I think that the oppressive behavior at Evergreen, Harvey Mudd, Yale and elsewhere, as described in These Campus Inquisitions Must Stop, is unlikely to be arrested. (H/T Jack Ayer)
It is too good an example of Sayer's Law -- "In any dispute the intensity of feeling is inversely proportional to the value of the issues at stake."
The special case is: "Academic politics are so vicious precisely because the stakes are so small."*
It is not inconceivable that such actions might allow certain groups to obtain power at certain institutions. But it is hard to see these institutions actually changing the world around them.
Still it has the potential to secure the careers of some people, and temporarily (until graduation) 'empower' others -- political correctness largely for profit and fun. So it won't stop.
But, I can't think a better method of defanging the 'left' as a serious participant in real politics. I wonder if the Koche brothers are behind it.
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*This quote is attributed to many people, including Samuel Johnson, Jesse Unruh, and Henry Kissinger (who promoted it to international diplomacy).
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You misspelled the Koch brothers.
BTW, I call the Koch's Evil Minions™ Koch Suckers, but I'm kind of immature that way.
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