Why I Don't Understand Why People Call This Place So Liberal

[debka_notion]

As I was getting my lunch today, Steve comes over to me, takes a look at my shirt, which says "Brandeis University Conservative Organization" on the front and "Hebrew is Gender Specific, BUCO is not" on the back, and says to me "You know, we have a shirt like that for BOO too, only on the back it says 'G-d doesn't hate us'". (BOO is the Brandeis Orthodox Organization.) I tried to joke back something, but I was rather offended. It isn't like this is the first time he's said something offensive to me either: last time it was a whole string of bigotted comments about Indians, Pakistanis, Muslims, Asians and other immigrants. I'm getting to the point where I really want to do something about it, but I'm not really sure what to do. File some sort of complaint to the student senate about religious persecution? It seems a bit ridiculous here, but I'm not sure what else to call this one. Talk to the Orthodox rabbi here? I don't know what he'd do... Ideas?

Comments

[tovaks.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, there's a difference between "liberal" and "accepting." The terms are not (by any means) mutually exclusive, but they don't define each other, either.
--Tova

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

I wasn't suggesting tht one had to be liberal to be accepting, but generally liberal ideology does stress a lack of prejudice, etc. I don't know about conservative materials/programs- but liberal ones tend to be fairly closely linked to the whole lack of offensive comments issue.