Univeristy of Georgia to Clarence Thomas: stay away, you filthy pervert

[CatWoman]

UGA graduation speaker riles faculty

Some faculty are concerned having Justice Clarence Thomas sends the wrong message after sexual harassment scandals

Associated Press
Published on: 04/21/08

Some University of Georgia faculty are concerned having U.S Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as the institution's graduation speaker sends the wrong message after a year of sexual harassment scandals on campus.

The university announced Friday that Thomas would be the commencement speaker, setting off rounds of angry and frustrated e-mails between faculty members. Thomas, a Georgia native, faced a bitterly contested confirmation process for his appointment to the Supreme Court in 1991 after his former employee, Anita Hill, accused him of sexual harassment.

Some faculty members said they were outraged that the university would ask Thomas to speak when UGA has been facing criticism that administrators have been slow to address sexual harassment complaints filed against faculty members.

"What a slap in the face this is to everyone who has been working to bring to light the realities of sexual harassment, and to establish appropriate methods and offices for addressing this significant problem on our campus," Chris Cuomo, director of UGA's Institute for Women's Studies, told The Red & Black student newspaper.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/04/21/ugagrad_0420.html

[CoffeeCat]

1. Gee, maybe if they have a few murders on campus...

...they can invite Charles Manson to speak at graduation.

:eyes:

[Demeter]

2. You Either Laugh or Cry

I'm laughing, because I'm not involved.

What incredible idiot invited Thomas? The same one that's been doing all the harrassment?

[jody]

3. The speaker at UGA's 1957 commencement was Senator John F. Kennedy. n/t

[izquierdista]

4. I didn't know he gave speeches!

Or is it just a tape recorder with some speech that Scalia gave earlier?

[asjr]

5. Hell, I didn't know he could even speak!

[saigon68]

Ah Yes "Long Dong Silver" rides out to pillage

Long Dong Silver, (born Daniel Arthur Mead in 1960), is a Bermudian former porn star who appeared in several pornographic movies in the UK and USA during the late 1970s and early 1980s. His debut film was the low-budget Sex Freaks released in 1979, in which he co-starred with Vicki Scott. In 1982 he appeared with the legendary Seka in Beauty and the Beast, shot in America.

Mead was famed for the length of his penis, reputedly 18 inches, and his trademark cowboy hat, worn during his performances. However, it soon came to light within the porn industry that he was actually wearing an artificial penis-like sheath. After posing in a few gay porn magazines in the twilight years of his career, Mead retired from the world of porn in 1987. He now lives in anonymity in south west England.

Occasionally Mead (Long Dong Silver) has been confused with another black porn star, John Cook, this is due to the fact that Cook was known by the similar stage name of King Dong.

He received new fame in the wake of the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment hearings and was portrayed on such shows as Saturday Night Live and In Living Color.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Dong_Silver

[Richard Steele]

8. Lols! nm

[CottonBear]

6. I'm a UGA graduate and I object to Thomas speaking at graduation.

Hell, he's an asshole AND he's an intellectual midget AND he never speaks in the Supreme Court, so why should he be inflicted himself on a captive audience of new UGA graduates?

:grr:

[onehandle]

7. An old girlfriend's roommate was attacked on the UGA campus in the early eighties.

He got spooked by the sudden appearance of a crowd semi-nearby and she was unhurt.

Not that I'm implying anything.

From his wikipedia entry:
American Bar Association's (ABA) rating for Judge Thomas was split between "qualified" and "not qualified."

We know how that turned out.

[aquart]

9. Oh, good choice, fellas.

But isn't the whole country sending the message that sexism is no biggie?

[Quantess]

10. That's a poor choice.

I would boycott the ceremony, if I were graduating.

[Generic Other]

11. The faculty women should invite Anita Hill

tit for tat so to speak...