Comments on: Blame the victim, gaslight the victim, banish the victim https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/ Analyzing apologies in the news, media, history and literature. We condemn the bad and exalt the good. Tue, 11 Jan 2022 17:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: Wendy M. Grossman https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/#comment-215008 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:53:16 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5981#comment-215008 In reply to Kenneth H. Ryesky.

Possibly not. Eichenwald attended Swarthmore in the early 1980s, when tuition was a *lot* lower.

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]]> By: Kenneth H. Ryesky https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/#comment-214959 Tue, 07 May 2019 21:10:25 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5981#comment-214959 “The amount of the honorarium was exactly what Eichenwald’s family was owed for the lost semester.”

Not only was it taxable income, but, without having seen Kurt’s tax returns, I strongly suspect that it also put him into a higher bracket with greater effective limits on his available deductions from his taxable income.

Just the speculations of a former IRS attorney.

]]> By: Kiwiwriter https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/#comment-214956 Fri, 03 May 2019 18:34:53 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5981#comment-214956 This whole story is extremely upsetting.

The only redeeming feature is that the president apologized, Dickerson apologized, and Swarthmore gave him a platform (and honorarium) to share his inspiring story with today’s generation.

This is a lesson to schools of all size that ruin their students’ lives.

]]> By: sumac https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/#comment-214955 Fri, 03 May 2019 00:36:22 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5981#comment-214955 In reply to paulina borsook.

Eichenwald says that Schemer McPlotface wrote a journal article about how, in fairness to other students, some students need to be ejected despite wishy-washy college officials. And one of the (many) complaints voiced by the students who started the movement to eject HIM was about a student he wanted to get rid of because he claimed she was suicidal (I guess she disagreed).

]]> By: paulina borsook https://sorrywatch.com/blame-the-victim-gaslight-the-victim-banish-the-victim/#comment-214954 Fri, 03 May 2019 00:03:31 +0000 https://sorrywatch.com/?p=5981#comment-214954 this is such a strange sad story. does anyone know -why- schemer acted in this fashion?
was protecting swarthmore from lawsuits part of the craziness?

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