Allegedly…

HuffPo: Cornell Chief of Police Kathy Zoner confirmed that people were “reportedly making racial references” and throwing bottles from the roof of Sigma Pi. She added that she could not disclose more information because the investigation, which is being led by Ithaca Police, is ongoing.

Beverly Fonkwo ’14 said she was walking home with a friend when, unprovoked, the group on the fraternity roof began throwing objects that landed near a group walking behind them. [...]

When they asked them to stop again, the group responded, “‘Come up here, Trayvon,’ and started making all these other racial comments,” Fonkwo said.

I’ve had it. This story triggered all kinds of pent up feelings. GottaVent. I’m stumbling through stream-of-consciousness and high emotions here, so if it’s a little clumsily worded, please just go with it:

Why anyone ever in the history of ever anywhere thinks it’s a bad thing to be black, gay, Mexican, Jewish, Native American, or any damned thing but lily white and male is simply astounding to me in this day and age.

Why does the color of anyone’s skin, the protective covering that keeps our organs from spilling out, make a difference to #%@&*! anyone else?

How does pigmentation make one inferior or superior to anyone else?

How does pigmentation make one more threatening or stupid, savage, or beast-like?

How does lack of pigmentation automatically make one superior in any way, shape, or form?

How does consensual, adult love of another adult human being make one a pervert or child molester?

How can the expression of mutual love and/or passion between two consenting human beings be deemed illegal anywhere, any time?

How and why is wanting a lifelong, monogamous relationship, including the same marital status as other humans, immoral or illegal?

How does one’s belief in their version of their god make them suspect or inferior?

How does one’s belief in their version of their god make them superior, morally or in any other way?

How does one’s non-belief in a superior being make them inferior, amoral, or unfit in any way?

Why are non-believers unable to be so much as considered as possible presidential candidates?

Who the hell is anyone to judge another anyone solely based on their hue, orientation, nationality, belief, or any other deeply personal, involuntary, or birth-oriented trait or other natural, newly discovered, evolving, or acquired identification? That was really awkward, but you get what I mean.

And where does anyone get off using violence to express disdain or disapproval?

And where does anyone get off expressing disdain or disapproval to begin with?

And finally, why must every not-necessarily-offensive word out of everyone’s mouth be so politically correct that we are forced into a pre-emptive duck-and-cover posture of self-censorship?

Rant over. For now.