Posted on 08/09/2019 2:08:57 PM PDT by Jacquerie
The Gibson’s Bakery v. Oberlin College lawsuit has entered two post-trial phases: (1) Post-trial motions then appeals, and (2) public relations.
As part of this jockeying, Oberlin College’s president Carmen Twillie Ambar has written op-eds and given interviews in which she asserts that Oberlin College was held responsible for the speech of students. This, she argues, presents a threat to campus 1st Amendment rights because it could force universities to clamp down on student speech to avoid liability.
The effort to push out this theme has been well-planned and sustained, and included a FAQ information sheet for alumni. The basis of this public relations campaign, as we have pointed out repeatedly, is false. Oberlin College was not held liable for student speech but for the speech and conduct of its administrators in spreading alleged defamatory statements and interference with business and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
The Gibsons’ attorneys disputed Oberlin College’s claim it was held liable for student speech, and released their own FAQ information sheet, which went into detail on the evidence presented at the trial. David Gibson also recently released a video statement in which he asserts that Oberlin College is planning to drag out the appeals process because it knows he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer:
“They’re are sending a clear message to me and to my 91-year-old dad that they will just wait us out.”
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They wander around like that because they pay attention only to their cell phones, and have no idea where they are.
Another nail in the coffin of the notion that colleges are run by smart people.
I like your thinking here.
If the amount is increased, that may happen. For now, Oberlin posted bond plus three years of interest. Sweet. Shut ‘em down.
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