I personally have messaged RG about this matter. He does not think this is an issue.
Edit: I’m glad white knight of racists thinks that my posts about the Athletic Director following fascists on twitter is funny. Brilliant.
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Build Rick George a Statue (was #fireRickGeorge)
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Edit: I’m glad white knight of racists thinks that my posts about the Athletic Director following fascists on twitter is funny. Brilliant.
So then he’s a sane person. Reassuring actually.
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Broken Printer is a ****ing idiot and a liar
What they posted in that message was not idiotic, nor a lie.
I’ll ask again: did you read the message? They make the distinct levels of RG’s problematic follows very clear. So far, the only replies have been about generic “people with whom you disagree” ideas. It is not specific. When one actually examines his follows, seeing people who, for instance, willingly cite the “14 words” is quite disturbing.
You guys ever wonder what decisions in your life led you to the point where you’re reading emotional arguments (between people you don’t know) about the ethical basis of the Twitter follows of an old man (you’ve never met) who is tasked with making 18 year old kids (you also don’t know) play a game (you didn’t play) each fall for your enjoyment?
You’re here too, bub.
Yeah that’s my point hahaha
Bliff Cranch
Well-Known Member
Enjoyment? Hardly.
It just needs a drive by post by BigBang to make it complete!
RG has donated hundreds of thousands of CU athletic department funds directly to the Trump campaign
Fogo
Well-Known Member
Aren't you late for your gamblers anonymous meeting?
Well, if it wasn’t clear before, it is clear now: you are the asshole.
Thanks for proving me right yet again.
RG is threatening our democracy!!!
I don't know, dude.
For starters, the post said that he followed "progressives", and then proceeded to list 2 famous musical artists (Bebe Rexha and Gwen Stefani), a "vocal Trump critic" who also happens to be a mentor for CU student athletes (a more relevant connection to RG than his political beliefs, I think), the Colorado Secretary of State who happens to be public enemy number one for local "Big Lie" proponents like Tina Peters, and a "black women in sports" scholar (I would also suggest that the work performed by this scholar is relevant to his job as a college sports AD). Clearly irrelevant to his job as a college sports AD are any ideas by white supremacists like Faith Goldy.
Additionally, it's really weak sauce to try to create an equivalence between any of those accounts and the accounts for people like Seb Gorka, Faith Goldy, and Jack Posobiec for reasons that I hope you understand.
I don't find his "record on diversity hires" as particularly compelling "evidence" that he doesn't let this thinking influence his work at CU, nor do I find it particularly relevant- the truth is that no man can know what truly lies in another's heart. But the fact that he follows those accounts does beg the question. I do not find it appropriate, at all, that he's comfortable enough to follow Faith Goldy on his account where he's clearly listed as a CU representative.
Stop trying to silence me!
I disagree. In the context of this conversation, if you and others are arguing that following these individuals means RG holds the same values and beliefs as them, then I think his hiring practices are very relevant and I think it’s extremely compelling evidence that he does not, in fact, let the opinions of Gorka and Goldy influence his work at CU. To say otherwise is you just making an outlandish claim to support your personal narrative.
My issue with it is using his CU account to do so. Most public figures (and Rick is absolutely a public figure) have 2 accounts, one professional, one personal.
At a minimum, I find his behavior surprising unprofessional. And that's without inserting my personal judgments on who he is following, liking, and retweeting.
SINKRATZ
PhD in Analogy
I posted that list you’re referring to and I never used the word “progressives” that you put in quotes. I also wasn’t intending to paint him as some political moderate or make really any conclusions about the man.
It was a random sampling of follows meant to illustrate the point that it’s hard to make much sense of a person by just looking at their Twitter follows.
Dude you are so morally superior. I’m envious. Excellent work.
The AD does not seek funds from any politicians that I'm aware of in the state of Colorado.
It actually doesn't mean that, although Hitler's Nazi's did torture and slaughter. It is not exclusive only to Nazi Germany.
Nazism is a form of fascism, with disdain for liberal democracy and the parliamentary system. It incorporates fervent antisemitism, anti-communism, scientific racism, and the use of eugenics into its creed.
I am not sure what the definition of an "official CU account" is, but I am pretty sure that RG's Twitter account isn't one. RG was hired by CU in August 2013. Per his Twitter profile, the account in question was created in August 2009. To me an "official" account would be one that was created by, or at least owned by, the university. An account created four years before he was hired doesn't count, unless he somehow legally transferred ownership of the account to CU, which is a possibly but I doubt that the game would be worth the candle for either party to draw up such a contract. So, it appears to be a private account that he uses for both private purposes and in his capacity as AD, and which he will no doubt keep once he moves on to other pastures. While I think someone in a political position (no doubt RG is in a political position) should not mix personal and official communications, there it is. Unless CU has a policy against it, they are allowing it.
That being said, this whole idea of what I will call "followcrime" (yes, I am promiscuously borrowing from Orwell) is inane. When I was younger I used to read a magazine in my high school library called "Soviet Life." Not because I was a commie, but because I wanted to see what the commies were saying. Similarly when at CU I would go to Norlin and read the English edition of Pravda when it was available, for the same reason. I have followed lots of people I vehemently disagree with on Twitter for the same reason. Reading someone's tweets, or following them (really just a mechanism to read their tweets) is not tantamount to endorsement. I don't know that I had ever heard of Sebastian Gorka before I unfortunately stumbled on this thread, but looking at his Twitter thread (oh the horror! head for the fainting couch!) he seems like a typical right-wing twitter blowhard. Hardly serious followcrime.
Imaginary bigbang post for this thread:
"RG's tweets supported a separatist political movement in Sri Lanka. A known fact, plus the Sri Lankans have some fast athletes - look for some of them to show up on the rosters at Utah State and Montana. We could do a lot worse. Recruiting footprint can extend beyond Samoa and Hawaii, and before anyone piles on, I do know the difference between the Pacific and the Indian Oceans."