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    1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 17
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      Michael Tracey Retweeted Kyle Kashuv

      It's insane and oppressive to rescind college admission on the basis of "offensive statements" teens made on social media. In order to gain admission to elite institutions, teens now have to be career-minded, perfect little angels beginning at childhoodhttps://twitter.com/KyleKashuv/status/1140605133346283521 …

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      Kyle KashuvVerified account @KyleKashuv
      1/ THREAD: Harvard rescinded my acceptance. Three months after being admitted to Harvard Class of 2023, Harvard has decided to rescind my admission over texts and comments made nearly two years ago, months prior to the shooting. I have some thoughts. Here’s what happened.
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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 17
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      The "offensive statements" were made in what the teen apparently assumed to be a private venue. Imagine if your BS sessions with friends at age 16 were all entered into the public record, and used to change the course of your entire life trajectory. School-marm surveillance state

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      Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 17
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      The affected individual is a conservative but that's immaterial. (Almost) everyone makes stupid, "offensive" statements as teens when they're sitting around BSing with friends. Only difference now is that the statements are preserved in an electronic record

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        2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 17
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          Our elite feeder institutions are training kids to be terrified of ever transgressing social taboos, even in private, for fear of compromising their life prospects. If those are the types of people you want dominating elite society, congrats, that's what you're going to get

          440 replies 192 retweets 902 likes
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        3. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jun 17
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          If a black 16-year-old got caught making allegedly "offensive" statements on Snapchat or something -- say, "fuck the police" or "kill pigs" -- my reaction would be 100% the same. And if your reaction would be different, maybe self-reflect on what exactly you're objecting to

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        2. Caitlin Greenwood Santana‏ @caitgreenwood Jun 17
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          Replying to @mtracey

          I literally never sat around with my friends and said or wrote things like this. If I had, I would deserve the consequences.pic.twitter.com/DY79Ac4YMO

          17 replies 23 retweets 534 likes
        3. McGrain v. Daugherty, 273 U.S. 135 (1927)‏ @Joseph_Joe_M Jun 17
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          Replying to @caitgreenwood @mtracey

          If my friends had caught me writing that kind of crap they would have beat some sense into me. Anyone calling this crap normal had a very abnormal group of friends.

          2 replies 5 retweets 206 likes
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        2. Victoria Brownworth 🎃 👻 💀‏ @VABVOX Jun 17
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          So your "BSing with friends" included hate speech? Good to know. Some of us managed to "BS with friends" and never even think of racist slurs. This thread is a terrible look, since apparently your friends wouldn't know enough to tell you.

          7 replies 23 retweets 492 likes
        3. Marton Radkai‏ @MartonRadkai Jun 18
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          Replying to @VABVOX @mtracey

          All we are asking for kids to do is think about what they say, how they say it and what's involved in a dynamic intellectual community. Kashuv was smart enough to choose punditry and fame by siding with the most divisive creatures in the USA today. He knew what he was doing.

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        2. Amy Sterling Casil‏ @ASterling Jun 17
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          He should have been disciplined in history class and somebody should have stopped him back then: he was not "just using the n-word" once - what he wrote in the history class would have gotten him suspended at my school.

          1 reply 3 retweets 122 likes
        3. Mary Perry‏ @oneperry Jun 18
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          Children LEARN what they LIVE!! Sounds like the home training to me!

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        2. Goddess of Gumbo‏ @gumbo_goddess Jun 17
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          I did and I’m ashamed. The things I said were ignorant and not violent, but I’m still deeply deeply ashamed. Every time I think of it my guts do a double axel. Why isn’t SHAME the normal reaction instead of “MF you rescindin my admission to HARVARD?!?!”

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        2. Émile: the Booty Call of Cthulhu‏ @EmilePleaseStop Jun 17
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          Now I’m fascinated to find out what YOU said as a teen, since you think this is perfectly normal

          19 replies 37 retweets 1,202 likes
        3. Clara.  🦂 🍁‏ @cutebutweird85 Jun 17
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          Replying to @EmilePleaseStop @mtracey

          Right? My friends and I used to think we were super edgy calling each other sluts and whores etc, stupid yes but this is different territory

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        2. The Prime Lib‏ @thelustyglutton Jun 17
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          I teach at a high school. This behavior isn’t ok. It isn’t widespread and it sure as hell is a valid reason to rescind a college admission. This kid recorded himself and spoke that way numerous times. It wasn’t a bug, it was a feature.

          1 reply 9 retweets 324 likes
        3. Paul Michael Anderson‏ @P_M_Anderson Jun 18
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          Replying to @thelustyglutton @mtracey

          This. This, this, this. I, too, teach in a high school. A goddamned southern high school, in a small town, and so one cannot even apply those tired stereotypes. This asshole acted like an asshole and, no, it isn't common or okay and is a valid reason to be rejected.

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        2. misty21‏ @misty21 Jun 17
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          No they don't. After the age of 12 an individual should know better.

          2 replies 2 retweets 76 likes
        3. LooneeLuna‏ @LooneeLuna Jun 17
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          More like age of 7 when morality and ethics are understood. Also able to reflect on how your behavior affects others by then. Of course parents can also poison u in the other direction by then too.

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        2. 'Fluffy Lark'‏ @geekspicepdx Jun 17
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          So wait is this the "locker room talk" defense?

          15 replies 15 retweets 859 likes
        3. justagirl‏ @HeyMamaJude1 Jun 17
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          That's the one!pic.twitter.com/WybcnZuuUr

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        1. Lillyisangry 🍑 🆘 🤬‏ @Frustratedmam10 Jun 17
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          I am a high school counselor. No they don't. Some do, and they know the consequences, both socially and academically, and face them.

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        2. Krys10iam‏ @skooniebird Jun 17
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          I've never said the N word in my entire life. My parents taught me better. He should be upset with his parents for not raising him properly, not upset with Harvard.

          1 reply 3 retweets 112 likes
        3. Kristoffer Butler‏ @Kris_Butler23 Jun 18
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          Replying to @skooniebird @mtracey

          In his apology he said this is not how his parents raised him and did it anyway which means he went against their values... that makes it worse to me

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