Mal Kline comes up with some tongue-in-cheek conversation starters to use with progressive and liberal professors.
Topic: satire
Regis University Shuts Down Satirical Social Justice Bake Sale
A satirical bake sale was shut down at Regis University because the administration said that organizers didn’t follow the rules of organizing a table and that the bake sale was discriminatory in pricing.
Satirical Tourism Video Project Deemed Offensive at Tulane
A Tulane University student is in hot water with some of his peers because of a satirical tourism video on Latin America, where he referred to Taco Bell and other stereotypes. Of course, some took offense at the video.
Hilarious Parody Video of DNC Convention’s Hillary Clinton Video
A great parody video from Reason (also, NSFW language):
University of Wisconsin-Superior Closes Investigation into Satirical April Fool’s Edition of Campus Newspaper
The Promethean faced an investigation from the university administration over their satirical edition for April Fool’s Day until this week, when the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) said they would back a lawsuit…
Satire Being Punished at University under the Guise of Title IX
Now a university in Michigan can punish students for free speech? Although the jokes and humor are not ‘clean’ by any stretch of the imagination, it is still free speech.
Penn State Professor Blames Stephen Colbert’s Bad Ratings on Republicans
The piece was published by Salon, so take it with a grain of salt: Sophia McClennen, a professor of international affairs and comparative literature at Pennsylvania State University, recently sounded off on why she believes Stephen Colbert’s…