Seems like the cooler heads were right about the video taking the man
out of context, and we were also correct about him addressing this with
the male group as well. There are also a fair amount of female parents
(forgive me for pointing out their sex, it is pertinent.) who spoke out
in support for Mr. Jennings. Reasonable people could understand what
the man was saying, though the liberal horde and fashion-savvy fascists
could not.Feminists seem to spend more time making reactionary statements then they do thinking about, or doing things that actually make a difference; ultimately hurting there cause more then helping it. This is similar to the "Black Leaders" that white people have seemed to assigned to the black population of America in general, so please don't think that I am only including women in this assessment. (Proof:http://youtu.be/6EYpc9lbQUw)
There are obviously "feminist" men as well; this is not as much of a gender issue as it is a free speech and political one.
It is also clear that speakers need to have their whole speech taped --
at-least audio -- if not to publish it, to put it out in rebuild just
in case they find themselves in a compromising situation. In this "burn
you at the stake..." society that we are living in, it may be prudent
for everyone to just wear a couple of cameras everywhere they go, simply
so they can prove they are not the horrible person that a video clip
may unfairly show them to be.
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Posted: Saturday, November 8, 2014, 9:51 PM
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20141109_A_college_president_s_words_to_young_women_about_men.html#e3CHvEiFHM2iRKal.99
Michael Noone, first assistant district attorney in Chester County, said he has no reports of rapes at Lincoln from last semester. There was one allegation of attempted sexual assault, but the case was dropped, he said, because it could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt - not because the woman recanted.
Other sexual-assault allegations have been found since he became president, Jennings said, and the campus took appropriate action. Lincoln declined to provide a number, referring a reporter to the university's 2013 crime report. It showed reports of three rapes, two sexual assaults, one domestic-violence incident, and two dating-violence incidents.
"No one would ever discourage a young woman on this campus from reporting a sexual assault," Jennings said. "In fact, I emphasize to them how serious that allegation is and that the university takes it very seriously and so does the federal government and so does the court."
He said he also addressed the issue at the male convocation: "I made it very clear to the men on campus that no means no."
Not everyone was offended.
"I personally didn't find anything wrong with what he said," said Carla McDuffie, a New Jersey parent. "I found what he said to be true as far as how he characterized males in that particular context of the conversation."
For faculty members, the speech may be the least of their concerns. They cite a 19 percent drop in enrollment since Jennings took over, high turnover in administrative posts, and the elimination of the teacher-education program - a result, Jennings said, of low enrollment.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/…/20141109_A_college_president_s_word…
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Related:
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by Susan Snyder, Inquirer Staff Writer
Last updated: Sunday, November 9, 2014, 1:10 AMPosted: Saturday, November 8, 2014, 9:51 PM
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/education/20141109_A_college_president_s_words_to_young_women_about_men.html#e3CHvEiFHM2iRKal.99
Michael Noone, first assistant district attorney in Chester County, said he has no reports of rapes at Lincoln from last semester. There was one allegation of attempted sexual assault, but the case was dropped, he said, because it could not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt - not because the woman recanted.
Other sexual-assault allegations have been found since he became president, Jennings said, and the campus took appropriate action. Lincoln declined to provide a number, referring a reporter to the university's 2013 crime report. It showed reports of three rapes, two sexual assaults, one domestic-violence incident, and two dating-violence incidents.
"No one would ever discourage a young woman on this campus from reporting a sexual assault," Jennings said. "In fact, I emphasize to them how serious that allegation is and that the university takes it very seriously and so does the federal government and so does the court."
He said he also addressed the issue at the male convocation: "I made it very clear to the men on campus that no means no."
Not everyone was offended.
"I personally didn't find anything wrong with what he said," said Carla McDuffie, a New Jersey parent. "I found what he said to be true as far as how he characterized males in that particular context of the conversation."
For faculty members, the speech may be the least of their concerns. They cite a 19 percent drop in enrollment since Jennings took over, high turnover in administrative posts, and the elimination of the teacher-education program - a result, Jennings said, of low enrollment.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/…/20141109_A_college_president_s_word…
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Related:
- http://jonathanturley.org/2012/10/14/the-death-of-free-speech/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_speech
- http://www.johnziegler.com/free_speech.asp
- https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/freedom-of-speech
- http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-bully-witch-hunt/200907/the-tragic-death-freedom-speech-and-the-growth-intolerance
- http://www.spectator.co.uk/australia/australia-features/9187741/the-slow-death-of-free-speech-2/
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