Columbia University has fallen. I don’t care, really, I don’t live in New York City and I wasn’t dumb enough to overpay for an education at an Ivy League school. But I do despise leftists, so anywhere their cancer spreads disgusts me and I wish them ill in every one of their endeavors.
These little camping mutants need to be dealt with, however, and dealt with harshly, to stop this stupidity from metastasizing to other parts of the country. It’s almost too late, as other liberal bastions of anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism have begun to fester, not wanting to be left out of what will be the social event of the season for the progressive left. But normal parts of America – places where Republicans are elected – have not fallen into the Nuremberg frenzy Democrat-controlled areas have.
To pull back even the blue areas, something dramatic must happen, something dramatic, which these students clearly have not faced before, likely from bad parenting. They need to face serious consequences for their actions.
These students are largely from wealthy families that indulged them their whole lives. Think Hunter Biden – there’s no way he just became a degenerate in his 40s, deciding he needed to try crack and prostitutes because he felt like he’d missed out on something in his youth. No, the smart money is on him having been a jackass in high school who got out of countless amounts of trouble and brushes with the law because of his last name. The only way that happens is if his dad picks up the phone and makes a couple of calls when he starts getting in trouble. After that, authorities know there’s no point in arresting him because he’s going to get away with it no matter what, the bosses don’t want the hassle.
Indulgence is how we got here, as the left always indulges their own when they’re being useful.
But if any of these university presidents announced students had until 4:00 pm to clear the area or they will be arrested, things would change. Not by the threat of arrest, that’s foreplay for these unshowered C.H.U.D.S., but by what must accompany it – real consequences.
“Clear the area by 4:00 or everyone will be arrested, and those who are not students will be charged with trespassing – and we will prosecute – and anyone who is a student will be expelled,” should be the decree.
But a threat is only as good as your willingness to enforce it. That means any students who don’t leave are expelled. No dialing it back to a suspension, no changing your mind because too many people were swept up in it – real consequences. And make the whole affair public, which means names released publicly, allowing future employers to see who it would be smart to avoid hiring. Let’s see how that works out, bet it’s great.
Consequences have gone the way of the do-do, unfortunately, but now would be a great time to bring them back. Since University Presidents won’t impose, make them the first line to have them restored on them. Fire any who won’t restore order to their campuses and replace them with people who will pass those consequences onto the left-wing goons.
Sure, it would be fun to watch MSNBC parade the expelled students on their airwaves, whining about how “unfair” enforcing existing rules and doing exactly what you said you’d do is. Of course, that’s epitome of fair, but there’s no doubt Rachel Maddow would find a way to mug and Beaker her way through a monologue about how it’s racist/sexist/Islamophobic/transphobic/triskaidekaphobic/whatever and declare down to be up. Who cares?
There is no “negotiation” with this mob, that gives them power they do not have or deserve. There are either rules or there are no rules; these are either students or they are not. Step up or step away, it really is that simple.
Leadership is more than collecting a seven-figure salary and cowering with advisors about how not to offend the radical left; it involves actually leading. Clear the quad, throw out the tents, forbid anyone entry to the area, charge the trespassers and expel the degenerates. Your campus will be much better off and, honestly, the morons out there mindlessly chanting in support of terrorists against Jews and the United States would be better served by it too – they will learn about consequences, probably for the first time in their lives. If it sticks, they'll be changed for the better. If it doesn’t, at least you’ll be rid of them.
Derek Hunter is the host of a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and author of the book, Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.
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