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Guinevere (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} guinevere33) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} otf_wank,@ 2004-02-27 16:23:00 |
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I was inspired by the recent UCLA post to introduce to you my very own Southern California college wank, this time at Pomona College.
Recently, a semi-frat called OAD (don't know what it stands for) gave out a list of things inductees had to do. One of them was "Take a picture of yourself with 10 Asians." The Asian American community on campus went nuts, saying they were being treated like zoo animals.tonytiu then took it upon himself to write an excellent article on the event for the student newspaper, The Student Life (henceforth referred to as TSL). Soon after its publication on the TSL website, nasty racist comments started appearing in response to the article.
Horrible yes? That was my initial reaction as well. Untilpomona_college suddenly turned into tonytiu's personal support group.
02.21
tonytiu posts a link to his TSL article. In the comments at the bottom are a lot of awful, racist comments that have been left (since deleted, but preserved here). A massive attempt to out-PC fellow Sagehens in response ensues (which is pretty entertaining in and of itself).
02.22
raptorinblack is driven to post an apology for saying (rather harshly) that people are overreacting to the whole thing.
I add a comment to Tony's original post that is a rebuttal ofmidas888's response to raptorinblack. Tony forever
Recently, a semi-frat called OAD (don't know what it stands for) gave out a list of things inductees had to do. One of them was "Take a picture of yourself with 10 Asians." The Asian American community on campus went nuts, saying they were being treated like zoo animals.
tonytiu then took it upon himself to write an excellent article on the event for the student newspaper, The Student Life (henceforth referred to as TSL). Soon after its publication on the TSL website, nasty racist comments started appearing in response to the article.Horrible yes? That was my initial reaction as well. Until
pomona_college suddenly turned into tonytiu's personal support group.02.21
tonytiu posts a link to his TSL article. In the comments at the bottom are a lot of awful, racist comments that have been left (since deleted, but preserved here). A massive attempt to out-PC fellow Sagehens in response ensues (which is pretty entertaining in and of itself).02.22
raptorinblack is driven to post an apology for saying (rather harshly) that people are overreacting to the whole thing.I add a comment to Tony's original post that is a rebuttal of
midas888's response to raptorinblack. Tony forever [Error: Irreparable invalid markup ('<a [...] http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html?thread>') in entry. Owner must fix manually. Raw contents below.]
I was inspired by the recent UCLA post to introduce to you my very own Southern California college wank, this time at Pomona College.
Recently, a semi-frat called OAD (don't know what it stands for) gave out a list of things inductees had to do. One of them was "Take a picture of yourself with 10 Asians." The Asian American community on campus went nuts, saying they were being treated like zoo animals. <lj user="tonytiu"> then took it upon himself to write an excellent article on the event for the student newspaper, <u>The Student Life</u> (henceforth referred to as TSL). Soon after its publication on the TSL website, nasty racist comments started appearing in response to the article.
Horrible yes? That was my initial reaction as well. Until <lj comm="pomona_college"> suddenly turned into <lj user="tonytiu">'s personal support group.
<lj-cut text="a summary of Teh Drama">
<b>02.21</b>
<lj user="tonytiu"> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html">posts</a> a link to his <a href="http://island.pomona.edu/tsl/article.aspx?articleID=81">TSL article</a>. In the comments at the bottom are a lot of awful, racist comments that have been left (since deleted, but preserved <a href="http://www.tonytiu.com/hipinion.htm">here</a>). A massive attempt to out-PC fellow Sagehens in response ensues (which is pretty entertaining in and of itself).
<b>02.22</b>
<lj user="raptorinblack"> is driven to <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99957.html">post an apology</a> for saying (rather harshly) that <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html?thread=631773#t631773">people are overreacting</a> to the whole thing.
I add a comment to Tony's original post that is a rebuttal of <lj user="midas888">'s response to <lj user="raptorinblack">. Tony forever <a href="<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html?thread=642269#t642269">endears himself</a> to me by responding that "a good many of us [community members]" have secretly decided that this topic is closed, and I shouldn't have commented.
Tony posts an <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/100628.html">update</a> revealing that a friend of an OAD member had leaked the existence of Tony's story to a <a href="http://www.hipinion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17301">public messageboard</a>, members of which then left the nasty racist comments on the TSL website. First instance of Tony saying he's "so upset" by all of this.
<b>02.23</b>
Tony encourages people to attend <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/100928.html">a number of campus events</a> geared towards discussion of racist or intollerant comments. First instance of Tony asking all of us to "stand by" him during this difficult time.
Tony posts <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/101212.html">again</a>, this time with a long ramble about how the folks on the message board are targetting him. First mention of him being unimaginably scared of kids on the internet. Because they've found his public website, which is just www.tonytiu.com and is probably listed on Google.
Tony posts <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/101667.html">yet again</a> about how he can't sleep because he's so scared. First mention (by Tony) that maybe if he stoped making a big deal out of it, they'd leave him alone.
Guess who? Yes, it's <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102030.html#comments">Tony again</a>, telling everyone that he finally got some sleep, thanking us for our "support", and asking us to come to one of the college forums he metioned earlier.
