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No expulsion for students involved in hoax (GWU)
The Washington Times ^ | 10-12-07 | David C. Lipscomb

Posted on 10/12/2007 10:59:47 AM PDT by JZelle

George Washington University President Steven Knapp has no plans to take disciplinary action against a group of students involved in an anti-Muslim flier hoax, a university spokeswoman said yesterday.

"We have established judicial policies and procedures," university spokeswoman Tracy Schario said. "I am confident that President Knapp will let them take their course."

However, Mr. Knapp "reserves the right to intervene" in the university's student-judicial process, she said.

Graduate student Adam Kokesh and senior Brian Tierney with five other students took responsibility Tuesday for the fliers, which contained the phrase "Hate Muslims? So Do We!" The students said the posters were "creative political action" to draw attention to the upcoming Islamo-Facism Awareness Week starting Oct. 22.

Jason Mattera, spokesman for the national conservative group Young America's Foundation said Mr. Knapp's inaction shows political bias and is unfair to the campus chapter of the group, whose name was inserted the fliers.

"He's going to expose himself as a liar," Mr. Mattera said. "When it first emerged, he said we're not going to tolerate it. Now that it turns out it's liberals he's going to show where his political views lie."

Mr. Knapp sent a letter to the group yesterday stating the issue would be dealt with in a "fair and thorough manner."

The group's president, Ron Robinson, asked Mr. Knapp on Wednesday to expel the seven students who admitted posting hundreds of anti-Muslim fliers around the Foggy Bottom campus.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: antimuslimhoax; dc; georgewashingtonu; gwu; hatecrimeshoax; islam; islamofascism; jihadinamerica; liberalhypocrisy; muhammadsminions; stopislamization; unholyalliance; waronislamism; yaf
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I'm just shocked!!
1 posted on 10/12/2007 10:59:48 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: JZelle
Yeah, I’m just floored at the leftist hypocrisy!

Ok, I guess I’m really not.

2 posted on 10/12/2007 11:01:22 AM PDT by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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To: JZelle

You expected anything else?


3 posted on 10/12/2007 11:01:38 AM PDT by Old Sarge (This tagline in memory of FReeper 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub)
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To: JZelle

Liberals are allowed to do and say anything they want.

If you find somebody that doesn’t accept this, show them this article.


4 posted on 10/12/2007 11:02:43 AM PDT by Badeye (Free Willie!)
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To: JZelle

Suprised they didn’t discipline YAF for incitement to fraud.


5 posted on 10/12/2007 11:04:12 AM PDT by AU72
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To: JZelle

Perhaps the upcoming Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week should include speakers on Liberal-fascism.


6 posted on 10/12/2007 11:06:13 AM PDT by Reaganesque (Romney for President 2008)
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What a hypocrite! Knapp was ready string up this Conservative group the other day until he found out that it was some of his looney-left students who actually distributed the fliers. Now, he doesn’t want to do anything to the real culprits. Bah!


7 posted on 10/12/2007 11:16:47 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner
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The kids should just go ahead and hold the Islamo-Facism Awareness Week.


8 posted on 10/12/2007 11:21:55 AM PDT by battlecry
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To: JZelle

Knapp, Knapp, Who’s there...
202-994-6500
fax 202-994-0654
gwupotu@gwu.edu


10 posted on 10/12/2007 11:23:01 AM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: JZelle

Guess they will just have to sue them and the university.


11 posted on 10/12/2007 11:23:40 AM PDT by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

This is an awesome and epic display of hypocrisy. It can only help to expose the left and turn folks to our side.


12 posted on 10/12/2007 11:24:34 AM PDT by -=SoylentSquirrel=-
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To: JZelle

Sounds like hate speech to me.

Can those hoaxers.

We need some students to claim they were irreparably harmed by these faked flyers.


13 posted on 10/12/2007 11:31:26 AM PDT by exit82 (Major General, Armchair Warriors USA)
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To: JZelle

Just leftistas....why so surprised?????


14 posted on 10/12/2007 11:32:05 AM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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Well, this Knapp dude has a way to go before he’ll be in the same class as Brodhead at Duke, but he’s off to a great start.


15 posted on 10/12/2007 11:36:22 AM PDT by Will88
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To: JZelle

Doesn’t pass the inversion or symmetry test, does it?

Liberal filth.


16 posted on 10/12/2007 11:53:58 AM PDT by Noumenon ("A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Reagan)
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To: Old Sarge
Has GWU actually issued a statement actually identifying who did (and, more importantly, who did not) put up the posters and condemning their actions?

Or did I just miss it?

17 posted on 10/12/2007 12:26:32 PM PDT by Captain Rhino ( If we have the WILL to do it, there is nothing built in China that we cannot do without.)
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To: shankbear

“Just leftistas....why so surprised?????”

I forgot the /s tag. The hypocrisy of liberals is just something that’s expected and, sadly, pretty much accepted by too many.


18 posted on 10/12/2007 12:29:05 PM PDT by JZelle
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So, the GWU president is saying the fliers were “fake but accurate.”


19 posted on 10/12/2007 1:06:02 PM PDT by riverdawg
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To: AU72

Will you hush? You don’t want to give the libs any ideas.


20 posted on 10/12/2007 1:24:02 PM PDT by magslinger (I will not submit.)
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