A Call for Civility

(In response to Ariana Fox’s Monday letter to the editor, “Paying for PIRG.”)

Ms. Fox’s letter in Monday’s paper regarding USG President O’Kelly’s choice to veto the PIRG bill was inappropriate and unseemly.

Let me be clear: I support the establishment of a PIRG chapter at ASU 100%, and I absolutely disagree with USG President O’Kelly’s decision to veto the PIRG bill after it passed the USG Senate. PIRG is an invaluable asset to ASU students, and $1.50 is a reasonable and affordable price to guarantee PIRG’s continuing advocacy on behalf of students. I also feel that the State Press’s reporting on the PIRG issue has been less than neutral.

However, to resort to attacking the character of President O’Kelly is not only rude and inconsiderate, it also reflects poorly on those of us who have worked for months to help PIRG get established while keeping the discussion civil and in good taste.

Ms. Fox wrote, “[O’Kelly] needs to get over himself and lose the immature, arrogant and self-promoting attitude he’s chosen to take on. […] Let the ASU students decide if we want to give $1.50 to PIRG.”

I agree with Ms. Fox that it is essential that students be allowed to decide if they want to give $1.50 to PIRG via a campus-wide referendum, but I am disappointed that the dialogue has deteriorated to the point of childish character attacks. I hope for a return to the civility we have worked hard to keep throughout this entire process.

Joshua Judd
Undergraduate

I would make you soup.

(via feminision)

lol they did this to me as well a while back. I ignored it and moved on. :D

Heading to campus to work on the mountain of homework that is #SemesterFromHell

The gay man you see is not me. The feminine mannerisms, or the so-called “lifestyle” that I live are not me.

I am a son who was raised to respect his parents and the women in his life, and to love people of other faiths, and those with a skin tone different from my own. I am an uncle who hopes to teach his nephews to survive elementary school, and a grandson who hurts when he is not welcome at family gatherings.

I am a student who is overwhelmed by balancing my grades, a job, a social life. I am not the fashion-obsessed shop-a-holic, or the helpless AIDS patient the media portrays me as. I am a man who dreams of spending my life with an intelligent, dedicated partner, and raising an elegant daughter, or a creative son, yet fears a life of loneliness.

My queerness is a part of me because it strengthens me, it teaches me, it hurts me. Please don’t judge me by my sexuality.

Please see me for me.

genderqueer:

F. Scott Fitzgerald in drag – (via en|Gender)

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paniconthestreetsoflondon:

fuckyeahboylove:

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someday.

feminision:

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I stayed online on Facebook because I saw that you were online too.

stitches4veins:

But you didn’t IM me.

Two other people did. So now I’m caught in conversations I don’t want to be having.

While you’re probably laughing or still sleeping and just forgot to log off or something.

my life

feminision:

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I should make something like this.

I JUST WANT TO BE A PERSON IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK?

boygaga:

<3

genderqueer:

fireeyedboi:

homegrownboi:

3rd Gender - Good Asian Drivers, compliments of my homeboy Roth.

I love the GAD; they’re great artists and really cool people.

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