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Originally posted by MysticCat81
The people who will think poorly of Tri-Sigma because of this are (1) probably predisposed to think poorly of Tri-Sigma -- or all Greeks, for that matter -- anyway, and (2) are idiots whose opinions simply aren't worth worrying about. No intelligent (or semi-intelligent) person is going to look at this vandalism and say "Hmmmm, those Tri-Sigmas really must be pitiful if they drove someone to do this." No, they're going to say "Sheesh, who ever did that is worthless and ought to have the book thrown at them." Simply put, most people with any brains are going to view the vandalism as saying a whole lot more about the vandals than about Tri-Sigmas.
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Clearly you haven't spent any time on the unpopular side of the social spectrum.
I've seen many many people take stereotypes and run, and some people will think, wow those people who did this to them are really awful, but you can bet your bottom dollar some people will think, "gee they must be as bad as everyone says they are." Or "When I rush there's no way in hell I'm going to be a ___."
How do I know? Well! I'm glad you asked. People have teased my chapter for being large (ahem! at 5'6" and 130 lbs, I am NOT large!), and I heard alomst everyday, "you're a Chi O? You're not fat!" With astonishment. When you get that kind of treatment, people don't take the time to find out who you are and say, hey the XYZ's are really nice people, despite not having an entire chapter of barbie dolls. People run with what they hear, and if they see one nanogram of evidece for a sterotype, you are stuck with it (and the worst ones are generally in the greek system!). Stuff like this, which is above and beyond anything I have ever seen, is very harsh on any group, in addition to not supporting the ideals of our orgs.
I don't want to make this bad event worse, but this is why is sucks so much.
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