There are two sides in the defining fight ripping America apart, and they aren’t Republicans and Democrats. The fight is between those who believe …
There are two sides in the defining fight ripping America apart, and they aren’t Republicans and Democrats. The fight is between those who believe that open speech is essential to preserving the nation and those who believe in narrowing the debate and favor cultural erasure.
For years, we have lamented an alarming trend on college campuses in which students have bullied administrators into creating safe spaces by disinviting college speakers who challenge their worldview and issuing “trigger warnings” on books they dislike. Now, America is turning into the Oberlin College campus.
This month, New York Times Editorial Page Editor James Bennet was forced to resign for the crime of having run the section that published an op-ed by Sen. Tom Cotton arguing that the military should be sent in to stop rioters (to be clear, not peaceful protesters). The mere act of publishing a senator’s piece advocating an opinion held by a majority of the public triggered rebellion among members of the woke staff, who dramatically claimed that printing it put the lives of black employees in danger.
In addition to Bennet’s resignation, another senior editor was reassigned, and leadership up to the publisher said that publishing the senator’s opinion was a big mistake. In addition to adding a lengthy editor’s note to the top of the article, the New York Times vowed to overhaul its editing process and start accepting fewer op-eds. Translation: Don’t expect any outside viewpoints that can’t pass muster with the woke crowd.
