Safe Campus Act: A band-aid for the festering sore of campus sexual assault hearings
11-13-2015, 12:06 PM
The article you posted was published in July. The media has since weighed in:
October 20, in the Huffington Post:
The Safe Campus Act: a Bill You Need to Know About
I stopped reading there.
Yesterday, in the Huffington Post:
Alpha Phi Becomes First Sorority to Say it Doesn't Support Safe Campus Act
Translation: "If I feel that I've been wronged I should have carte blanche to ruin anyone's life.
Another opinion piece published yesterday:
The Safe Campus Act: A Product of Collusion and Dishonesty
There are a dozen other similar articles/op-eds. This legislation would be a step in the right direction, but due process and the rule of law aren't exactly popular with the media and left right now. They'll use these attempts at legal self-defense as fuel for more witch hunts.
October 20, in the Huffington Post:
The Safe Campus Act: a Bill You Need to Know About
Quote:Quote:
"Fraternity boys need more protection than rape victims do."
That's the mentality that went into hiring Trent Lott and others to lobby for the Safe Campus Act.
I stopped reading there.
Yesterday, in the Huffington Post:
Alpha Phi Becomes First Sorority to Say it Doesn't Support Safe Campus Act
Quote:Quote:
"We believe our sisters who are survivors should have choices in how, when and to whom they go to for support or to report the crime," Alpha Phi said in the statement. "They should have their own voice and the support and encouragement they need to move forward including reporting as they choose to."
Translation: "If I feel that I've been wronged I should have carte blanche to ruin anyone's life.
Another opinion piece published yesterday:
The Safe Campus Act: A Product of Collusion and Dishonesty
There are a dozen other similar articles/op-eds. This legislation would be a step in the right direction, but due process and the rule of law aren't exactly popular with the media and left right now. They'll use these attempts at legal self-defense as fuel for more witch hunts.
Not on here much anymore. I'm either out on 2 wheels or trying to kill something.