Anyone that reads The Spoonbender knows that I hate to paint in broad strokes. Life is full of nuance, and so must be the thinking man's understanding of the world. That said, I feel comfortable declaring that no member of any College Republican organization anywhere is cool. Invariably, they are terrified late bloomers that wield their virginity and sobriety like a gavel. Being Republican in college is so obviously a posture, like being a punk in the sixth grade. The conditions that forge Republican beliefs simply don't exist in college -- things like resentment that the unemployed don't have to work and you do, or paying income tax, or that gays can dress in drag on days other than Halloween.

That's why this story, about a College Republican group that established a "whites only" scholarship fund, incites me roughly as much as a middle schooler wearing an anarchy patch on his jeans jacket.

I give them credit for requiring applicants to provide a photo to "insure whiteness," though. It's an amusing touch.

Analogcabin @ 7:51 AM
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