A reader alerted me to an article written by Alex Knepper, a bright young man with an irreverent attitude toward the prevailing PC norms on campus. Writing for The Eagle, American University’s campus paper, Knepper tears into the campus culture of victimhood:
Let’s get this straight: any woman who heads to an EI party as an anonymous onlooker, drinks five cups of the jungle juice, and walks back to a boy’s room with him is indicating that she wants sex, OK? To cry “date rape” after you sober up the next morning and regret the incident is the equivalent of pulling a gun to someone’s head and then later claiming that you didn’t ever actually intend to pull the trigger.
Indeed! Seems as though someone may have come across The Spearhead at some point.
What I really like about this article – and about Mr. Knepper – is that this proves my point about speaking one’s mind. Sure, hundreds of feminists are howling and barking at the moon, but it looks to me as though young Alex just proved that people really like to read his controversial views. This kid just may have a career as a cultural commentator ahead of him.
As a stark contrast, I offer the cowardly reaction of the school’s administration, which behaves in the predictable manner by denouncing Knepper’s article. Amusingly, in their denunciation, Scott A. Bast (Provost) and Gail Short Hanson (Vice President of Campus Life), claim to have been “stunned and mobilized” by Alex Knepper’s editorial:
Our campus community has been stunned and mobilized by opinions expressed about date rape by an Eagle columnist in this week’s paper. The emotion provoked by the column and the seriousness of the subject make this a powerful learning opportunity for our community and a moment for us to affirm our values as an educational institution.
[blah blah blah]
In this challenging moment, when many are searching for what they can do to address the breach that has occurred in the fabric of our community, we invite you to familiarize yourself with the university’s position on sexual misconduct and renew your personal commitment to live up to our community values.
[blah blah]
Gail Short Hanson, Vice President of Campus Life
Scott A. Bass, Provost
Looks to me as though young Alex Knepper applied a cattle prod to these two, who promptly began to moo obediently. The fealty to feminists on the part of school administration is amazing. In normal life, as Knepper suggests, nobody takes feminists seriously, but on campus it is holy dogma.
The comments underneath all of the articles I linked are also revealing, in that one finds a high proportion of students spouting feminist ideology. Kids are generally obedient, and feminists are hard at work indoctrinating them with feminism, so this is hardly surprising, but it does suggest that there’s going to be a lot of work ahead deprogramming these poor kids.
In additional news surrounding Mr. Knepper’s editorial, some radical feminists criminally vandalized the paper, which is a typical tactic by frustrated types who can’t stand the concept of open opinion. These miscreants should be arrested and prosecuted for their petty act of destruction. If video footage exists around any of the vandalized distribution points, The Eagle should request copies of the tape and publish stills to identify and prosecute the offenders.
Send your support to Alex Knepper ([email protected]) if you value integrity and honesty in campus journalism.
