University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees booted Liz Magill after her disastrous answer on antisemitism before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce sparked intense backlash. To recap, Ms. Magill couldn’t say or condemn whether chants for Jewish genocide constituted bullying or harassment. Yes, and Jewish students are just voluntarily hiding in their dorms, hiding their identities, and holing up in libraries for fun, right? 

It’s become a jihadist circus on college campuses. Activism has replaced the tenets of learning and study. It was still a liberal cesspool, but differing views were tolerated. Many progressives may not have liked right-leaning views, but there was never an active effort to silence speech. The past decade has seen an acceleration in this authoritarian ethos, which is necessary if the Left wants to accomplish its goals in academia: turning it into factories for left-wing warriors, where a prerequisite is to hate Israel and Jewish people. 

Harvard President Claudine Gay was also at this hearing, sitting next to Magill and MIT President Sally Kornbluth. All three women gave similar answers, saying that context is needed when someone declares their hatred of Jewish people and calls for mass murder. It’s an unholy combination of stupidity, fear, and support for terrorism. These college heads fear their students if they voice a modicum of common sense on this issue; that’s not an excuse. Magill tendered her resignation over the weekend after the backlash proved too great. She also lost a $100 million donation, which could get anyone fired. Will Gay be next? The faculty is behind her, but what about a plagiarism allegation in her Ph.D. thesis?