftees. But yes, that’s not the literal meaning of my words, so perhaps my words were poorly chosen. If I have given offense, I apologize.

My statement was not intended to be taken literally as meaning the “amount of love one has for [veterans, all of whom are] people who decided the military was a relatively decent career choice.” It’s a response to the idea that anything about veterans is invariably about people who have made a noble, heroic sacrifice…

What is your point? Is kneeling during the national anthem a message of disrespect to people who were drafted, when the draft was still being applied? If anything, it’s a protest against the very same government and nation that forced them into military service. Again, I’m not saying that everyone in the military…

People join the military for lots of reasons. I’ve just always found it strange that people tend to assume (at least when it serves the political message they’re trying to deliver) that anyone who joins the military does so as an act of heroic sacrifice. Not to mention the absurdity of equating standing during the…

Thought 1: someday there will be a shitty song we play at games (and we’ll even let black people play the games!). Thought 2: the body position one takes during that song will represent the amount of love one has for the people who decided the military was a relatively decent career choice, and thus the amount of love…

It doesn’t necessarily though. He’s just saying that other, white professors the school found to have engaged in sexual misconduct were not punished, and he inarguably was found to have behaved inappropriately, so there is discrimination (if he is correct) regardless of whether the findings were accurate. And his…

But smarter racial discrimination that looks much better on a summary judgment motion.

Well, he has to prove the discrimination was the cause of the adverse action taken against him. He may be able to make a prima facie case (which requires only that he be part of a protected group, and that adverse employment action was taken against him under circumstances that permit an inference of discrimination).…

Yeah, he should have been able to come back with a quick witticism. Like, “yeah, that’s the same as the sex fantasy that I have, except after I leave I fall, and then I keep falling, and then I’m in the woods and there’s this circle of goat people, and they’re chanting, and there’s blood everywhere, and I try to ask…

Well, they don’t appear to have accompanied the photo with a clear call for funding, and the post stated that the intention was to “convince another user to think twice about injecting this poison while having a child in their custody.” In any case, funding drug rehabilitation and mental health programs, and auditing…

I’m not saying that the university process is perfect. Often it fails (though the mere fact the accused was not expelled does not, of course, automatically indicate failure). But if the university didn’t find enough evidence for expulsion, it seems likely the prosecution might not have found enough evidence for a…

Really? I’ve seen and heard a lot of stories about the heroin epidemic since long before this photo was published, and it featured prominently in the various Presidential campaigns (in part because New Hampshire is an important primary state, but the focus didn’t end with the primaries). And the conversation this…

Basically, I do agree with you that university sexual misconduct investigations are flawed. But if you look at how juries (untrained and inexperienced) and police investigators or even judges (such as the Canadian one recently disciplined for asking a rape victim why she didn’t keep her knees together) handle sexual…

There are better and worse university processes. A lot of schools are now outsourcing investigations to independent law firms with Title IX expertise, or hiring in-house professionals if they are large enough. There’s always room for improvement, but there have been a number of potentially very positive developments.

The question is not whether university processes are perfect, or even whether they are better than or as good as judicial processes for determining guilt. The question is whether they are adequate, given what is at stake (expulsion). And while I absolutely believe that there is room for improvement, I don’t believe…

Not every non-judicial body that makes decisions as to sexual assault is a “kangaroo court.” And why shouldn’t universities (hopefully with the assistance of trained professionals) make those decisions? Again, employers fire people for sexual misconduct without going through the criminal justice system, just as they…

“Universities do have in-house professionals. They are called judicial affairs officers.”

The amount of process due varies by context. In at-will employment (the default in most states), your boss can fire you for no reason at all (though not for prohibited reasons, such as race or in retaliation for protected activity). In private universities, students can expelled (though not for prohibited…

“Build up, not out”

Some people have suggested making universities mandated reporters of such crimes. But arguably, the deterrent effect that would have on victims makes the benefits (such as they are) not worth the costs. If someone wants to have their assailant expelled, but does not want to simultaneously be forced to undergo the…