College Official on Why We Must Believe Alleged Crime Victims: It May Not Be the Truth, ‘But It Is That Person’s Truth’

Dan Rather popularized the phrase “fake but accurate” when caught telling a fake story about President Bush’s air national guard service. And here we are again.

Clackamas Community College Dean of Human Resources Patricia Wieck reportedly made the following comments during an interview with The College Fix‘s Autumn Berend, who had been seeking more information about sexual violence prevention flyers that had recently appeared on campus. 

When challenged to defend flyers posted around an Oregon campus that warn of a widespread sexual assault problem, a college official said the following: “Believing survivors means let’s sit down and understand each other’s experience. Let’s believe what that person said, he or she has experienced, that we have experienced. It may not be the truth, as has been determined, but it is that person’s truth and what they were going through.”