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Long overdue, the persecution of three Duke lacrosse players based on blatantly false allegations has finally ended. Head over to Hot Air for coverage and video.

This entire episode shows that there are some fundamental dysfunctions in our society. A significant portion of the population has shown that confirming their cynical views is more important than facts or justice. Whether it be Duke Professors, liberal commentators or race-baiting shakedown artists, a lot of people owe these boys an apology. More importantly, they need to step back and examine their own prejudices and hatreds that literally forced them to believe the worst about young white men even in the face of so much evidence to the contrary.

This is what the constant obsession with identity politics has wrought. Rather than see a woman with ever evolving stories and little credibility, or college athletes behaving crudely – but not criminally – as most such young men do, all these people could see was black and white. Their ideology requires that they see black as victim and white as oppressor. They could not see the facts of this specific case because maintaining the legitimacy of their generally cynical and destructive world view took precedence. But their destructive influence has been exposed. We can only hope average Americans were paying attention and will learn the right lesson. Criminal cases should rest on their specific merit and nothing more, not serve to promote a political agenda.

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