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Originally Posted by MU2Driver
No, I don't believe that only the 20 bus riders knew the chant. I first heard the chant as an undergraduate in the early 80s. It was prevalent then; it's not prevalent now. Attitudes take time to change.
Would they have sung the song in public? I don't think so; I think they knew it was wrong. And, if given the opportunity to apologize and repent, I think they would. I think a teaching moment was lost because in today's environment anything less than the "death penalty" in cases like this is criticized.
There is no reason to believe that the SAEs at OU are particularly different from many other students at OU. The university administration may feel better about itself today for crushing a 100+ year old chapter, but I fear it will only drive the problem further underground and delay real progress.
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There your problem right there -- we knew in the 80s that this was WRONG. The people who sang it then are the parents of the kids singing it now -- they learned this behavior from adults -- they aren't smart enough to have original thought. And, their parents didn't care enough to teach them to not voice those opinions in public. I hope they -- the kids and their parents -- get what they deserve. Public ridicule -- which hopefully will result in some soul searching.
If you are a religious person, pray for their souls because if this is the type of person they are, they are going to need it.
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