Victimized Monday in a hoax by George Washington University students, Ron Robinson of Young America's Foundation responds:
Seven students at your institution falsely attributed the "Hate Muslims? So Do We!!" fliers to The George Washington University chapter of Young America's Foundation.When the fliers initially surfaced you said, "There is no place for expressions of hatred on our campus. We do not condone, and we will not tolerate the dissemination of fliers or other documents that vilify any religious, ethnic or racial group."The blogpile has been all over this story since Tuesday.We agree. Vicious personal attacks levied on students are intolerable, and should not go unpunished. ...
Student Association Executive Vice President Brand Kroeger told the GW Hatchet that he "would support expulsion. These acts are completely heinous." Again, we agree . . . (Emphasis added)
Michelle Malkin frames the question:
When the campus officials suspected the flyers were real, they vowed to expel the perpetrators. Now that the hoaxers have confessed, what will the administration do?Jammie Wearing Fool:
The GWU administration will have zero credibility if they don't expel these thugs forthwith.Little Green Footballs -- which jumped on the story early -- now follows up.This pernicious character assassination has to stop.
Red State's Moe Lane gets after it:
It is going to be highly entertaining to watch either: GWU admit that they are collectively stupid enough to believe that conservative groups would actually put up posters like this; or actually go after antiwar activists for espousing racism.More reaction at Jawa Report, Atlas Shrugs, Hot Air, Outside the Beltway, Ace of Spades HQ, Hot Air (again), American Pundit, Stop the ACLU, Full Metal Cynic, Volokh Conspiracy, Jules Crittenden, NewsBusters and -- just in case we've missed anyone -- there's an excellent roundup at the Weekly Standard.Pass the popcorn.
Expect updates . . . and when in doubt, blame Ron Paul.
-- Robert Stacy McCain, assistant national editor, The Washington Times
UPDATE 10:40 p.m.:
Gateway Pundit points out that the GW controversy has made headlines in Pakistan, in India, and in the British Muslim News. The editors of those Islamic publications apparently don't appreciate the anti-Muslim "satire."
-- RSM
Comments (1)
There is an embedded propensity within our education system to accept liberal ideas and attack conservative. Using a swarm mentality and an opportunistic media as a catalyst, individuals move their ideas and agendas to the top of the national controversy list and in this case, global. Eventually the truth comes out, but noone seems to care. One would think that after the Duke University public media trial, our education system would at least have the forebearance of due process before assuming the consensus opinion.
Posted by Larry Stone | October 11, 2007 3:55 AM