Conor, Columbia has not been in an impossible position. All it needed to do since October 7 was apply its content-neutral rules on student (and faculty) behavior, stop students from breaking criminal laws against violence, trespass, intimidation, and vandalism, and cooperate with

Conor Friedersdorf

@conor64 · Twitter · 2025-03-07 21:56 UTC

Now left-leaning institutions like Columbia are under attack by right populists who are invoking civil rights law and the need to fight antisemitism a kind of racism, in ways that chill speech. If you read just one piece to understand the impossible position Columbia has been in,