I think the Missouri football players just went on strike

[star seed 7]

Anecdote

[DQ12]

anecdotal

[sys]

looking at your sentence, it probably was cliche.  you just used it wrong, you needed to use it as an adjective.  cliched story.

[michigancat]

cliche seems like a fine description. there's no rule that a cliche can't be based in truth.

[sys]

cliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).

[chuckjames]

Yes thanks to all my the English help. My point still stand even if I don't know the exact correct wording of it. My apologies to all for not using cliche correctly.

[sys]

cliche seems like a fine description. there's no rule that a cliche can't be based in truth.

yeah, lopakman was wrong.  don't take grammar or style advice from lopakman, chuckjames.

[michigancat]

looking at your sentence, it probably was cliche.  you just used it wrong, you needed to use it as an adjective.  cliched story.

relevant

http://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2011/09/thats-so-cliched.html

[Cartierfor3]

have we talked about how you're supposed to call the cops on hurtful speech now at mizzou?

[Rage Against the McKee]

have we talked about how you're supposed to call the cops on hurtful speech now at mizzou?

Is that a real thing or was that just something Clay Travis said?

[Cire]

Cdot would have asked him "What's your go to Madden play on 3rd and long"

[Cartierfor3]

have we talked about how you're supposed to call the cops on hurtful speech now at mizzou?

Is that a real thing or was that just something Clay Travis said?

it is a real thing

[sys]

relevant

http://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2011/09/thats-so-cliched.html

i like cliched much better, even if it looks a little odd without the accent mark.  you're an english word now, cliche, start acting like it.

[DQ12]

cliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).

well "anecdote story" is also redundant.

[michigancat]

relevant

http://throwgrammarfromthetrain.blogspot.com/2011/09/thats-so-cliched.html

i like cliched much better, even if it looks a little odd without the accent mark.  you're an english word now, cliche, start acting like it.

it's because you're so old.

Also, re: hurtful speech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/10/missouri-u-police-call-us-about-harmful-or-hurtful-speech/

[steve dave]

I'm not good at spelling and words. I'm somewhere between wacky and you guys. middle of the road guy.

[sys]

cliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).

well "anecdote story" is also redundant.

you wouldn't say anecdote story though, you'd replace story with anecdote (that's why "story" follows "cliched" and "anecdotal", but not "anecdote" in my post).

[Rage Against the McKee]

That hurtful speech thing is pretty ridiculous.

[DQ12]

cliched story fits his post better than anecdote or anecdotal story (the latter is kinda redundant).

well "anecdote story" is also redundant.

you wouldn't say anecdote story though, you'd replace story with anecdote (that's why "story" follows "cliched" and "anecdotal", but not "anecdote" in my post).

ugh no -- the word he was unsure about immediately preceded "story."

[DQ12]

Also, re: hurtful speech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/10/missouri-u-police-call-us-about-harmful-or-hurtful-speech/

i like Eugene Volokh a lot. 

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

That hurtful speech thing is pretty ridiculous.

This whole thing is pretty ridiculous. Don't you understand that this is all part and parcel of the same lunatic movement?

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

Also, re: hurtful speech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/10/missouri-u-police-call-us-about-harmful-or-hurtful-speech/

i like Eugene Volokh a lot.

Yes, he's brilliant. And he nails it:

But here there’s not even any claim that they’re just trying to find evidence of crimes, or trying to answer speech with more speech. Here a university is urging students to call the police whenever they hear “hurtful speech,” precisely so the university “can take disciplinary action” against the speakers. This is the new face of the modern university.

[Rage Against the McKee]

The school absolutely should take action against students who are caught using hateful speech with other students, but using their police to go find them is a step too far.

[DQ12]

The school absolutely should take action against students who are caught using hateful speech with other students, but using their police to go find them is a step too far.

what kind of action are you suggesting state schools should take against students who use "hate speech"?

[Cartierfor3]

The school absolutely should take action against students who are caught using hateful speech with other students, but using their police to go find them is a step too far.

what in the world