Social justice wish lists have grown over the years by adding the impossible: reparations for slavery, controlling CO2 levels, eradicating offensive speech, selective homicide and regulating thought in general. Advocates of these causes have ramped-up assaults on anyone who disagrees. Flooding college campuses and spilling onto surrounding streets, their disruptions signal the disintegrating state of what we refer to as education.
It’s convenient to blame the rise of media, televised and electronic, for the increasing anger and violence among younger people, particularly those who’ve attended institutions of higher education. But are television and social media really the cause or is it a symptom of a deeply rooted malady?
