Chicago Sun-Times
Innocent Duke lacrosse players stuck in P.C. nightmare
January 22, 2007
BY MARY LANEY
If I were one of the parents of the Duke lacrosse players I would be mad as hell right now. Those parents have been put through the wringer for seven months -- and forced to come up with God knows how many hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees to protect their sons from what appear to be made-up accusations.
Their sons have been called racists and rapists and violent spoiled frat boys and more. Why? Because a black stripper accused the white boys of rape and an ambitious district attorney, running for office in Durham, N.C., saw the case that could bring him the winning votes from African Americans.
I have two sons and, had this nightmare happened to them, I would be going after not only the district attorney but some Duke professors and the university president as well. They put political correctness before due process in the railroading of these young Duke students.
Charles Osgood of CBS News once said, "Being politically correct is always having to say you're sorry." And some members of the faculty of Duke University were very politically correct last year. As soon as the now dubious claims of rape were leveled, 88 professors wrote an open letter decrying racism, sexism and sexual violence on that campus. They urged the student body to get out and let their voices be heard.
The president of Duke, being equally P.C., fired the lacrosse coach, suspended the players from school and canceled the rest of the championship lacrosse season -- all before a trial was held.
Meanwhile, the alleged victim was telling various stories. First, she told police she had been raped by a big group. Next, she told a nurse it had been three or five men.
The event hit the airwaves with the speed of a raging fire.
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Political Correctness raises a "bar" by which to empower with funds the leftwing Lawyers Operations. The Democrats, most often, the recipients of "donations" from the various leftwing based "enterprises" are then used as stats in the articles and presses regarding "creating a good economy" by the Democrats.
Years ago, some illegals in Florida got caught in a crime. These illegals got off (using leftwing lawyers, ACLU-matrixed) and won their case against the State of Florida. The illegals sued the Florida taxpayers for $400K per illegal, and won. Said illegals then turned right around and "donated" most of that money to left-wing race-based groups who then used said money to hire more of their own kind and do press releases and help design pub ed curriculum and medical insurance/coverage laws, ad nauseum.
It's right out of their 60s singsong: Up against the Wall, RedNecked Mother..." A natural result: Create a chimera, raid and redistribute the coffers.
But never call *that*: holding down and raping.