On Saturday, President Magill of UPenn resigned under intense pressure from students, donors and even the state’s governor. Like everyone else on the right, I’m fed up with the clear double standard at elite schools when it comes to questions of free speech. Leftist students can say literally anything, including disrupting invited speakers. Administrators will usually offer some tepid reaction and no students are ever disciplined. On the other hand, anyone on the right who utters a microaggression is in danger of being canceled by the student body while the administration says nothing. It can often feel hopeless.
But I think it’s worth keeping in mind that there have been some wins on these issues, even at elite schools. For instance, when 5th Circuit Judge Stuart Kyle Duncan was heckled and shouted down at Stanford, the initial response was exactly what you would expect….
