Stanford University has again proved itself to be a cesspit of hostility toward the First Amendment.
In the most recent attack on free speech at its law school, a mob of students — egged on by Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Tirien Steinbach — shouted down Fifth Circuit Judge Kyle Duncan who had been invited to speak by the Stanford chapter of the Federalist Society.
If we are ever to combat such mob rule, we must first try to analyze exactly what it represents, beyond its appalling spectacle. It illustrates how political censorship and demonization are standard political tools used to socially isolate people. Tyrants have always strived for such isolation to establish regimes of ironclad social control. Understanding this pattern is key for successful pushback.
Every American should take note of the Stanford incident. The mob rule displayed there is a small sample of what everyone will experience if we do not push back hard against mounting assaults on free speech.
Stanford Law students shouted down Fifth Circuit appellate judge Kyle Duncan while he was trying to speak.
When he asked for an administrator to control the situation, Stanford’s “associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion” got up and lectured him for nearly 10 minutes pic.twitter.com/tjlUPOIMmQ
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The situation worsened after the dean of the law school, Jenny Martinez, and Stanford President Marc Tessier-Levigne issued a tepid letter of apology to Duncan, stating that the disruption was “inconsistent
