Speier's' whitewashing of the campus dysfunction seems part of a broader progressive approach to societal ills. Thus, disturbed by the racial impact of law enforcement, we decriminalize or overlook certain criminal conduct. Unable to deal effectively with addiction to illicit and often deadly drugs, we legalize it or just turn our heads. Speier follows suit, finding rationalizations for abandoning the most basic norms of civility, discourse and respect that are essential to functioning universities.
Speier's' whitewashing of the campus dysfunction seems part of a broader progressive approach to societal ills. Thus, disturbed by the racial impact of law enforcement, we decriminalize or overlook certain criminal conduct. Unable to deal effectively with addiction to illicit and often deadly drugs, we legalize it or just turn our heads. Speier follows suit, finding rationalizations for abandoning the most basic norms of civility, discourse and respect that are essential to functioning universities.