Posted on 06/21/2019 5:35:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
Oberlin College in Ohio has devolved into one of academe's most infamous examples of political correctness, one of those unwelcoming places that rails against anyone who brings speakers to campus if those speakers upset Oberlin's crusades against the racist/sexist/anti-gay menace.
Now Oberlin's administration is being punished in a very significant way for a very significant offense, and it's about time. It has taken political correctness to an abusive extreme. The Wall Street Journal opinion section headline summed it up: "Oberlin Pays for Smearing the Town Grocer." It has been ordered to pay $44 million in damages to Gibson's Food Market and Bakery. How so?
On Nov. 9, 2016, a black male Oberlin student attempted to buy wine at Gibson's using a fake ID. Allyn Gibson, a grandson of the market owner, refused to sell alcohol to the underage student and then noticed he was hiding two bottles of wine under his shirt. Gibson called the police, and the student tried to run off, dropping the bottles on the floor. When Gibson pursued him, it turned violent. Police arrived to see Gibson on the ground being beaten by the black male and two black female Oberlin students.
In court, all three students pleaded guilty, and the male suspect swore in a plea statement that Gibson "'was within his legal rights' to detain him, and that he did not believe Gibson's actions were racially motivated," said the Journal.
Yet none of this stopped Oberlin's students and administrators from mangling the truth. Because the assailants were black, students raucously protested, falsely claiming the store was racist. Worse yet, Meredith Raimondo, Oberlin's dean of students, "handed out a flier accusing Gibson's of having a 'long account of racial profiling and discrimination,'" the Journal said.
The Gibson family sued Oberlin and Raimondo, seeking $12.8 million at trial on a number of counts including libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress and interference with business contracts. The college canceled the store's longstanding food contracts. Boycotts and controversy took their toll. The store owners took no salary for two years, and nearly all the staff members were laid off. Gibson's lawyers lamented that if they did not receive a ruling in their favor, they would be forced to close up shop. But the truth won.
Raimondo led a crusade inside the Oberlin administration. A text message was read during the trial in which she discussed whether to "unleash the students" on Gibson's. This was war.
Cornell Law professor William Jacobson, who covered the case persistently on his blog, Legal Insurrection, told Fox News host Tucker Carlson that the Gibsons did nothing wrong. They were literally just minding their business that morning when they called the cops on a shoplifter. "Because of the crazed ... so-called social justice movement on our campuses, they were immediately designated oppressor, in part because of their skin color, in part because they're the owner of a business," Jacobson said. "And they were put into a pigeon hole of someone who ... must have engaged in racial profiling."
A massive verdict against a prestigious private college must have been national news, right? It wasn't. The same networks that savored every morsel of the scandal of Hollywood actresses partaking in college admissions scams offered nothing on Oberlin's defeat. Only Fox News found the facts of this disturbing court case worth discussing.
This is why the other networks hate Fox News with a passion. They can't bury these stories so a national audience never hears them. They prefer the narrative that political correctness never, ever goes wrong.
I wonder if she’s any kin to Justin Raimondo, the conspiracy theory loon.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who remembered that name and wondered the same thing.
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The DOJ needs to charge Oberlin with aiding and abetting...... and related crimes.
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If proof is established that RICOed criminal public officials impaired the region's commercial and economic activity, that could also be prosecutable under the Hobbs Act.
Liberals have attempted to engineer a world for themselves in which they are free from consequences: abortion, homosexuality, pedophilia, depravity, drugs, alcohol, illegitimacy, overspending, etc.
They couch it in all manner of anodyne terminology: choice, pride, sexual freedom. If they can’t make it a positive, they attack anyone who disapproves as a prude, judgmental, a hater, etc.
Among the many problems they created for themselves was the parasite class.
These are people who aren’t all that interested in the high-minded talk - they just want their check. Or booze. Or drugs. The three ‘students’ were lab-perfect parasites. Violent ones.
The mass delusion has also resulted in the current state of affairs in which amoral people believe they are the most moral among us. They’ve gone from ‘leave us alone’ to ‘we won’t leave you alone.’ (hat tip relictele)
Sue the hell out of all these snuzabLtchas!
Contempt for TRUTH--TRUTH for its own sake--is the evil most fundamental to the Decadence of Western Civilization.
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I wonder why the President of the college is doubling down on the ruling, thought the Board may be able to bring sanity to the situation. Found the Chair of the Board is connected to Soros......
The left has been waging an all out war against fairness and decency for a while now. They’ve also been placing criminals over victims for decades.
She may be gone from her post soon.
One can only hope that is the case.
| Liz, that's a mighty powerful indictment of Liberals. Worth saving. Thank God we've got folks like Judge Jeanine and Tom Fitton fighting for us. Congressmen? Mostly worthless. If there's anything we've seen in the last two years: reform of our government doesn't just happen. A concerned citizenry and an honest, lawful man at the top can do wonders. But it's still a long haul. And HarleyLady27, I found a great story (November 2016) shortly after the Oberlin student protests began. |
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Shows how the community stood up to the social justice idiots and brought some business to Gibson's.
Seems some BIKERS paid a visit, too. . .
“We came for the doughnuts,” said Lenny Lash, president of the Iron Coffins Ohio Chapter (!!). He offered no further explanation when asked.
Though many were glad to see the biker support, not everyone was happy about their presence.
Diane Sherwood of Oberlin, walked through the group asking the motorcycle club members to leave. “This is not about them and they’re scaring people,” Sherwood said.
Many of the supporters were asking where the protesters were, one could be heard threatening violence if they showed up.
"Among the problems sap-happy liberals created is the parasite class. The three ‘Oberlin winos’ were lab-perfect parasites.
Violent ones......people who aren’t interested in high-minded talk - they just want their check. Or booze. Or drugs. Or wine.
The current state of affairs is one in which which amoral people like the Oberlin types actually believe they
are the most moral among us." (hat tip relictele)
Oberlin is apparently also being sued in federal court in a case where her actions are at issue. She won’t be fired until that case is resolved- if ever.
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