Here’s some advice (free of charge!): If you get to a point where realize you’re unhappy with what you’re doing and your colleagues have become unbearable, it’s probably best to quietly bow out and move on with your life. Keep it drama-free.
Or you could freak out and give a big, fat rhetorical middle finger to everyone around you.
The following letter from an alleged Yale Law student falls into the second category.
Fed up with his apparently humorless and hypocritical colleagues, a Yale Law student recently posted an open letter to the school’s listserv explaining why he hates each and every one of them. It’s pretty brutal
The letter was later re-posted by “Above The Law” [warning: very strong language has been redacted and emphases added]:
Dear tYLS or tWall or whatever dumb sh** you call it these days:
I am a second-semester 3L. How exciting. In a surprising turn of events, I decided I want to work for a couple of years at a law firm but eventually try to become a published author, or, if that fails, get a Ph.D. and try to become a professor.
Why am I telling you all of this? It’s because I wanted to thank you all for inspiring me to follow my passions and my dreams. Specifically, these passions and dreams are writing and making fun of people.
I realized I hate law and politics. Why? Because I literally hate like 90% of you, and honestly I don’t really feel like going down the path that involves being stuck with even more people like you who literally have no sense of humor and get offended over literally everything. You think Clarence Thomas hates YLS? Clarence Thomas ain’t got SH** on me.
I’ve watched as you guys get offended over the dumbest sh** and wax political over the dumbest sh**. LOL. I mean wow, and seriously, this f***ing school. If the sticks up your a**es were any larger, you guys would give Muslim extremists a run for their money. I thought Muslim terrorists were pretty bad for getting offended to the point of wanting to cause physical violence over a drawing, but I’m willing to bet there are a couple of words I could throw out there on this forum that would turn even you guys into rabid angry dogs. Anger. And Hatred. Over a WORD. A F***ING WORD. USED OUT OF CONTEXT. I’ve come to realize that even at the smartest, most “enlightened” institution, students can be literally retarded and have no basic grasp of logic or rationality.
Also, you guys are a bunch of judgmental s***bags and hypocrites who haven’t understood the concept of “don’t judge a book by its cover” (speaking of metaphorical phrases, ever hear of “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”? How has this somehow been twisted in your f***ed-up minds to “words also hurt me too really bad so please stop hurting my feelings you big weenie!”).
You guys openly judged me for not speaking out after the Yale DKE scandal, telling me I didn’t care enough about sexual assault and feminist causes. For your f***ing information my sister had been sexually assaulted the winter before, and I had written my senior thesis, law school personal statement, AND 250 on human trafficking/sexual assault. You guys then criticized the sh** out of “monster” parents like Amy Chua and other tiger mothers after the Battle Hymn/WSJ incident, not bothering to think perhaps you might have been seriously offending some Asian students, who, like me, may have grown up under similar circumstances and still loved our parents and knew our parents loved us. To show you why that is offensive, imagine the extremist reaction if someone on the Wall criticized black or Hispanic culture. I’m not sure how criticizing Asian culture is any different, but I guess we don’t count as people. Finally, in the coup de grace, you guys criticized me for being a flake and giving up on my public interest dreams and going corporate. Little did you know the reason I decided to go corporate was because my parents, who are making less than $20k to support 4 students (i.e., family of 6), declared bankruptcy the summer before law school and I thought as the oldest son it was my responsibility to do something about it. The affirmative action “debate” was the camel that broke the straw’s back, and actually, that was the first important step that pushed me towards trying to realize my dreams of writing for a living.
So seriously, fu** you guys, you judgmental, uninformed pricks, patting yourselves on the back on top of your go**amn moral high horses. I realize I am killing my future political career. GOOD. If you’ve read The Republic, you know exactly what my opinion of politicians are. I realize I am burning bridges. EXCELLENT. If I succeed in my passions, I want to make damn sure it is without the help of any of you phony-a** sh*****ks. I’ve ALREADY gotten compliments about how inspirational I am, and I haven’t even f***ing started yet. That’s the biggest compliment I’ve ever received in my life. It’ll probably take you guys 10-20 years to get that even once, so good luck and keep up the good work! /sarcasm.
In a slightly more serious note–if I could convince even just ONE of you uptight mother****ers to just relax a little bit, learn to laugh, stop getting so offended over everything, and stop being so judgmental and hypocritical and hurting other people’s feelings in the process, the burnt bridges would be so worth it.
