Thank you, Gina. To call dissent a "hissy fit” is demeaning, to boot. “Get over it” is likewise asking people to violate their deepest ethical principles and patriotic ideals. Judith Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies & Charles E. Zumkehr Professor of Rhetoric Editor, Studies in American Humor * Director, Central Region Humanities Center School of Communication Studies * Ohio University * Schoonover Center 439 * Athens, OH 4570 T:740-593-4888 * F:740-593-4810 * [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> * http://www.coms.ohiou.edu/judith-yaross-lee On Feb 1, 2017, at 12:35 PM, Gina Sully <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Dear Warren, It doesn't feel like hissy fits to those of us whose identities are being demonized. Thank you for your compassion and support. Yours, Gina ____________________________ Gina M. Sully, Ph.D. Director, UNLV Writing Center Associate Editor, *Popular Culture Review* University of Nevada, Las Vegas 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Box 455043 Las Vegas, NV 89154-5043 pronouns: she, her, hers I am a Green Dot. <https://www.unlv.edu/srwc/greendot> Desk: 702.895.3749 Fax: 702.895.4480 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://writingcenter.unlv.edu http://fwpca.org *The only person who never fails is the person who never tries.* On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Warren Miller < [log in to unmask]> wrote: If people outside our country want a say in how we do things, they have a simple solution: Become an American citizen. Until/unless they do that, their opinions about America and/or about how we do things and/or what we do don't a damned thing to me. . .or, I'd bet, to any American who can think half-way logically. I suspect that what I'm saying here will offend any number of Hard-Left colleagues in this Forum. For the record, I didn't vote for Trump. I wouldn't be caught dead voting for Trump. But, like it or not, he's the POTUS now, and everyone wetting their pants and throwing hissy-fits just needs to grow up and get over it. On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 10:57 AM, Hal Bush <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Folks, I thought some of you might like to see this, especially as the deadline for August's MT conference in Elmira looms. Personally I would strongly encourage our beloved overseas scholars to submit and to come to Elmira in August. I can tell you that for me, having our wonderful overseas guests come and participate means a lot, and is always one of the highlights of the conference. The "International" part of the conference title is important to us all. PLEASE COME, and fear not: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/01/31/protest- trump-entry-ban-some-scholars-are-boycotting-us-based- conferences?goal=0_1fcbc04421-0f5839dc04-197446313&mc_cid= 0f5839dc04&mc_eid=58f0af41d7 We all can see these are strange times in America; but PLEASE COME, and fear not: -hb -- Prof. Harold K. Bush Professor of English 3800 Lindell Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO 63108 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml> -- *Warren D. Miller, CFA, ASA, CPA* *Founder - LinkedIn's Strategy Reading Group <http://bit.ly/AboutSRG>* *Beckmill Research, LLC* *Lexington, Virginia*