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As if college students today don’t already have a reputation for being uniformed.
Indiana University was swept up in “a furious storm of confusion” after overzealous students mistook a Dominican Friar for a member of the Ku Klux Klan, according to The Tab.
That’s right, a monk of the Dominican order in traditional white robes was identified by Hoosiers as a Klansman armed with a whip … or were those rosary beads?
Campus Panic: College Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member https://t.co/VDuKqJ2RSF pic.twitter.com/1gU7ttATAJ
— FoxNewsInsider (@FoxNewsInsider) April 7, 2016
“IU students be careful, there’s someone walking around in KKKÂ gear with a whip,” a student posted on social media.
Dormitory resident assistant Ethan Gill also got caught up in the comedy of errors and began warning students on Facebook. He also referenced the alleged “whip” — in reality, it’s a long rosary that hangs down the length of the friar’s leg.
“Please PLEASE PLEASE be careful out there tonight,” he wrote, “always be with someone and if you have no dire reason to be out of your building, I would recommend staying indoors if you’re alone.”
Townhall.com noted that the “Klansman” was actually Fr. Jude McPeak, O.P., a Dominican Friar and an Associate Pastor/Campus Minister at IU’s St. Paul Catholic Center.
The reaction on social media was as expected … here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
@brithume #Duh. Future of our country
— Eric Slaughter (@USAFSlaughter) April 6, 2016
Brilliant.
IN Uni Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member#SafeSpacehttps://t.co/zL2r4GpRKZ pic.twitter.com/PrroEDwVAQ— Linda Suhler, Ph.D. (@LindaSuhler) April 6, 2016
@DLoesch Idiots. Sad that these crybabies are this country’s future.
— Katie Smith (@marywambach71) April 6, 2016
Apparently IU students can’t tell difference between a KKK member carrying a whip and a priest carrying a rosary. https://t.co/yBy5kDYMYp
— Marc Thiessen (@marcthiessen) April 7, 2016
Dominican Friars even got in on the fun, offering this public service announcement:
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To avoid confusion in the future @TheTab @HoosierCatholic when following @TheWhiteHabit pic.twitter.com/27xJsdDa7u
— Dominican Friars (@OPDomCentral) April 6, 2016
@crousselle @petriop Oops how’d we miss a penguin?! The last image was Princess Leia but it got distorted #StarWars pic.twitter.com/OIJ4uuSNw3
— Dominican Friars (@OPDomCentral) April 6, 2016
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