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-Great Cultural Revolution
Victory in lawsuit against Oberlin shows the wages of woke zealotry
2022-09-19
The wages of fighting back weren't too bad.
[NYPOST] Toxic woke extremism now carries a stiff price tag: Oberlin College has agreed to pay Gibson’s Bakery $36.59 million for the school’s official drive to paint the bakery as racist after a black student was caught shoplifting there in 2016.

Oberlin staff handed out flyers falsely alleging the bakery had a long history of racial profiling. The Gibsons sued, and jurors set the huge award in 2019, with payment delayed by the school’s appeals.

(By the way, the school’s president pretends that insurance will pay the bill, but few policies cover intentional wrongdoing like Oberlin’s.)

Good for the Gibson family for sticking to its guns despite the hell Oberlin inflicted on it. And good for the judges and jury for getting this one right: The three students at the heart of the fracas admitted the bakery had not profiled them. And there’s nothing racist about a small business wanting to deter theft.

Bigger picture: Despite the mad rush by megacorps like Disney and elite educational institutions to cash in on the Great Awokening, reality appears to be re-asserting itself. Americans, by and large, don’t like divisive
...politicians call things divisive when when the other side sez something they don't like. Their own statements are never divisive, they're principled...
, disingenuous politics driven by elite preening and resentment.
Related:
Gibson’s Bakery: 2022-09-09 Oberlin College has initiated payment in full of the $36.59 million judgment in the Gibson’s Bakery case
Gibson’s Bakery: 2022-08-31 Gibson’s Bakery Wins! Ohio Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Oberlin College Appeal
Gibson’s Bakery: 2022-08-29 Bill Maher Slams Libs Defending Censorship Of Hunter Laptop: "he was selling the influence of his father, Joe Biden"
Posted by:Fred

#9  Oberlin deserves a bit of nastiness, Zenobia F. And you get drunk on words, which is easily as fun as the alcohol version, while costing considerably less. (Not to mention leaving more alcohol for those who appreciate it properly. Win-win!)
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-09-19 21:51  

#8  "I'm sorry... I'm just drunk." Or would be if I drank. Sorry about the nasty tone.
Posted by: Sheagum Hapsburg3907   2022-09-19 21:05  

#7  Barbarians at the Gates, or, S--- Denial!

"Fresh pretzels!" A man and his trike...
Till somebody says he's a ----.
A boycott. He sues
And the slanderers lose
And, well, that was the end of the R----!

So they all skipped back to Munich hand in hand, got honest jobs as house painters and ladies maids and whatnot, and lived happily ever after. Because that guy won!
Posted by: Sheagum Hapsburg3907   2022-09-19 20:56  

#6  Glen, Oberlin loss. At all levels. No more appeals and interest started
Posted by: Frank G   2022-09-19 20:07  

#5  ^ No doubt, but some fun could be had before being overrun...

Oberlin's Favorite
[dad's full name] FREEDOM BAKERY

Free speech and free enterprise forever!
Free stuff? Never!*

"Good enough to pay for!"

* Well, hardly ever. Dad's birthday, July 4, V-O Day, and certain other dates excepted at our sole discretion.

Educating "educators" since 2016.
Posted by: Sheagum Hapsburg3907   2022-09-19 19:13  

#4  Oberlin will win; they spent a lot of somebody else’s money to do so but they will still be there, unchanged, long after the bakery is gone.
Posted by: Glenmore    2022-09-19 18:13  

#3  #2 I hope they donate the bulk of it to some organization that fights woke indoctrination.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-09-19 07:05|| 2022-09-19 07:05|| Front Page || Comments Top

MM,

IIRC - and I will cheerfully confess to error on ths - the lawyers are going to get about a third. So let's assume there's about $25M USD left.

The Gibsons weren't quite broke, but they can see it from there. The school won't openly badmouth them, but you can be sure they'll never get another dime from them - and the college was a solid and likely irreplacable chunk of their business. They are still strongly supported by the community, but they won't be enough to keep them in business forever.

I really think they're going to pay their bills, hold out for a decent interval, and then close the doors. I'd love to see them reopen someplace like Lorain or Amherst, north up the road on OH RT 58 -both of those towns would embrace them.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2022-09-19 10:43  

#2  I hope they donate the bulk of it to some organization that fights woke indoctrination.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-09-19 07:05  

#1  So is the money actually in Gibson's bank account yet? When will that happen?
Posted by: Tom   2022-09-19 06:44  

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