I know I could have waited until the end of the semester to send this, but it would provide me endless entertainment to see the expressions on your stupid-a** faces for the rest of the semester.
TLDR; f**k you, f**k you, f**k you, you’re cool, f**k you, I’m out (oh wait, I realized you guys probably don’t even watch movies based on marijuana just in case you get asked about it on the bar, so you probably missed the movie reference. Mea culpa).
Hugs and Kisses,
[Redacted]p.s. I have a $100 desk chair I bought from Ikea that I don’t want any more and am willing to sell to you for $99.50 OBO.
p.p.s. I know I should probably use the spreadsheet for this but I’m too lazy so I don’t feel like it but I have a torts book for sale that nobody will want to buy since torts isn’t offered this semester but I am going to try to pawn it off anyway.
p.p.p.s. I was wondering if anyone has an extra macbook, preferably a macbook air because that would be easier on my shoulders. Standard offer of good conversation and baked goods apply.
Wow. Well then. Tell us how you really feel.
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Comments (113)
FreeUsAll
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:17pmThat… was… AWESOME! I did not necessarily like his writing style and the verbiage used, but his straight-forward technique was aces. Well done!
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KoolAidDrinker
Feb. 1, 2013 at 9:25amHe sounds like a bullied liberal, lashing out at the people he once loved.
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NHwinter
Feb. 1, 2013 at 9:50amI’m always amazed at supposed intellectuals that cannot express their disappointment and anger without using the F word. I would have had more respect for his opinion if he had waited till his anger subsided and then wrote a clear, concise letter without dropping all the F bombs. I was always told that intelligent people didn’t need to stoop to foul language to get their message across. If anyone thinks our Ive League School are still top of the line, they have been living a sheltered life. They only produce Marxists now.
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Bloody Sam
Feb. 1, 2013 at 10:53amThis asshat wants to become a writer? I wish him lots of luck. He’ll need it.
His writing skills are abysmal.
If his writings in this letter are indicative of his vocabulary, he hasn’t progressed beyond the level of a high school sophomore.
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Metalstr8jckt
Feb. 1, 2013 at 11:48am@BLODDY SAM: Succinct analysis. There may be much more to this story. Poor academic performance thus this letter, as an exit strategy in an attempt to save face. Maybe he has learned a thing or two, in manipulation. We do not need his type of Ivy league mentality anymore There are dozens of them who actually have their degrees, and are foisting genuine hatred and bigotry under their misconception of intellectual superiority over Americans, in the House and Senate right now.
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Metalstr8jckt
Feb. 1, 2013 at 12:27pmThis may even be a contrived letter by a student, or group of students at Yale, to discourage the would be attendee to avoid an education at an; upper-tier, structured ancestral educational indoctrination facility.
Yes it is bigoted and cliquish to outsiders (The unwashed masses-Normal people) by an elite class of children whose lineage and pedigree reflects tradition spanning decades for their preparation into selected leadership, and into the Socio-governmental hierarchy. (*)
It is the Wests version of an intellectual caste system.
And these elitists govern us.
(*) A footnote: Pushed forward by a fifty year plan, force of will and string pulling by Marxists, The POTUS
is dismantling the current corruption and replacing it with centralized despotism, and thuggery.
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termyt
Feb. 1, 2013 at 3:10pmI loved it, myself. I do hope he can write better than that if he goes into that particular profession. But at the current rate, that will be the vernacular by then.
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ed1066
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:14pmSounds like he’s finally figured out what liberal, PC, lefty funadamentalist academia is really like and he’s having none of it! Good for him!
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KevINtampa
Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:09pmNo, sounds to me like he’s exactly what he despises.
Didn’t get his way, and is now throwing a tantrum. He’s no hero, he’s a little biotch.
You’re moving on, great…now grow up and achieve. This letter is the exact opposite of that. It’s childish, immature, and not at all funny.
Now had he made this a youtube video with him in a diaper, sucking on a tit, and doing this as an angry runny nosed grown up acting like a spoiled infant monologue…then that would have me laughing. There’s always truth in humor.
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00100111
Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:29pmSo he finally realized he’s a conservative. Good for him, he used his brain.
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00100111
Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:30pmKevin, you must be an attorney and realize you are exactly what he was describing?
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Desertcatn
Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:56pmGosh, Kev, sounds like he hit a nerve on you!
