This week, the Atlantic published an account written by a student journalist at Stanford outlining the extremism that has become commonplace on campus. David wrote about it yesterday so I’m not going to rehash it but the gist is that pro-Palestinian activists on campus are endorsing violence against Israel and seem to be hovering just shy of calling for violence against Jews who happen to be in their immediate vicinity.
Chait’s piece today isn’t about the article itself so much as it is about the response to the article from the left.
This has predictably set off the same progressive eye-rolling that occurs any time the mainstream media reports on crazy things happening on the left. “Incredibly brave for the son of the NYT White House correspondent to put out a piece narcing on his fellow students and teachers,” snarked Daniel Boguslaw, a reporter at the Intercept, a staunchly…
