Neutralizing the Campus Crybabies

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Neutralizing the Campus Crybabies

As we enter graduation season, the professional and freelance campus protestors are entering their era of presumed importance — and we’re letting them. What has been interesting to me is that their playbook hasn’t changed since I wrote a political humor book, The Social Justice Warrior Handbook: A Practical Survival Guide for Snowflakes, Millennials, and Generation Z, in 2017. (Psst, it’s a great graduation or Father’s Day gift)

Kurt Schlichter at Townhall recently wrote about how campus protests are primarily about influencing public opinion rather than direct action. Protesters aim to show authorities as powerless while portraying themselves as victims of a “fascist regime.” Protesters create identities of victimhood and victory simultaneously to sway public opinion. The media participate with sympathetic portrayals. When protests become disruptive and violent, mainstream media reduces coverage.

So, what’s the proper response to these crybabies? Schlichter wrote:

The way to defeat the campus commies is to implacably hold them to rigid standards and impose tough consequences upon their actions. Do not recognize them or their cause. Beating them requires ignoring their attempts to set the terms of engagement, whether it be ignoring their internal hierarchy, rejecting demands and negotiations, or ignoring the performative screaming and yelling. They get nothing – not deference, not respect, not even an opportunity to be heard. That’s how you beat them. And the authorities who fail to do this, who treat these communist kiddies as special snowflakes, will get broken and humiliated. The enemy feeds on weakness. The answer is simple – don’t be weak.

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