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sillyfreshness
Jan. 31, 2013 at 10:46pmThis letter should be the standard one must read for entering law students at Yale. What’s amazing is this person had to score near perfect on his LSAT test. Yale is the #1 rated law school in the US and you can miss maybe one to two questions out of 150 to get a high enough score to get accepted there. This guy has to have a near genius IQ to get into Yale. I guess he couldn’t take the political correctness going on there anymore. Virtually all of academia is infested with Marxists and “chosen people” professors. They are entrenched just like termites in these universities and they have tenure so you can’t get rid of them. It plays a big part in understanding why the US is finished.
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shorelineliz
Feb. 1, 2013 at 3:40amyup. the kid has chutzpah. good for him. It’s about time these people got ripped a new a$$. sounds like they deserved it and more. he sure gave it to them and good for him! Hopefully he will succeed in his next endeavor.
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Melika
Feb. 1, 2013 at 8:56am@ Kevin: I’m with you, this was immature rantings from an Affirmative Action freshman drop-out. What’s really disturbing is how most of the Blaze commenters on here seem to think this kid is some kind of hero. Even if you completely disregard the profanity, the letter is a poorly written rambling mess. I doubt this clown will ever achieve writing success long term (although he may get a temporary boost from the idiots on the internet). Good writers can be brutally honest while being clever and funny – this guy clearly isn’t. He is expressing the impotent rage he feels at his own failings and doing it badly, which doesn’t bode well for a self-proclaimed inspirational, funny writer. This guy has shown himself to be the definition of a talentless loser (hint: they are always claiming great talent that will someday in the future define them without ever showing even a glimpse of said talent).
FYI Blaze, freshman drop out in huge numbers from great schools because they can’t perform up to standards. Blaming their failures on other students, the school culture, or the staff is simply a defense mechanism and is very common.
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Displacedsoutherner
Feb. 2, 2013 at 8:58amChange a couple of the nouns but retain the expletives and it could be Rahm Emanuel or many other Libs discussing anything remotely relating to Conservatives, Fox News or Rush Limbaugh.
Strange that his claimed imperative of assisting his financially ailing family is driving him away from a lucrative career into one promising low income and constant uncertainty. If he’s so concerned about the well being of his family he should just suck it up, earn the big money to achieve his noble goal and put off his egocentric whining, plus if he’s really that far along in law school he’s dumping a couple hundred thousand dollars in tuition down the drain. Financial aid? Not my money so what do I care.
He makes some good points about his classmates but fails to elevate himself above the behavior he rails against.
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DamoclesAurelius
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:13pmROFLMAO
This guy is MY HERO!!!!!
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dont_drive_slow_in_the_left_lane_obliviot
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:11pmthat’s opening a can of intellectual whoopass.
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searching for the Truth
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:08pmSorry there young fella. Not hate ! Causes murder. It is everyone’s God given right by Constitutional powers that invest the common, to differ among political groups. I wish happiness for all, especially Presidents, in their health, wealth, and, if they have one , relationship to God ( only One) . But, we differ in the way that prosperity comes about.
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VetMike
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:07pmEven being around a Ivy League Liberal makes me rabid. Stuffed shirt, self righteous, narcissistic and completely ignorant of the real world. Not one will ever understand what he has said.
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WillG
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:05pmCome on man don’t sugar coat it tell them how you really feel.
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MIBUGNU2
Jan. 31, 2013 at 9:48pmSo the truth about College Professors is exposed.. if you
can’t make the grade, they go for a PhD. and brainwash
our children with their BULLSHI*.. Like a Bill Ayers..how
would like that “Little Tur*” teaching your kid ??
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Ghandi was a Republican
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:04pmThe education system in this Country is geared to creating disaffected youth. Doing a great job too. Each of these gun crimes we are seeing is a direct result of this system. Each offender recently came out of, or was still in it. It is the one common thread that runs through it all. No wonder the libs try so hard pointing away from it.
It is not the guns of innocent law abiding Americans. “It’s the Liberalism, stupid”
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oldguy49
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:12pmamen….pass the ammo
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charliesouth
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:16pmOf course you take something that had nothing to do with politics and make it political! Makes perfect sense.
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WillG
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:37pmChuck you may want to read the letter. References politics more than once.
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barber2
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:54pmWILL: Chuck just joined the Blaze yesterday …..
