I’M BEGINNING TO QUESTION WHETHER HIGHER EDUCATION ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTES TO A FREE SOCIETY: Student newspaper just fine with false accusations.

In yet more evidence that students accused of campus sexual assault face an uphill battle in defending themselves, one New England university’s student newspaper wrote that it would rather see false accusations than accusers not come forward.

Editors for the student newspaper of Boston University, the Daily Free Press, in an editorial about educating students on “affirmative consent,” or “yes means yes,” consent policies, suggested false accusations are acceptable.

“We would rather see someone falsely accused than see someone avoid coming forward for fear of retribution for wrongly accusing someone,” the editors wrote.

The editors went on to suggest that bias against accused students might not be real.

So, basically, they’re fascists who are also completely out of touch with reality. The editorial is unsigned, but the Editorial Board’s names are:

Mike DeSocio — Editor-in-Chief
Joe Incollingo — Managing Editor

J.D. Capelouto — Campus Editor
Mina Corpuz — City Editor
Katie Aramento — Editorial Page Editor
Justin Pallenik — Sports Editor
Olivia Nadel — Photo Editor
Samantha Gross — Multimedia Editor
Sonia Rao — Features Editor
DeeDee Hughes — Blog Editor
Katelyn Pilley — Layout Editor

I don’t know if they all approved this editorial, of course. But they should all be deeply ashamed of this piece.