Thread by @DavidAFrench

This is a response worth reading, and I know his example well.

I know this - the collective silence of fellow believers and conservatives (even of TENURED professors) at Georgia Tech made my clients’ lives far, far more challenging. It was shameful then and remains shameful.

The local chapter of a national Christian group reproached them for filing suit against grotesquely unconstitutional policies on the grounds that it made the group’s life on campus more difficult. Courage! Bravery!

I know of many professors who were shocked and appalled at the treatment Ruth and Orit endured, yet most remained totally silent. (Some made some appreciated private gestures.) Such stunning valor!

In his piece @politicalmath notes that he spoke up and endured a tough few days of blowback. He’s the exception. But the bottom line is I hear the same thing all the time, all across the nation . ..

People are afraid. We can (and should), on the one hand, decry and fight against illiberal intolerance, but there is also no substitute for Americans standing on their own two feet and being bold, even to the point of risking careers, for their most core values.

It’s not either/or. It’s both/and. And the battle won’t be won without both/and. Two decades of litigation have blazed a trail, but sometimes folks have to just walk down that trail. If you don’t want to, I understand. It’s hard. But it’s still a failure if you don’t.