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by Context_free 1922 days ago
When Bari Weiss was a student at Columbia, she was part of a group that targeted Arab professors that criticized Israel, like Joseph Massad. She did a lot to foster "cancel culture", but it seems to be backfiring on her now.
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Yes I agree that one’s actions as a twenty-year old college student should define them permanently and that no further personal development should be allowed, ever.

I call it Woke Calvinism.

Observing petard hoisting isn't the same as adopting it as an all-encompassing worldview, if you allow the commenter any charity at all.
Any thoughts on the content of the article - namely parents concerned about progressivism in their kids private schools?