01-30-2018, 08:50 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-30-2018, 09:34 AM by ColoradoTree.)
I can understand the value of a physical reminder, so that everyone who walks by has to confront the uncomfortable fact that it happens everywhere, including here. But if the university is intent on keeping things this way, they are just asking for the plaque to be vandalized.Â
For the university to take any step in this process that even hints at minimizing what she experienced is beyond shameful. If you want to use her words, you don't get to cherry-pick, and you sure as heck don't get to pick the words she spoke to try and keep from upsetting her family. If you don't want to use her words, then that's OK--make it an apology on behalf of Stanford to women that have been sexually assaulted on campus, and a pledge to try and be better and work harder at preventing it every day. If you don't want to make that pledge, then why exactly are you creating a physical reminder of this horrible event in the first place?Â
Here's hoping the PR backlash is enough to shame Stanford into changing the plaque.
For the university to take any step in this process that even hints at minimizing what she experienced is beyond shameful. If you want to use her words, you don't get to cherry-pick, and you sure as heck don't get to pick the words she spoke to try and keep from upsetting her family. If you don't want to use her words, then that's OK--make it an apology on behalf of Stanford to women that have been sexually assaulted on campus, and a pledge to try and be better and work harder at preventing it every day. If you don't want to make that pledge, then why exactly are you creating a physical reminder of this horrible event in the first place?Â
Here's hoping the PR backlash is enough to shame Stanford into changing the plaque.