University of Rochester Professor of the Year Says, “Rape Might Be OK,” University Officials Plan No Disciplinary Action

Posted by Darla Dawald, National Director on April 30, 2013 at 12:19am in Patriot Action Alerts

From Our Liberty News Team
By Joe Calandra Jr.


Credit – Chronicle and Democrat

The April edition of The Chronicle of Higher Education tells the story of controversial economist, Professor Steven Landsburg, who posed a “hypothetical” question to his students through his personal blog which went viral and immediately drew mass condemnation.

He asked the question:

“Should rape be illegal if the victim is unconscious and if no physical harm results?”


The professor said that he never meant to call into question the “ghastliness” of rape, but wanted to “to get people thinking” about difficult ethical issues and the concept of “psychic harm.”

Daniel Nelson is the doctoral candidate at the University of Rochester who began organizing students to petition campus leaders to discipline Landsburg.

He said:

“We feel like this is just too much. A line has been crossed. The professor’s comments are offensive…But more troubling…is that they could be harmful; We’re worried that a professor who teaches hundreds of students, who was voted professor of the year, and is in a position of great power and influence, is telling the community at large that rape might be OK.”


University leaders are saying that this professor was within his rights to be academically free to spark discussion among his students as he sees fit and plan to take no action against him.

While the Chronicle provides more details on the case, this story proves that some people really can get away with just about anything under the guise of “free speech” and “academic freedom.”

That is of course, unless you’re saying something that happens to make sense.

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