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October 16, 2018This is so freaking stupid. God FORBID a female senator make a decision based on EVIDENCE (or lack thereof).
Faculty and alumni from St. Lawrence University want to strip Susan Collins of her honorary degree, because she supported Brett Kavanaugh. How DARE she not condemn a man when his accuser has…no evidence that he did anything to her ever.
Collins received an honorary degree from St. Lawrence University in 2017 – an honorary doctorate of Humane Letters – because she did not vote to repeal Obamacare. But now that she has voted to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, she lacks “the integrity and commitment to justice that we expect from the St. Lawrence body,” according to a letter signed by more than 1,300 alums.
St. Lawrence students, faculty, and alumni have long fought to hear victims of sexual assault on our own campus. We have worked hard to make the voices of victims heard, create a community that is understanding of the complexities of sexual assault, and strive for a world that actively fights against it. We feel that Sen. Collins’ support of Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court is not in line with the core values of St. Lawrence University and the commitments of its faculty, students, and staff. In stark comparison to her support for the ACA, her actions during the Kavanaugh nomination process have lacked the “careful consideration of evidence,” the “value [of] diversity and [recognition of] the inherent worth of every human being,” and the installation of “knowledge into action to benefit our communities” of which our Faculty aspire.
As alumni of St. Lawrence University, we find Sen. Collins to lack the integrity and commitment to justice that we expect from the St. Lawrence body. We feel that the Senator lacks the “St. Lawrence in Action” that the Senator drew from her Christian Ethics class and cited in her 2017 address accepting the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters. We ask that the University revoke this honorary degree as we find that she is not deserving of it in the face of her recent actions. We ask the university to do this in support of truth and for all of the victims of sexual assault and violence, of which many of her fellow alumni and students have suffered.
Collins shouldn’t have accepted the initial honor, because it’s CLEAR they were only giving it to her because she did what they wanted politically. But now? Now that she’s NOT doing what they want, they want to “punish” her.
They’re Indian givers, which makes them more Indian than Elizabeth Warren.
Libs are so petty.
h/t Daily Wire
