Why are stupid people always in charge?

Greeks have had a lot of bad press lately from the insane drug bust at San Diego State in California to the hazing that went down at Tulane in Louisiana.

This is mainly the cause of two groups of stupid people in power: the media and the actual stupid people who did thing being reported.

Not to defend the actions of morons who did stupid shit, but the media always portrays the Greek system horribly. Their damn articles are biased and make us look like drains on society when in reality, we aren't. This one article I read when the SDSU story broke said something like "96 were arrested, among whom were several fraternity members" WHAT THE FUCK. What about people from other groups that may have been involved? What about some honors student who went down that path? Or the bookie who sold drugs to supplement his income? What the fuck with the specific identification of Greeks? Even if there weren't other groups involved, they shouldn't have just blatantly put that out there to make it sound like it was a Greek thing, because not all of the 96 were fraternity members.

Part of the reason why there ARE these fucked up stereotypes is because of the media. What about our philanthropy events which raise thousands of dollars towards causes and charities?! Where's the profile on The President of The House who is an honors student studying chemical engineering, doing cutting edge research, and volunteers at the local animal shelter. What about the frat bro in Hilltop House who started his own business? Why are these portraits not being represented and only the asinine individuals who marinate their neurons and livers in alcohol and fill their lungs with carcinogens every weekend?

Yes, there are idiots like the ones who poured boiling hot water on their pledges. Or make them chug milk or other equally stupid things. They're horrible examples of greek life. For one thing, if there are secret rituals and ceremonies involved, you don't do things that actually injure their pledges. Why are some people so thick in the head about that? Like honestly... what was the POINT of pouring hot water with vinegar and spices (so called "crab water") on their pledges? Like really, were they really SO uncreative that all they could think of was to essentially give their pledges a bath? There's no actual brotherhood bonding going on here... just pain and stupidity. I hope some of their bros involved in this were burned in the process of boiling all that water. Even better if some of the spice got into their eyes.

Obviously, whoever decided that this should be a part of their "hell night" should not be in a position of power and actually their seed should be eliminated from the gene pool entirely. But that is how the world has worked since humans sought ways to battle the forces of evolution. If we were still in prehistoric times, all the fat people would have been long eaten and all the stupid people would have likely fallen off cliffs or managed to club themselves in the head rather than prey. Sometimes I wonder what a world like that would be like... but for now I entertain myself with The Darwin Awards.

In any case, the whole conclusion to this rant is:
1. Yes, I'm a Greek but no, I'm not a perpetually drunk whore.
2. Stop putting mentally deficient people into positions of power because clearly they don't know what they're doing or the consequences.
3. The media needs to stop solely portraying Greeks as the downfall of society.
4. Normal people need to be more skeptical and less apt to just follow what the media says. Let's not be lemmings that follow each other off cliffs.