What makes good head cheese? High ratio of meat to aspic.
As much as he may enjoy philanthropy, it's the access to power and celebrity that he really needs. Very common in first generation money. They've arrived at economic success, but the social barriers to the elite are still there. Philanthropy became a good way to get that social access. The downside is that you start to value your access to power more than money or even your own conscience.
For all the embarrassment or anguish releasing some calls may cause, many, many abuses of power and negligence have been discovered.
I'm not personally friendly with the family, though I know many who are and I've never heard anything but nice things about them. I also frequent their shop every week, and she is wonderful to deal with as is their staff. Nicely curated wine selection with all price ranges. No one looks down on me for buying a $9 bottle of wine.
And the letter wasn't really bad. If anything it was a little incredulous at how far they have come.
Hence the Quiverfull movement.
Even breeding doesn't ensure they remain evangelical, so you've got to keep them isolated and uneducated which is seen in the increase in homeschooling.
Unlike a purely political movement, evangelicals can't simply decide to change their platform on social issues. They believe and preach that the bible is the word of God. True and unchanging. Flipping on gay marriage basically admits that they are full of shit.
That said, this student might also have some narcissistic tendencies. Especially since she sent a mass email including the dean ad professor responses.
I feel bad for her. Colleges don't always handle mental illness well. In the aftermath of my friend's suicide attempt in college, I completely crashed. I was seeing a college counselor every other day, but still skipping classes and hiding in my dorm. Spoke to my dean multiple times, but it was 8 weeks before they showed up one day and told me I either had to be off campus that day for a medical leave or be expelled. No warning at all. I was 8 hours from home. I slept in my car for a week. The dean offered to let me sleep on his lawn in a tent. I wish I had told him to go fuck himself. I think I just cried.