We interrupt the martyrdom of James Bennet so Tom Cotton can call to bring in the stormtroopers again
In this case, joined by 1/6 enthusiast Josh Hawley:
Republican Sens. Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley called on President Joe Biden to send the National Guard to Columbia University as pro-Palestinian demonstrations that saw over 100 people arrested last week roil the campus.
The senators issued the appeal for federal action as Monday marks the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Passover. Over the weekend, a prominent rabbi at the school urged Jewish students to leave the Upper Manhattan campus amid heated protests, and Columbia University announced on Monday that it would hold classes remotely.
I’m beginning to think that critics of platforming Cotton’s calls for violently suppressing protests understood him better than the defenders who continue to whine about it to this day!
Surely at least they’re getting some pushback from the Campus Free Speech Warriors at the Atlantic Monthly, though. Let’s see…
Every fancy opinion columnist needs their account locked until they can stop hyperventilating. They’re not getting enough oxygen to their brains https://t.co/bSMcGNJ2Me— Anna Merlan (@annamerlan) April 23, 2024
The amount of Telling on Themselves going on with elite American pundits who pretended to think that free speech on elite campuses was a national crisis until last week is really something else.