Don’t Blame Politics for the Crisis at American Colleges
Personally I think the backlash against colleges is overblown.  Articles like this talk about conservatism as if it were just another view on the correct way to slice a pizza.  But often the ideas in question are those that specifically challenge the rights of a group of people to exist or have opportunities to succeed.  Certainly it can go too far.  Certainly, administrators shouldn&#x27;t run universities by mob rule.  But on the other end, why should I stand there and smile politely while someone comes to my campus and launches a propaganda campaign and recruiting drive for ideas that challenge my way of life and in some cases my life entirely?  And you know what?  Fuck Andrew Calhoun and Cecil Rhodes, and all these great namesakes of many campus halls and public works, who spent much of their lives institutionalizing oppression.  It is easy to ignore the &quot;bad&quot; in favor of the good when the &quot;bad&quot; wasn&#x27;t trying to create a future where people that look like you are under someone else&#x27;s boot.