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

[arib.livejournal.com]

God doesn't hate you guys, either.

and most languages are gender specific, ISTR that English is the anomaly.

:-)

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know: I've taken a few other languages, although there are plenty out there that aren't gender specific I think. I'll go do some research: there's probably some figure in my linguistics book, and if not, I'm sure Mom can find me one, or tell me where I might look.

The shirt was just a gentle joke pointing out our gender-egalitarianism in a vaguely clever way.