Comments on: The Texas Revolution: Students for SG Reform http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/01/28/the-texas-revolution-students-for-sg-reform/ Political Commentary and Analysis from the GOP's Future Leaders and Visionaries Mon, 24 Oct 2011 08:04:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Aaron Marks http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/01/28/the-texas-revolution-students-for-sg-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Aaron Marks Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:41:58 +0000 http://www.nextgengop.com/?p=982#comment-933 Lance, so very cool. Thanks for sharing, and the point you make about this being "a microcosmic representation of the macrocosmic political spectrum" is very true! Lance, so very cool. Thanks for sharing, and the point you make about this being “a microcosmic representation of the macrocosmic political spectrum” is very true!

]]> By: Jeff Shi http://www.nextgengop.com/2009/01/28/the-texas-revolution-students-for-sg-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Jeff Shi Wed, 28 Jan 2009 07:13:56 +0000 http://www.nextgengop.com/?p=982#comment-932 I would like to point out some personal observations I noticed during the SG meeting today: 1) SG voted to support trayless dining despite the fact that their constituency was against it. However, when voting on the issue of concealed-carry on campus, SG resorted to arguing that they needed to listen to their constituents, and voted as such to support the ban. That is blatant hypocrisy. 2) TONS of lies and misinformation was spread from the anti-CCW crowd. Claims implying that CHL holders are irresponsible people, and examples of hypothetical situations that have a remote chance of ever occuring, and mis-statements of statistics and facts are just a few of the propaganda the anti-CCW crowd managed to plant in the minds of SG reps. Student Government Representatives are elected because they are entrusted in being more informed and in making more intelligent and rational decisions than others in the constituency. From what I observed today, with the exception of several individuals, they have made irrational decisions based on a cursory knowledge of the subject, preconceived bias, and an expressed unwillingness to acknowledge and absorb dissenting facts, statistics, and opinion. I would like to point out some personal observations I noticed during the SG meeting today:

1) SG voted to support trayless dining despite the fact that their constituency was against it. However, when voting on the issue of concealed-carry on campus, SG resorted to arguing that they needed to listen to their constituents, and voted as such to support the ban. That is blatant hypocrisy.

2) TONS of lies and misinformation was spread from the anti-CCW crowd. Claims implying that CHL holders are irresponsible people, and examples of hypothetical situations that have a remote chance of ever occuring, and mis-statements of statistics and facts are just a few of the propaganda the anti-CCW crowd managed to plant in the minds of SG reps.

Student Government Representatives are elected because they are entrusted in being more informed and in making more intelligent and rational decisions than others in the constituency. From what I observed today, with the exception of several individuals, they have made irrational decisions based on a cursory knowledge of the subject, preconceived bias, and an expressed unwillingness to acknowledge and absorb dissenting facts, statistics, and opinion.

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