Letter: ​George Will column made essential point

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2014-06-19 17:24

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'TO THE EDITOR:

In a “quick hit,” The Daily Tar Heel asserts that George Will said “being a victim of sexual assault is a coveted status,” calling this the sexist rant of a crazy old man.

Actually Will said that “when they make victimhood a coveted status that confers privileges, victims proliferate.” He was criticizing the claimed epidemic of campus rapes and the absurd claim that “one in five women is sexually assaulted while in college.”

He also deplored the low standard of proof now required — “preponderance of the evidence” rather than “beyond a reasonable doubt.”'

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