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Stop the Nonsense
How Collectivist Ideology Threatens Sanity at GW
Patrick Ford
Issue date: 2/27/08 Section: Opinion
"As many of you might know, recently a member of our community and my close friend was violated by another student who placed the N-Word on her door. Hate has also been spread in the form of swastikas across campus. As a human being, student, and member of the multicultural community I was completely outraged and disgusted… As a community it is important that we say no to racism. As a community it is important that we treat every race, gender, religion, ethnicity, and person with respect. As a community it is important that we say STOP THE HATE. The movement is change. The time is now. Join the new campaign - 'STOP THE HATE 2008'."
This passage, written by Ogheneruemu "OG" Oyiborhoro, was taken from the "STOP THE HATE" Facebook group. As previously noted, this group was created in response to actions by a couple GW students who inflicted acts of ignorance upon several racial and religious minorities on campus. I also do not believe it is too much of a stretch to suggest that the creation of this group was influenced by the coming SA elections and OG's ethical issues involving his other pet-project, "GW FEED." Naturally, students were rightfully outraged by the acts of intolerance and spoke out against the actions. But even more threatening to GW's campus than the acts themselves was the response by the administration and the "multicultural community"; a self-righteous hysteria that led to copycat crimes, Congressional attention, and Metropolitan Police and FBI involvement. Virtual martial law was declared on campus in the name of "sensitivity."
Setting the Scene
First, lets take a look at the crimes themselves. In one instance, the "n-word" was written at the bottom of a poster in New Hall advertising an event for black engineering students. In the second instance, nine swastikas were found on dry erase boards on student doors in Mitchell Hall. The main factor in that case was that Sarah Marshak, a Jewish student living in Mitchell, drew at least 5 of the swastikas in order to draw more attention to the first swastika drawn on her door (apparently FBI involvement was an insufficient amount of attention.) I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the evidence that "hate" is spreading across our campus of 10,493 students.
This passage, written by Ogheneruemu "OG" Oyiborhoro, was taken from the "STOP THE HATE" Facebook group. As previously noted, this group was created in response to actions by a couple GW students who inflicted acts of ignorance upon several racial and religious minorities on campus. I also do not believe it is too much of a stretch to suggest that the creation of this group was influenced by the coming SA elections and OG's ethical issues involving his other pet-project, "GW FEED." Naturally, students were rightfully outraged by the acts of intolerance and spoke out against the actions. But even more threatening to GW's campus than the acts themselves was the response by the administration and the "multicultural community"; a self-righteous hysteria that led to copycat crimes, Congressional attention, and Metropolitan Police and FBI involvement. Virtual martial law was declared on campus in the name of "sensitivity."
Setting the Scene
First, lets take a look at the crimes themselves. In one instance, the "n-word" was written at the bottom of a poster in New Hall advertising an event for black engineering students. In the second instance, nine swastikas were found on dry erase boards on student doors in Mitchell Hall. The main factor in that case was that Sarah Marshak, a Jewish student living in Mitchell, drew at least 5 of the swastikas in order to draw more attention to the first swastika drawn on her door (apparently FBI involvement was an insufficient amount of attention.) I present to you, ladies and gentlemen, the evidence that "hate" is spreading across our campus of 10,493 students.
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