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posted by n1 on Wednesday August 03 2016, @11:50PM   Printer-friendly
from the burning-bridges dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Black Lives Matter has taken offense at police saying “Blue Lives Matter” and others who say “All Lives Matter,” but now a Wisconsin school is risking ire by branding a class on environmentalism “Green Lives Matter.”

The course at University of Wisconsin at Green Bay will encourage students to support the “environmental justice movement” by “the merging of civil rights and environmental concerns.” But even Scott Furlong, the dean of social sciences at the school, acknowledged that the class name plays on what has become a loaded term.

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/08/01/green-lives-matter-college-course-title-has-some-critics-seeing-red.html


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by cubancigar11 on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:26AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Thursday August 04 2016, @08:26AM (#383975) Homepage Journal

    It is part of the new-age "progressive" politics that asks people to form groups and yell 'i-am-a-victim' and 'they are assholes'. It seems to be giving quicker results so it has become popular. Long term solution? Pffft... we will stumble upon it eventually!

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