Posted on 04/06/2022 7:02:11 AM PDT by Kaslin
Periodically, in what seems like a never-ending assault on our basic values and the rule of law, good news emerges.
The good news now is the unanimous decision of a panel of three judges on an Ohio Court of Appeals, supporting a jury decision in favor of Gibson's Bakery in its case against Oberlin College.
Gibson's Bakery sued Oberlin College for libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress and intentional interference with a business relationship, because of the school's involvement and support of student demonstrations accusing the bakery of racial profiling and discrimination.
The decision is worthy of our attention because it shows just how troubling the situation is at our colleges and universities.
As our nation leans increasingly to the left, as our most basic values -- now called conservative values -- are being pushed out the door, while they are displaced by the chaos of moral relativism, some bold individuals -- in this case, the proprietors of Gibson's Bakery in Oberlin, Ohio -- refuse to be intimidated and concede.
And that refusal has paid off for the Gibson family and for all Americans who care about truth.
Oberlin College now must pay $33 million in punitive damages and $11 million in compensatory damages to Gibson's Bakery.
In brief, a Black student from Oberlin was chased down by the son of the store's proprietor when he saw him shoplift a bottle of wine.
The student, and two of his friends who then got involved, were arrested by the police and all subsequently pleaded guilty.
But the incident set off student demonstrations outside this mom and pop bakery, started by David Gibson's great-grandfather in 1885.
The owners were branded racists, and flyers were handed out claiming that the store had a history of "racial profiling and discrimination."
Hopefully, the lawsuit filed and won by the Gibson family will put a damper on the casual use of these horrible accusations.
The snapshot we now have of the academic and social reality at Oberlin College, which has a reputation as one of the nation's premier liberal arts colleges, is deeply troubling.
Oberlin is now on the line for millions of dollars in damages because its own school administrators are so self-absorbed in their own liberal dogma that they can no longer think clearly, honestly and objectively.
The college maintains a website dedicated to the case, and now, even after they have experienced such a devastating defeat in court, they are still in denial about what happened.
Particularly troubling is that the school administration refuses to accept that this case was not about the First Amendment but about their support of their own students to libel the Gibson family.
Over the years, I have spoken at almost 300 colleges and universities, and I have watched and experienced these campuses taken over by dogma and left-wing activists.
And if Oberlin College is even one day late in paying Gibson’s Bakery the $33 million in punitive damages and $11 million in compensatory damages, make Oberlin also pay the same penalty rate that the telephone company charges me if my payment is one day late.
Overlain college was
The left believes they should be able to steal from you without you lifting a finger to stop them. If you do, they come after your livelihood.
Give the university the option, pay the $44 Million on time or BULLDOZE every last building. I wonder how many of the Oberlin Alumni are willing to cough up the $$$$ to save their beloved bastion of Liberal Stupidity??
Unlikely to happen, but I hope this puts the fourth-rate oberlin college on the fast path to organizational extinction.
The old "lie till ya die" strategy.
Does anyone know where that website is?
Oberlin has a $1 Billion endowment. It’s not like they have to go looking through the couch for change. Just pay what’s owed for crying out loud.
If that endowment includes funds set aside for specific purposes, then they may not be able to tap it. Donors increasingly restrict gifts to ensure the money isn’t squandered on a radical agenda - or a lawsuit. The Catholic Church has been accused of hiding money when in many cases the funds can’t be attached in lawsuits; donor stipulations would ensure it would return to the donors before being paid out in settlements.
[[Hopefully, the lawsuit filed and won by the Gibson family will put a damper on the casual use of these horrible accusations.]]
Nope it won’t. The left are bullies who are threatening anyone that tries to prevent them from doing whatever they want, whenever they want with physical vio.ence and destruction of property. They are essentially saying that they will rob someone blind and thst person or business can’t do a thing about it- and if they try, they Wil, wish they hadnt.
The left are racist thugs engaged in a hostile takeover of this country... all while simultaneously whining about being discriminated agaisnt
Fine story. Good message. Thanks, Kaslin.
It puts them on the path to Chapter 11.
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