Kirsten Gillibrand’s Campus-Rape Mendacity

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'In a Time op-ed, she made two alarming claims, claims that — if true — would mean that the plight of women on college campuses truly was a national crisis, one that should command the attention of all levels of government. First, she echoed President Obama and the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, declaring that “the price of a college education should never include a one in five chance of being sexually assaulted.”

One in five is a terrifying ratio, a ratio so large that it made her next “fact” appear uncontroversial — that “women are at greater risk of sexual assault as soon as they step on a college campus.” Fixated on these statistical claims, Senator Gillibrand became a fixture in public reporting on the sexual-assault “crisis,” appearing in The Hunting Ground, an alarmist documentary that features heart-wrenching stories from alleged “survivors” of sexual assault — many of whom had watched their allegedly guilty assailants walk free. She even invited perhaps the nation’s most prominent “survivor,” Emma Sulkowicz, to the State of the Union Address, giving a truly national platform to a young woman who’d carried her mattress around Columbia University to protest the handling of her own sexual-assault claims.
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In an interview with New York magazine, Gillibrand was unapologetic for her role in advancing potentially false allegations — allegations that damage the lives of the accused. She was mainly concerned that criticism could “stifle debate” and “result in survivors withdrawing.” As for Sulkowicz herself, Gillibrand said, “Emma has given courage to many more survivors than those who are now doubting [her story].” Close scrutiny of criminal allegations is just “noise” and “negativity.” In other words, the ends justify the means, and lies serve a useful purpose.'