Conservative students and faculty at Princeton University are questioning the absence of campus and community outrage — following the beating of a student leading a morality movement at the school. The New York Sun reports Francisco Nava was attacked by two men last week and told to shut up. The beating came two days after Nava received death threats by e-mail.
Nava — who is a Mormon — wrote in the student newspaper that a school campaign to distribute free condoms on campus was a — “tacit sponsorship of hookup sex.” Three other members of the morally conservative Anscombe Society also received the threats, along with a conservative professor.
Princeton graduate Michael Fragoso tells the Sun — “There would rightly be outrage had the student been part of some other minority on campus. I have yet to see that right now, and that’s rather disappointing.”
No suspects have been identified and Princeton Township Police say they will not comment on the pending investigation.
Note the last two words; pending investigation. In other words, this thing has even gotten off the ground yet.
Look, I have problems with a lot of what Nava is saying, too. But he’s also got it right when he says that if it’d been anybody else but a conservative, there would be outrage. In :fact, there would be so large an investigation that the news media would be investigating it as well. CNN would be going into its wall-to-wall mode. We’d be getting quarter hour updates from all of the various websites.Drudge would be getting hits by the barrel from people looking for some back-angle on the story.
But, this is a conservative we’re talking about here. Move along citizens, nothing to see here.
Update:(Bit)
I’m starting to see claims this was faked.
I’m at work right now, and my net access is limited. I’ll have more to say tonight.
Update II: (Bit) Fox is now running an update at the above link:
Here’s a quick update on our Grapevine about The New York Sun story concerning the Princeton student who alleged he had been beaten — after coming out against the school distribution of condoms. The Daily Princetonian says Francisco Nava has admitted he made up the story and fabricated e-mails threatening his life and those of other students and one professors.
Nava reportedly confessed to police on Monday. He has been released with no charges so far. The school says its investigation is ongoing.
I’ll be interested in seeing what they come up with.
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