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usedCZARsalesman
Jan. 31, 2013 at 5:51pmThe more “new” trolls pop up (**cough** Chuck **cough**), the more they appear to be identical, cookie cutter versions of the previous ones…why is it that the “enlightened, free thinking” folks are the ones that ALL reach the EXACT same conclusions all the time…that seems like the opposite of free thought…
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00100111
Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:32pmUSEDCZAR, could you possibly be inferring that our trolls are….*gasp*….creating duplicate names to make it seem like there are more of them, where there really are only like 3?
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Sayyadina
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:01pmNow that was an epic flounce!
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dktrdktr
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:59pmIf you go to a so-called “second tier” school, it will probably take you at least five years to recover from your education. If you go to an Ivey League school, you will most likely never recover.
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AWD_1965
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:50pmAs an Ivy League graduate, I completely agree.
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Former11BRAVO
Jan. 31, 2013 at 7:29pmI DO wish his grammar had been better, though. It’s quite obvious his education was lacking in fundamentals.
Typical these days. My son’s resume was atrocious! (Dad to the rescue!)
Oh! I DO wish the kid all the luck in the world. Welcome to the real world, son! Now, go get ‘em tiger!
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naughtycal
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:58pmI’m suprised this doesn’t happen in more colleges around the country who are infected to the point uselessness by this PC MOFO’N CRAP.
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Beachbaby
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:58pmALL students are brainwashed. Duh
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Mapache
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:57pmSounds like an interesting person. It would seem the writer is Asian. Having lived in SE Asia for many years my experience has been that the writer took a whole lot of BS before reaching the point of writing this. While I would not recommend venting in such a way I wish them well and hope they are able to take care of their family.
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Cavallo
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:12pmAsians are not considered a minority at college. They don’t get the extra special treatment that other classes of people receive. The only time they are considered a minority on campus is if they are in opposition to a Caucasian student. They can also be considered a minority if they adopt the proper political view points and talking points. I think he probably should have waited until after he got his degree and then let loose.
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naughtycal
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:12pmAnd the reasons these liberal pr#ck professors in his school don’t give two sh$t about his asian heritage is ASIANS ARE SMARTER(which his letter obviously proves) so that scares them and the Asian voting block is so small if can’t help elected their liberal dou$hebag politicians.
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trurl
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:20pmBetter to vent like this than with a weapon!
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joan k
Feb. 1, 2013 at 1:07amAsians have a much harder time getting into Ivy’s than others and need to have something extra special to get them in. They are high achievers though their upbringing.
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txmike
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:57pmi like this kid
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Yeah_Buddy
Jan. 31, 2013 at 5:38pmI think he should go to work for CNBC :)
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MeMyselfandThree
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:56pmUnfortunately, he just violated the first rule I tell my clients: Never put anything in writing you don’t want a judge to read someday..
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SpankDaMonkey
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:55pm.
Nailed it……
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progressiveslayer
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:54pmI like that guy and well said,a guy can only take so much BS and he snapped good for him.
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Red Meat
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:03pmYes. Can’t say that I blame the young lad. Yale is a fever swamp of Stalin wannabe’s.
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Clownzilla
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:52pmThe funny thing is that this guy is spot on when it comes to ivy league students. EVERY SINGLE person I have personally met that has come out of an Ivy league school has been a complete irrational idiot. Now, I’m positive that there are good students that have come out of these prestigious schools but given the Ivy league people I have been around (work, out on the town, grocery store, etc.) the good people are WAY outnumbered. It seems that when you leave those schools you think that you are some big-time hotshot that needs not answer or listen to anybody else. Let me tell you, I’m surprised that this guy was able to get through school that long being around these people.
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Caballosinnombre
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:51pmAt least he took out his anger with a pen and not with a gun.
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H.I.Mcdunnough
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:15pmAmen to that!
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jcldwl
Jan. 31, 2013 at 4:18pmTrue, he must be conservative. A liberal would have been on heavy psychotic drugs and used a gun.
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Stevsea
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:50pmWell done kiddo.
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Jenny Lind
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:49pmWonder if even one student or prof will understand what was said and think about it. Bet none of them thinks it applies to them either.
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AnimalsAsLeaders
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:49pmI feel like that’s probably a pretty reasonable response to spending 3 years at Yale Law School.
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Imprimatur
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:49pmHe just went all out Bruce Lee on a lot of @$$w1pe$.
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huey6367
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:48pmHe missed the N-word (that’s narcissist)
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huey6367
Jan. 31, 2013 at 3:46pmSounds like he goes to school with a bunch of libs. Oh yeah, it’s Yale. Good thing he found out how s***ty lawyers can be before he does it as a career. I didn’t see that light.
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