The institutionalized hypocrisy can lead to truly absurd situations, like when the swing dancing club was told they could no longer meet in public and had to advertise their dances as “dancing lessons with practicing afterwards” so that they wouldn’t qualify as “a dance.”
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You know, when I was a student at liberty university, Bernice King also drew a packed crowd, as did Karl Rove, Sean Hannity, and about 200 other speakers because ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS YOU GENIUSES
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JUST IN: Gov. Ron DeSantis draws packed crowd, warm welcome at Liberty University event
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Ron DeSantis spoke at Liberty University this morning. I talked with students there and other evangelicals about how they're feeling about the Florida governor. Read to the end for a surprise (or a very not-surprise).
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"The test isn't whether an institution is perfect, but rather how it responds when evil is exposed. The indifference, the cover-ups, the NDAs..."
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A quick thread on a thought I've had about abuse in the church and deconstruction.
After helping @NancyAFrench investigate Kanakuk and after looking deeply into scandals involving the SBC, Ravi Zacharias, Liberty, etc., I've noticed a pattern that crushes the spirit. /1
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In his first speech at , new president Dondi Costin has very flattering words for Jerrry Prevo and board chair Tim Lee
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Maj. Gen. Dondi E. Costin makes his first speech after the official announcement of his presidency
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New president at Liberty!
There's a lot going on at the school right now, but notable that LU will be led by a retired general at a time when well over a third of its 125K online enrollment comes from military students and veterans:
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Retired Maj. Gen. Dondi Costin, the president of Charleston Southern University in South Carolina, who served 32 years in the U.S. Air Force, will be the next president of Liberty University
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Dondi Costin has announced his departure from Charleston Southern University: abcnews4.com/news/local/cha
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We’re hearing from a half dozen sources including admin officials that @LibertyU plans to announce a new president tomorrow. The most likely candidate is Dondi Costin, current president of Charleston Southern University — though others are supposedly under consideration.
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. mockingly told students in convocation to yell ideas for reforms at the board members there. Kids yelled for a few seconds and Prevo said “they heard every one of your requests, I hope.”
We hope the new president will be less of an arrogant jerk. The bar is low.
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Reminder that announced two and a half years ago that it would split Falwell’s old role into two roles: a president a a chancellor.
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Ah, yes. The embodiment of Liberty's values: training champions for... conservatives.
I'm not opposed to political candidates visiting universities, but don't force students to listen to politicians under the guise of spiritual enrichment.
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Former professor and vice provost Tim Clinton is sued for fraud, covering up plagiarism, and breach of contract.
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Any Floridian students and alumni who would like to organize, let me know!
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Liberty University’s convocations still remain as a podium for corruption and mandatory propaganda even after Falwell was removed. A bastardization of what originally was a chapel service for a Christian school.
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New lawsuit: Falwell Jr is suing 's executive committee -- this time in federal court -- for $8.6 million in retirement money that he claims he is owed after he resigned.
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This is a remarkable series of falsehoods, from a proudly outspoken Evangelical.
She admits to a "selfish motive."
It will be interesting to see whether she faces any kind of consequences within right-wing Evangelical circles. I'm dubious, but perhaps I'll be surprised.
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Former Trump legal adviser Jenna Ellis has been censured by a Colorado judge for her stolen-election claims.
As part of the proceedings, she admitted to 10 “misrepresentations.”
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This is very big news for , which frequently withheld severance packages until employees signed NDAs, promising to remain silent about what they experienced at LU.
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I don't know. But what I do know is that Liberty University needs more eyes on it. A lot more. After all, the Department of Education is very interested in how Liberty has handled sexual assault issues:
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An independent review of Liberty University’s Title IX policies and procedures is reportedly finished.
But the school has not released findings or revealed who conducted the review—despite several lawsuits alleging mishandled Title IX matters.
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"At the end of the day when you are promising a student body something and you don’t fulfill it, it’s just empty promises and empty words and it makes people feel that you are a liar and you are not protecting your students to the best of your ability."
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"We requested that Prevo be honest and open about the firm they are going to use. And we haven’t heard anything about it."
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It's been over a year since lied to Liberty students about his "audit" of Title IX policies. LU leaders make vague statements without any transparency and are unwilling to let anyone independent of LU investigate.
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“Jerry Falwell Jr. has no apologies and no regrets.” That’s something he still has in common with ’s current leaders: a complete lack of humility and responsibility.
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Reminder that has explicitly stated that getting people elected is one of Liberty’s most important tasks — even though they are not supposed to do that as a 501c3. “I have a 50c3 church… for 30 years, I’ve known how to handle that and not get into trouble.“
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Here’s an email sent to students and alumni where shows his priorities. His focus is on fighting against gay marriage in Washington, not on the disaster under his current leadership at
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As Auburn targets Hugh Freeze as its next head football coach, an alleged victim of sexual assault at Liberty University asked officials to consider everything before coming to a final decision.
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From Save71 co-founder @CalumDavidBest: “Few have seen the corrosive effects of this dynamic—this moral tradeoff—as clearly and up close as Liberty’s student body did during the last years of Falwell’s tenure.”
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"And all this coarsening cynicism has had disastrous effects. The principles that once animated and dignified the conservative evangelical movement seem absent now, after Trump, after Falwell..." thebulwark.com/the-pool-atten
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You must see "God Forbid: The Sex Scandal That Brought Down a Dynasty" on Hulu. Documents the astonishing hypocrisy and explicit racism of the Falwell dynasty.
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"And all this coarsening cynicism has had disastrous effects. The principles that once animated and dignified the conservative evangelical movement seem absent now, after Trump, after Falwell..." thebulwark.com/the-pool-atten
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Why didn’t end his documentary ‘God Forbid’ after the fall of Jerry Falwell?
“It is not about Christians and Christianity, it is about people who exploit Christians and Christianity for power and profit.”
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A former dean at has filed a lawsuit in a Virginia court, alleging he was fired for reporting “disturbing violations" of state and federal law to LU leadership. Suit seeks $20 million in compensation.
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