Zach Olinger, Hamilton Garner and Marcorus Garrett, the three senior captains of the 2012 Lions have just released a statement to the Columbia Spectator.
Here are the highlights:
"We as a team and as its leaders in no way condone, support or will tolerate the inappropriate language or behavior that some of our teammates are responsible for. Coach Mangurian has met with us as a team on two separate occasions since these incidents. He has made it clear that our teammates will be held accountable for their actions."
And:
"We assure you we take what has happened very seriously. We assure you we will address this and fix it from within our team. We ask that our fellow students give us a chance to get this done. Our actions will be consistent with our words."
Excellent leadership. Well said and well done.
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Great statement....written by the Athletic Department and Murphy's mouthpiece.
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Strong letter to Spec from CU student.
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Whatever happened to the saying, Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me? So-called "hate" speech is not OK, but the writer of that letter might want to remember the old saying.
ReplyDeleteThat old childhood saying has long since been updated and revised for the adult world...as many know, words can indeed hurt, and hurt badly. If you don't believe it you may well be next in line.
ReplyDeleteWords can hurt, but only if you let them.
ReplyDeleteIf you are wrongly slandered, as in "libel"), then you can certainly be hurt by words...that's why it's a criminal offense.
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The problem with hate speech is it denies the individual humanity of the victim, and treats him as an object. Being subject to violence is bad. Being subject to violence because of an immutable characteristic like race makes it worse. The same goes for the perpetrator.
ReplyDeleteWhere the speech has not morphed into a physical act, there should be more leeway in dealing with it, especially in an academic community. It's more serious than "sticks and stones" because it cuts at core values at the heart of the academic enterprise. But it's far from the worst offense. There is room for reasonable disagreement on how bad it is, and a properly modulated response.
Also, I don't think you can call this a "witch hunt". It's natural to look further after a hate crime charge to see if it's a single individual or a group culture. I'd think a frat member thus charged would invite scrutiny of his brothers, too, for example. And the "24/7" scrutiny idea is wrong, too. Had that been the case, the tweets would have been compiled and publicized long ago. They were not. This plainly is the result of the Washington charges.
Finally, has any off-campus newspaper reported the story other than the Post? Perhaps the tendency of NYC papers to ignore CU sports can be a blessing, too?
Libel is not a criminal offense.
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ReplyDeleteThe hate crime charges have been dropped. Lets stop propagating this
That's good news if it's true. Where was it reported?
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