The phrase “hoist on his own petard” comes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. A petard was a crude explosive device–essentially a crude grenade–and being hoisted on one’s petard meant being harmed or killed by one’s own weapon.
Well, the Ivy League has been using DEI petards against disfavored groups–whites, Jews, Asians–and their chosen weapons are about the blow up in their faces.
— Christopher F. Rufo
(@realchrisrufo) April 24, 2025
By now, everyone interested is aware that Trump and the Ivy League schools are at war, and Trump is determined to see the schools concede to his demands that they follow federal civil rights laws or face the consequences.
As wealthy as these prestigious universities are–and they are very wealthy indeed–they remain utterly dependent on federal funding and tax benefits. Harvard, for instance,…
