MARCH 29, 2016, BY STEVEN HAYWARD

Back in December in an installment of our “Spreading Virus” series about kampus kraziness, when Emory University was presented a list of ridiculous demands from oppressed aggrieved crybully students, we noted the pathetic sniveling reaction from the dean of campus life, Ajay Nair. One highlight of Dean Nair’s capitulation was this:

However, today’s activists and other students are growing up in a wonderfully diverse, polycultural global society that increasingly acknowledges and embraces our individual “multidimensionality” as complex beings with many identities.

Paraphrasing Gabby Johnson from Blazing Saddles, we said: “That is some authentic academic gibberish!”

Dean Nair returns to the pages of Inside Higher Ed today to continue the beclowning with a commentary on the now famous “Trump 2016” “chalking” incident. Here are some highlights:

News media coverage and even our own campus dialogues have largely essentialized this incident into the right to free speech versus the need for . . .

Wait! Stop the tape! “Essentialized” this incident? Essential is either an adjective or a noun; it is not a transitive verb. You know when you see a fancy person like Nair turn “essential” into a transitive verb that you are in the presence of no ordinary mediocrity. No wonder Nair is an administrator.

Anyway, to continue:
Although the phrase “Trump 2016” in and of itself may seem innocuous to many, in the context of the important work happening on our campus to ensure that every student experiences a sense of belonging, the recent chalkings spurred students to enunciate their claim to an institution in which they can feel like invited guests.


Nair is too chicken-you-know-what to come right out and say that he thinks Trump is a racist, etc. More:

Second, some of the chalkings on Emory’s campus were a violation of university policies, certainly not because of the content, but because the chalkings were done in unacceptable locations and without reserving the space. Our guidelines concerning public messaging are crucial to maintaining open expression.

By coincidence, tonight I’m up at Berkeley, staying a short walk away from Sather Gate, the scene of the beginning of the Free Speech Movement at Berkeley in 1964. That famous eruption began because of . . . university restrictions on the places where students could put up card tables and engage in political messaging. Now students and weak-minded administrators like Nair want to crack down on political speech, but only when it is politically unacceptable speech. It would be one thing if “chalking” were prohibited campus wide, but this is clearly just a bureaucratic hedge to clamp down on speech the left doesn’t like. Would Nair make this same statement if campus Republicans objected to someone chalking “Sanders 2016”? Don’t make me laugh.

More:

The intensity, timing and anonymity of the “Trump 2016” chalking incident produced a tipping point. In the context of a college campus, we thrive on open and civil dialogue, inviting even the most controversial perspectives and remarks.

Pretty clear that the last clause here—“even the most controversial perspectives and remarks”—is a lie.

I could go on, but the disgrace that is Dean Nair is pretty evident at this point. Besides, if you have a moment, check out the comment thread at the Inside Higher Ed link. They are uniformly negative. Our work here is done. The only question is: When is Emory president James Wagner going to put an end to this embarrassment?

According to Emory’s 2014 IRS Form 990, Nair’s base salary that year was $302,405, with additional compensation listed at $43,008. I think I can see an easy way for Emory to cut its budget.

Meanwhile, it appears the Trump virus is spreading to other campuses,

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He coins the phrase "CRYBULLY". Such an apt description of who they are.

I did an essay for my FB page. I'll share it with you!

CRYBULLY
It's a term used to describe today's student protesters, who on the one hand demand "safe zones of protection" for themselves while on the other aggressively deny others their right to even speak what they perceive as unapproved speech.

CRYBULLY
I sincerely hope that the student's efforts at getting everyone to cooperate won't be successful. Americans are rather independent and free. They really enjoy their freedom to speak freely. I know I do! So, a warning seems in order.

CRYBULLY movement you've appeared today, seeking to shape our society, seeking to purge it of what you perceive as unwanted speech. OK so far. But you are willing to embrace totalitarian controls that would punish "guilty" undesirables.

CRYBULLY This becomes a war against the hallmark of a free society, our freedom to voice dissent and to speak our mind without fear of retribution or punishment.
When we stop protecting that right, be very careful what you say to whom, because we'll no longer be free. TM