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Oberlin College wants new trial in Gibsons case

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Posted by Fred 2019-09-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 A disturbing summary of this insane affair, by a former Oberlin prof who headed up the Jewish Studies department for two decades, writing in the right-of-center, usually-sane journal Commentary, is here

Posted by Lex 2019-09-01 01:40|| 2019-09-01 01:40|| Front Page Top

#2 ...So they haven't come up with the bond yet, eh?

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2019-09-01 07:02|| 2019-09-01 07:02|| Front Page Top

#3 incorrect and over-broad instructions by Miraldi

I'm no legal expert, but telling the judge 'you fucked up' is not the most solid of bases on which to pin your appeal.

Posted by Raj 2019-09-01 07:08|| 2019-09-01 07:08|| Front Page Top

#4 They're Lefties. They won't give up till they are dead. In the end there can be only one.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-09-01 07:33|| 2019-09-01 07:33|| Front Page Top

#5 For them it's a matter of principulzz. They can find funding to fight a thousand cases until it rules their way, but not to pay up.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-09-01 07:55|| 2019-09-01 07:55|| Front Page Top

#6 There are potential criminal charges against the admin. Just do it.

Posted by Varmint Splat1454 2019-09-01 09:14|| 2019-09-01 09:14|| Front Page Top

#7 Fine..hold the trial and let the fines double to $88M with Oberlin paying the court costs. You want to double down? You got it.

Posted by Warthog 2019-09-01 10:31|| 2019-09-01 10:31|| Front Page Top

#8 For the curious: Cornell Law Prof William Jacobson has been following this closely from the beginning at his blog, legalinsurrection.com. That's a wonderful resource - indispensable and highly recommended.

Also, for those who care to immerse themselves in the sordid details of Oberlin administrators' and students' unbelivably stupid, shitty behavior, here is a thorough and precise "FAQ" document put out by the Gibson family's lawyers, the Lee Plakas firm - read the whole thing.

It's simply astonishing... something out of a Tom Wolfe novel.

Also infuriating. Oberlin is led by vile, disgusting
people.

Posted by Lex 2019-09-01 10:39|| 2019-09-01 10:39|| Front Page Top

#9 It's simply astonishing... something out of a Tom Wolfe novel.

Not Kafka?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-01 10:46|| 2019-09-01 10:46|| Front Page Top

#10 Kafka's subject was cosmic absurdity - not the grinding, all-too-human, shitty nastiness that results from ordinary human arrogance and stupidity.

For that you need a satirist skilled in social portraiture, like Voltaire or Dickens or Tom Wolfe.

Posted by Lex 2019-09-01 10:57|| 2019-09-01 10:57|| Front Page Top

#11 Kafka's subject was cosmic absurdity - not the grinding, all-too-human, shitty nastiness that results from ordinary human arrogance and stupidity.

typically features isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers

Google also (Russian) term "Samodurstvo"

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-01 11:03|| 2019-09-01 11:03|| Front Page Top

#12 Thanks, grom.

Oberlin's social justice idiots don't teach anywhere near the level of power or harm or mechanistic brutality that you associate with the USSR or the Third Reich or Maoist China.

The Oberlin people are just petty little shitheads who have figured out how to scam their way into mid 6-figure salaries for doing nothing except posturing and preening at a babysitting institution for spoiled "diversity" children.

Posted by Lex 2019-09-01 11:51|| 2019-09-01 11:51|| Front Page Top

#13 Oberlin's social justice idiots don't teach anywhere near the level of power or harm or mechanistic brutality that you associate with the USSR or the Third Reich or Maoist China.

Same kind of people - just give them time.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-09-01 11:56|| 2019-09-01 11:56|| Front Page Top

#14 Also infuriating. Oberlin is led by vile, disgusting
people.

Yes, but the reason they think they can do this is because our thoroughly rotten institutions (the courts, law enforcement) can be counted on to actively cooperate in their efforts.

That's where the real problem lies.

Posted by charger 2019-09-01 15:17|| 2019-09-01 15:17|| Front Page Top

#15 These colleges get their money via federal student loans. Most of the time federal means liberal lawmakers who pay them to pump leftist crap into young people's minds.

Follow the $$$.

Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-09-01 21:36|| 2019-09-01 21:36|| Front Page Top

#16 Typical left - keep asking for a do-over until you get the result you want, ignoring law and precedent, and objective reality.

Posted by Injun Bucket8891 2019-09-01 22:23|| 2019-09-01 22:23|| Front Page Top

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