We’re well aware that the race for the White House in 2016 is just beginning to heat up, but bear with us for a moment while we check in on the election results at the University of Oregon, where Helena Schlegel of the UO Forward campaign was just named president of the Associated Students of the University of Oregon.
Why should we care? As Reason.com editor-in-chief Nick Gillespie observed, this election was plagued by some interesting peculiarities.
This student grievance at University of Oregon is like a bad parody of Animal Farm http://t.co/fHxBxjBltP
— Nick Gillespie (@nickgillespie) April 13, 2015
Kaylee Tornay covered the election for the Daily Emerald as well as a couple of controversies that arose, resulting in the filing of official grievances. Elle Mallon of the Ducks F.I.R.S.T. campaign filed her first grievance against the We Are Oregon campaign “for holding its kickoff event in a building with no gender-inclusive bathrooms.”
Two days later, Mallon accused We Are Oregon campaign manager Taylor Allison of sexual harassment — “because she referred to Mallon as ‘Ms.’ when Mallon identifies with the use of ‘Mx.'”
Despite an email apology from Allison, Mallon filed a second grievance saying Allison chose to misgender her. Mallon explained that her pronouns include not only mx but also xe, xem, and hyr.
@nickgillespie xer is a word now? Looks like something you accidently fat finger while texting
— Nick Schweitzer (@NickSchweitzer) April 13, 2015
The Constitution Court concluded, “Sexual harassment is a very great evil, but the record supports the conclusion that only a single unintentional gender-based microagression [sic] occurred.”
"Microaggression." MT @nickgillespie: This student grievance at Univ. of Oregon is like a bad parody of Animal Farm http://t.co/wz4v1XT83P
— Mark Ramos (@MRMark5) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/TerenceMStanton/status/587678500997349376
@nickgillespie @iowahawkblog Animal Farm made much more sense than this.
— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) April 13, 2015
@nickgillespie Maybe progressives will just grievance each other to extinction. #tlot
— Your Libertarian Pal (@AchDuLibrtarian) April 13, 2015
@AchDuLibrtarian @nickgillespie you mean "mxtinction," you cis-gendered Quxiaphobe!
— Paul Girard (@Girarduino) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/PaulAaronFisher/status/587681192893374464
.@nickgillespie @iowahawkblog The temptation to leave a deliberately inflammatory comment there – i.e., use "Ms." – was almost overwhelming.
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) April 13, 2015
@nickgillespie @iowahawkblog holy shit, the movie PCU has become reality somebody contact Droz and Gutter @jeremypiven @Jon_Favreau
— Roose ?? (@MRoose97) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/SteelersSlob/status/587681613770809344
https://twitter.com/MrRobertFord/status/587681654770024448
@nickgillespie @iowahawkblog Clearly Univ. of Oregon is an extremely easy school where not nearly enough homework is assigned.
— Bryan Coughlin (@BPCoughlin) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/VikingMonk/status/587704656392036352
https://twitter.com/CarsonCityKid/status/587729138552713216
@nickgillespie @SolToast Ah, the leaders of tomorrow. I can see we're in great hands…
— S. Alabama Nobody⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@SAlabamaNobody) April 13, 2015
@nickgillespie @iowahawkblog these people and the commenters are frickin' nutz — the real world is going to kill them
— JimW_in_ABQ (@JimW_in_NM) April 13, 2015
https://twitter.com/ErezSemaria/status/587716096683302912
@nickgillespie @charlesmurray I hope our enemies don't know that the West intends to impose the idea of gender micro aggression on them.
— Steve Mundie (@SteveMundie) April 14, 2015
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