Should I have shut up & listened to my Iranian student when he boasted how he'd watched a gay person being stoned to death in his village?
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Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp You should have told him to shut the fuck up and get out of your classroom.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @clinteldorado
@clinteldorado He was very young, & had only been in the UK a matter of weeks. He *literally* didn't know any better.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp To get used to a cold swimming pool you dive right in. I'd say the same logic applies here. That shit is unacceptable.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @clinteldorado
@clinteldorado happened his parents were affluent - landowners, I think. He ended up in the UK. He just couldn't understand our outrage.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @PhilosophyExp
@PhilosophyExp No better reason to give him a rude awakening. You showed great restraint; I wouldn't have held back.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@clinteldorado Well, the class didn't hold back - I was teaching Sociology. But he was just a product of his background. Moral (bad) luck.
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