<b>02.25</b>
Tony talks <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102432.html">some more</a> about the Pain Inside, and that his fans should not be offended if he hasn't gotten around to replying to them yet - he just has so many emails, you see. I start to lose my patience with <strike>Teh Drama</strike> ego-stroking of it all.
<lj user="protension"> also <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102722.html">loses his cool</a> and demands to know why OAD is getting so much shit for what was intended to be a joke. S/he thinks it's the racist comments left on Tony's article that are the worst bit, not the initial frat business.
<b>02.26</b>
Not content with having multiple campus-wide forums held about himself, or with being published in TSL once concerning the OAD thing and a second time about racism awareness, Tony decides to post his entire <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/103568.html">second letter to TSL</a> in the online community as well! Just in case people missed it or something. (Wouldn't want to miss out on any ego-boosting emails from his fan club.)
</lj-cut>
There's wank all around on this one:
<b>See!</b> idiotic 13-y-olds who post racist things online for fun (be sure to check out their <a href="http://www.hipinion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17301">forum</a> for some primo stuff).
<b>Watch!</b> as all the Pomona folks attempt to be more PC and sensitive than the last person, even though they're probably all white.
<b>Be annoyed!</b> at the OP, for making such a big deal about all of it.
Recently, a semi-frat called OAD (don't know what it stands for) gave out a list of things inductees had to do. One of them was "Take a picture of yourself with 10 Asians." The Asian American community on campus went nuts, saying they were being treated like zoo animals. <lj user="tonytiu"> then took it upon himself to write an excellent article on the event for the student newspaper, <u>The Student Life</u> (henceforth referred to as TSL). Soon after its publication on the TSL website, nasty racist comments started appearing in response to the article.
Horrible yes? That was my initial reaction as well. Until <lj comm="pomona_college"> suddenly turned into <lj user="tonytiu">'s personal support group.
<lj-cut text="a summary of Teh Drama">
<b>02.21</b>
<lj user="tonytiu"> <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html">posts</a> a link to his <a href="http://island.pomona.edu/tsl/article.aspx?articleID=81">TSL article</a>. In the comments at the bottom are a lot of awful, racist comments that have been left (since deleted, but preserved <a href="http://www.tonytiu.com/hipinion.htm">here</a>). A massive attempt to out-PC fellow Sagehens in response ensues (which is pretty entertaining in and of itself).
<b>02.22</b>
<lj user="raptorinblack"> is driven to <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99957.html">post an apology</a> for saying (rather harshly) that <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html?thread=631773#t631773">people are overreacting</a> to the whole thing.
I add a comment to Tony's original post that is a rebuttal of <lj user="midas888">'s response to <lj user="raptorinblack">. Tony forever <a href="<a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/99805.html?thread=642269#t642269">endears himself</a> to me by responding that "a good many of us [community members]" have secretly decided that this topic is closed, and I shouldn't have commented.
Tony posts an <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/100628.html">update</a> revealing that a friend of an OAD member had leaked the existence of Tony's story to a <a href="http://www.hipinion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17301">public messageboard</a>, members of which then left the nasty racist comments on the TSL website. First instance of Tony saying he's "so upset" by all of this.
<b>02.23</b>
Tony encourages people to attend <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/100928.html">a number of campus events</a> geared towards discussion of racist or intollerant comments. First instance of Tony asking all of us to "stand by" him during this difficult time.
Tony posts <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/101212.html">again</a>, this time with a long ramble about how the folks on the message board are targetting him. First mention of him being unimaginably scared of kids on the internet. Because they've found his public website, which is just www.tonytiu.com and is probably listed on Google.
Tony posts <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/101667.html">yet again</a> about how he can't sleep because he's so scared. First mention (by Tony) that maybe if he stoped making a big deal out of it, they'd leave him alone.
Guess who? Yes, it's <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102030.html#comments">Tony again</a>, telling everyone that he finally got some sleep, thanking us for our "support", and asking us to come to one of the college forums he metioned earlier.
<b>02.25</b>
Tony talks <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102432.html">some more</a> about the Pain Inside, and that his fans should not be offended if he hasn't gotten around to replying to them yet - he just has so many emails, you see. I start to lose my patience with <strike>Teh Drama</strike> ego-stroking of it all.
<lj user="protension"> also <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/102722.html">loses his cool</a> and demands to know why OAD is getting so much shit for what was intended to be a joke. S/he thinks it's the racist comments left on Tony's article that are the worst bit, not the initial frat business.
<b>02.26</b>
Not content with having multiple campus-wide forums held about himself, or with being published in TSL once concerning the OAD thing and a second time about racism awareness, Tony decides to post his entire <a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/pomona_college/103568.html">second letter to TSL</a> in the online community as well! Just in case people missed it or something. (Wouldn't want to miss out on any ego-boosting emails from his fan club.)
</lj-cut>
There's wank all around on this one:
<b>See!</b> idiotic 13-y-olds who post racist things online for fun (be sure to check out their <a href="http://www.hipinion.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17301">forum</a> for some primo stuff).
<b>Watch!</b> as all the Pomona folks attempt to be more PC and sensitive than the last person, even though they're probably all white.
<b>Be annoyed!</b> at the OP, for making such a big deal about all of it.
