Jack at SCSU Scholars said,
It's a small act, but symptomatic. She had to presume that her article contained such important opinion on what a scoundrel Bush is that the rules didn't really apply in this case. And modern liberals do that a lot. They simply have to believe that the things they believe in are significant enough to override other, larger principles. The rules simply aren't the same when one has to alert a whole faculty to Bush's scoundrelness, for instance. And I think people who find themselves above others' rules are spooky.
Jack's harping on "modern liberals" but I think it is a feature of contemporary life. Conservatives do it too--never mind the principal of the thing, my issue is so important it overrides the principle.
It's the public cellphone conversation issue. Ignore the people in your physical presence and carry on conversations with the unseen, uttering intrusive phrases at high volume.
It's the Rush Limbaugh principle. Howl about the vile drug abusers, all the while being one yourself. And when you are caught, mumble on about how it is not your fault.
Feh.
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