• @stoly
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      4 months ago

      Although local chapters can be ass, fraternities take this sort of thing very seriously. There’s a bad reputation of them because of former partying and hazing that they are trying desperately to overcome.

      • @wjrii
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        224 months ago

        If for no other reason than liability. They need to compartmentalize the blowback when a chapter fucks up, and being able to cite rules that they’ve enforced in the past is very helpful. While there is a certain level of cynicism involved, it does have a mild moderating effect when the chapters know there are limits to how far national will back them up.

      • SeaJ
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        144 months ago

        Not sure how it is now but the chapters in the South of the one I was in 20 years ago were still pretty damn racist. They were surprised we let in black people. While they did not officially exclude them, they probably did not make it too welcoming.

    • @xantoxis
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      They were chanting “hit the showers” (to prove how pro-Israel they are?? I guess???). So exterminating jews is fine, but getting in trouble for racist slurs is not.

      • @RGB3x3
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        104 months ago

        Fuck, these guys are so dumb, how do they even get accepted to college?

        Oh yeah, it’s Ole Miss.

      • Flying Squid
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        94 months ago

        One of them also was yelling about someone having a big nose. Make up your fucking minds.