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Liberal college president apologizes to liberal activists for saying 'all lives matter'



Be warned. You will not create any form of communication expressing support for the approved orthodoxy without first being trained on the proper language to be used in embracing the orthodoxy. Being a college president does not exempt you. In fact, it only intensifies the requirement on you because you represent a big take-down that can be used to send a message to the lessers.
Smith College President Kathleen McCartney learned her lesson. You can't just go around offering your support for the people protesting/rioting against the supposedly racist police who are now brutalizing this country. You might do it wrong. And if you do, understand, you will grovel:
President Kathleen McCartney sent an email to students, faculty and staff that gave a list of steps to be taken on campus to help heal those in pain and "work for equity and justice," following the grand jury decisions in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported. Ms. McCartney’s email was reportedly titled "All Lives Matter." Later Friday, Ms. McCartney sent a second email expressing regret that she was unaware the phrase "all lives mater" is being used on social media as a counterargument to the "#BlackLivesMatter" movement, the Gazette reported. She said numerous students contacted her to complain about the email. "It minimizes the anti-blackness of this the current situation; yes, all lives matter, but not all lives are being targeted for police brutality," one student wrote to Ms. McCartney.

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Let's review. The movement has embraced an approved hashtag, which is #BlackLivesMatter. Some critics of the movement, not liking the exclusive focus on black lives to the exclusion of all others, take to reminding people that all lives matter. Of course, both statements are true. Black lives matter. All lives matter. The latter in no way disagrees with the former except to the extent it objects to the exclusivity of the former. President McCartney's crime here is that she did not learn and properly apply the propaganda language before writing her supportive missive. The movement has a modus operandi, and it involves everyone speaking in a certain way. Non-compliers will be dealt with. Had McCartney not apologized, the result would have been demonstrations, sit-ins and demands for her resignation. This sort of thing makes boards of trustees nervous. It makes alumni skittish about supporting the college financially. It scares away sponsors. Activists fully understand they have this power, and sometimes they wield it just to make sure everyone knows they can. It's not enough that you offer support. You must do it in a manner they find acceptable. They control you because you fear the mayhem they can orchestrate. Institutions who are terrified by any sort of trouble whatsoever find it easier to just give the mob what it wants than to stand up and say, look, this is ridiculous. This is where tyranny starts, by the way. Tyrants don't just seize power and do what they want. Tyrants seize power and do what the mob wants, with the mob cheering them on every step of the way. You will comply. You will speak as we instruct. Or you will grovel and pay the price.


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