By Stephen
Kruiser in PJ Media
In the face of new information, there now appear to be discrepancies in Jackie’s account, and we have come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. We were trying to be sensitive to the unfair shame and humiliation many women feel after a sexual assault and now regret the decision to not contact the alleged assaulters to get their account. We are taking this seriously and apologize to anyone who was affected by the story.
Were this an isolated incident it would be bad enough. This story, however, was written at a time when there is a movement afoot on college campuses to basically strip constitutional rights away from male students, creating “guilty until proven innocent” policies regarding sexual assault. This wasn’t reporting, it was deliberate political narrative-building.
The discrepancies in this story have been out there for all to see for a while and, while it’s good that the magazine finally acknowledged them, it would have been better had an editor done his or her job in the first place.
Cautioning against false accusations is not the same as ignoring the problem, although this debate has become so heated that claim is often made.
Stephen Kruiser is a professional comedian and writer who has also been a conservative political activist for over two decades. A co-founder of the first Los Angeles Tea Party, Kruiser often speaks to grassroots groups around America and has had the great honor of traveling around the world entertaining U.S. troops.
Poster’s comments:
1) Rape is a crime that statistically will
probably always continue in peace and war.
2) Getting to the “real” facts is always hard
and fraught with difficulties.
3) Good leaders can do it. Poor leaders cannot
do it.
4) In the end, and in many situations, one will
never “really know” what really happened. In such cases how to dispense justice
and move on is a most difficult problem to solve.
5) Focusing on the future is always a good
idea.
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