Racist frat boys demand "privacy" and "time to heal"

[phantom power]

In a time-honored tradition handed down from generation to generation of white men who come from affluent families with the means to make “indiscretions go away,” the two young men, both of whom are old enough to enlist in the military and serve their country, have manned up and apologized.

And by “manned up and apologized” I mean they have issued — or had issued for them — artisanal hand-crafted statements lovingly and carefully composed by family attorneys and “crisis managers.”


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And if the mention of the “diverse, close-knit group of friends” didn’t make you roll your eyes so hard you detached a retina, well, there is this:

We ask that the media and public please respect our family’s privacy as we come together to heal and determine next steps.

Victims of sexual assault need time to “heal.” Soldiers who served multiple tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and suffer from PTSD need time to “heal” — if that is even possible. Families of unarmed African-American teenagers who are gunned down in the street by trigger-happy cops who know there will be no repercussions in a country where black lives don’t matter – they need time to “heal” although that pain will never ever go away.

But the families of privileged young men who think it perfectly fine to lead drunken sing-alongs to songs about lynching “niggers” on a party bus?

They don’t get to plead for time to “heal” while at the same time explaining that their son is actually a swell kid of sound character who deep deep down has a really good heart… just like we raised him. Hooray for us.

He’s a racist, and racism begins at home.

Heal that, then get back to us…

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/its-not-a-horrible-mistake-to-sing-a-racist-song-its-horrible-that-youre-a-racist/

[Romeo.lima333]

1. in a word, no

hope it haunts you to the grave. may every possible employer see this

[TBF]

3. I think work would be good for them -

rather than playing in Bermuda for the next few months (or wherever it is their families have taken them) they should be doing community service. Maybe they could work in a soup kitchen or deliver meals on wheels. Maybe they could drive a bus rather than riding - perhaps driving low-income seniors to programs at the community center. And I don't think this should be taking place in Highland Park. They need to be removed from their cocoon of privilege and given work in places they wouldn't normally frequent. Maybe they will learn something.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. It's not my place to forgive these wretched souls,

except insofar as I'm a member of the same species, and what they did diminishes all of humanity.

I do, however, sincerely hope that at least some of them might develop an awareness of the enormity of what they did, do some act of public restitution, and sincerely and humbly repent. We know it's possible, and has happened many times.

[Romeo.lima333]

45. my guess is all they learned was to be careful in public

[hifiguy]

12. Shit, the Repukes will recruit them for elective

office as soon as they're old enough. They won't want for opportunities.

[cwydro]

2. I sure hope

they don't get back into that school.

[meow2u3]

41. I hope they don't get into any college

Racists should forfeit their right to an education and instead go into training to become a fundie preacher or ISIS. They're better suited for that.

[Liberal Lantern]

4. Guess they need time to prepare for the forthcoming lawsuit against OU.

Imagine, odds are they are going to sue OKLAHOMA U, for expulsion, because they got caught being quite racist.

Actually, one of the students involved "withdrew."

[LanternWaste]

8. I'd imagine the last thing they'll do is sue.

I'd imagine the last thing they'll do is sue.

[Hoppy]

38. Wrong. Suit for violating 1st Amendment rights might follow.

[HappyMe]

6. WTF!

Assholes.

[cwydro]

19. That pic of him with the Mercedes

makes me want to

[HappyMe]

21. Yeah.

That was pretty vomit inducing.

[Tarheel_Dem]

7. Do we know their identities yet?

Update: I just got my answer from NPR. The ringleader's name is Parker Rice.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. Here's a photo of the other Preppy D-Bag involved. . .

His name is: Levi Pettit





Sheesh: "Parker Rice" "Levi Pettit"
Two Preppy names, if ever I heard them.

Wonder if there is a "III" or "IV" after their names?

[tenderfoot]

14. You know as well as I that he worked really hard for that Mercedes

His parents bought for him. Why be jealous of success?

[DinahMoeHum]

15. Bwahahahaa!! Yeah, right.

[Tarheel_Dem]

22. Yuck! I heard a report on NPR yesterday that SAE was a pipeline to Wall St for rich, well connected

a**hole white guys. Their level of privelege & sense of entitlement is both baffling & vomit inducing.

