Draggingtree Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Protests without a purpose DANIEL PAYNE - ASSISTANT EDITOR •MARCH 14, 2018 Student mobs function as performance art and nothing else The noted scholar Christina Hoff Sommers, a sharp and welcome critic of modern feminism and broken campus culture, was recently treated to a double helping of student mob mentality at Lewis & Clark Law School when, showing up as an invited guest of the campus’s Federalist Society, she was besieged by a crowd of protesters who attempted to shut down her speech. Students chanted and sang—those desperate mainstays of every wannabe-1960s student protest—and waved various signs. Doubtlessly there was some sort of hashtag associated with the whole thing. Ho-hum. In a subtly hilarious twist of irony, a large group of students accused Sommers of perpetuating “fascism,” but, when asked, refused to provide any evidence to that effect. There is something so existentially perfect about this whole affair: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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