Reader: DU Occupy the Honor Roll event fails as satire and on the facts

A recent Kelsey Whipple post focused on DU's Young Americans For Liberty and an event dubbed "Occupy the Honor Roll," in which participants equated Occupy Wall Street's calls for greater equity with the redistribution of smart kids' GPA to dumber ones. Which didn't tickle one reader's funny bone...
By Michael RobertsApril 23, 2012
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A recent Kelsey Whipple post focused on DU’s Young Americans For Liberty and an event dubbed “Occupy the Honor Roll,” in which participants equated Occupy Wall Street’s calls for greater equity with the redistribution of smart kids’ GPA to dumber ones. Which didn’t tickle one reader’s funny bone.

Vic writes:

Oh, aren’t they just too clever for words?

I’m sure their lame-brained attempt at sarcasm/satire will resonate with a certain crowd. But if they really think the accumulation and distribution of wealth works anything like the accumulation and distribution of GPA’s, they are naïve beyond belief.

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Michael Roberts began his career with Westword in 1990 as music editor. In 1999, he took on a new role, full-time media reporter, as author of a column called The Message. In 2008, he became the lead writer for Westword‘s news blog, The Latest Word, a position he held until January 2023. Michael continues to freelance for Westword, covering everything from business to sports and the media; he also contributes to Jazziz, a national music magazine. He holds a bachelor’s degree from what is now Colorado Mesa University and master’s degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Northwestern University.

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