If you went to a Fundy U chances are good that you had a Floor Leader (or whatever they were called at your school) like this one.
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Public Relations Disasters
Over the past few days there have been multiple articles written detailing sexual assaults involving PCC students and alleging misconduct by the college.
Today the college has written a response to these allegations and it is a complete and unmitigated disaster.
They could have expressed concern for anybody who was a victim of sexual assault.
They could have vowed an investigation.
They could have renewed their claim to make student safety a concern.
They could have established a hotline to call or assured victims who want to come forward that they won’t be expelled for being assaulted.
Instead….they did this on a page buried in their official website:
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It appears that the college is determined to make as much of a PR nightmare out of these allegations as possible. I really couldn’t think of how to write a worse response than this one.
Parody Albums
During my tenure at Pensacola Christian College there was a group of anonymous students who produced an album of parody songs about all things PCC. Now from the dusty archives of last decade I’d like to make these songs available to you:
1 – Intro
2 – Date Me
3 – Your Body is a No-No Land
4 – A Home for You
5 – Ode to Bob Jones
6 – We all Read from the KJV
7 – I Got 150 Demerits (‘Cause I Said Amen in Church)
8 – Dr. Mutsch Where Did You Go?
9 – I Don’t Like the NIV
10 – Chaperon’d Again
11 – The NASB Song
12 – Touch Not the Unclean Thing
For those of you who didn’t go to PCC much of the background here involves the video series that PCC released called “The Leaven in Fundamentalism” which in so many words accused Bob Jones University of being a liberal tool of Satan for teaching that modern Bible versions are actually not that bad.
Ballard South (BS) is a wing of the oldest dorm on campus. The intro track also references Coberly (where I spent 3 years of my college career) which is the second oldest dorm.
150 demerits (enough to get you expelled) is the penalty for any kind of disruption of a public meeting, including saying “Amen” out loud during a church service.
Dr. Mutsch was a college VP who suddenly disappeared one day without any warning or explanation.
Touch Not the Unclean Thing was a book written by PCC graduate David Sorensen that became required reading all ministerial students.
Turning Victims into “Victims”
This video from Mike Ames, former BMOC at PCC, highlights one of the hallmarks of conservatism in general and fundamentalism in specific: the word “victim” is most frequently used as a slur. Mike has a hard time using the word “victim” when talking about being used, abused, and ultimately ostracized. I think he dislikes the term because we were taught that victims are just whiners. They are weak. They have an agenda that involves trying to profit from lies.
The fundamentalist stance towards victims is often thus: if they hurt you it’s because you let them. If you suffered it’s your fault. If you admit that you were emotionally and spiritually bludgeoned then you’re most likely just bitter.
Because nothing helps a person who has been hurt like victimizing them all over again with shame and guilt.
For more videos and discussion check out soulation.org
Tales from Fundy U
Can You Describe Your Fundamentalist College? from Soulation on Vimeo.
Here’s a video from Dale Fincher, who writes over at soulation.org talking about his experiences at Pensacola Christian College.