[DinahMoeHum]

25. Got the transcript here, if anybody's interested. . .

http://www.npr.org/2015/03/10/392142513/frat-banned-at-oklahoma-university-is-familiar-with-controversy

By the way, I hear in various circles that Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) also stands for:
"Sexual Assault Expected"

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

28. It is called institutional racism

[DonCoquixote]

24. I used to think "Animal House"

was an exaggeration, but here we are, a real life example of the privledge snots that used to beat up Delta House. Sad thing is, these folks get a leg up in our boardrooms, and become people like W. Bush.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

26. You privileged racist FUCK

The PATIENCE and REASON shown by the AfAm community simply AMAZES ME

[Brigid]

39. He stand there with a silver Mercedes in expensive clothes

And he needs " time to heal"? Yeah, my retinas are detaching, all right.

[Jamaal510]

42. His clothes

have more class than he does.

[flygal]

9. Hell Yeah!

Perfectly said!

[tenderfoot]

11. What are they complaining about? They can still breathe.

Friggin' whiners.

[hifiguy]

13. Sorry douchebags, you brought your karma upon yourselves.

Now deal with it.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

29. Shed not ONE tear for him, he will live a life of privilege, he wont work for it

and he will have the last laugh on his yacht

pitchforks please

[dawnie51]

16. The next move will be....

these families trying to pull something out of the pile of shit their sons have created. They will be attempting to formulate a plan so these two can finish their educations, and find excellent employment, and their privileged lives can continue as planned. Again, good luck with that. From the moment the bow tie guy stood up in that bus, and the kid with the phone turned to toward him, it was done. It's a new day, and these folks still have figured it out; everything you do is out there now. You can't hide this kind of crap forever.

[Alkene]

17. Racially motivated murder by hanging,

and having fun singing songs about it, seems to be orders of magnitude worse than "being a racist": a racist insouciant about conceptions of violent depravity amounting to psychopathy.

I'm not sure that any treatment can be possible once one reaches that level, let alone "heal."

But maybe: http://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2014/07/can_psychopaths_be_cured.html

[Dont call me Shirley]

18. You deserve no such thing, bigot frat boys, you know nothing of healing or compassion.

You promote hate and that is all you will ever be in your arrogant wrongness. No blinding conversion on the road to Damascus will ever befall any of you because you are bereft of curative transformation.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

20. Heal? From what? Embarrassment at having been caught?

[AwakeAtLast]

36. Exactly!

Embarrassment is hard, you know? It leaves, like, scars or something.

[DonCoquixote]

23. The sad thing is

For many people, this is not a sacharrine attempt to use guile to ameliorate the situation, but what they actually, truly believe. When people speak of the horror that "tradition" is attacked, they forget one of the uses of tradition, to enable cruelty.

[Hoyt]

27. Screw them. They should have been tarred-and-feathered before being run out of school.

[olddots]

30. poor widdle babies

Time wounds all heels

[dinger130]

31. A time to heal and privacy......my ass.

Those stupid kids need a swift kick in the rear.

[Dawson Leery]

32. "He’s a racist, and racism begins at home."

I know these kind of little bastards(who should have never been born).
These little privileged errors are the ones who justify every shooting of minorities by the police.

[jtuck004]

33. Those plantation owners (and their enablers) are sure a sensitive bunch. n/t

[marle35]

34. I understand the outrage but

parents defend their children. It doesn't surprise me that they make statements like that.

They are condemning his actions. Maybe not in strong enough language. But I don't expect them to say their kid can go to Hell.

[bullwinkle428]

46. Defending their kids with the help of highly-paid attorneys and crisis managers.

[Orsino]

35. They've had 150 years. Pick up the pace, boys. n/t

[frylock]

37. nah, we ain't doing that

[Skittles]

40. f*** them and the Mercedes they rode in on

[d_b]

43. Lol their names

Could they be anymore...cliche? It's like those assholes stepped off the pages of some shitty 80s screenplay. They also have that Tucker Carlson thing going on that makes me want to take a shit in their mouth.

All kidding aside, those are two punks have never had their asses kicked, and that's precisely what they need -- to be stomped the fuck out.

Let's hope thats their next video.

[SoCalDem]

44. They are only upset that they were filmed & outed

During the "age of Obama" it has become "normal" for racist behavior to be "right out there and in your face"..

Political leaders and pretend newsfolks do it every day...so it must have come as a real shock to these young cretins to realize that their schtick is in fact, obnoxious and worthy of public scorn..

These people need to legally adopt new names and go to a low profile school if they want an education..or perhaps Daddy can hook them up with a job.. This will stick to them like..well ..we all know the answer to that one, don't we

[hobbit709]

47. If they're looking for sympathy, they can find it between shit and syphilis in the dictionary.