Thread by @JeffreyASachs

Here’s ⁦@CathyYoung63⁩ making the case for the campus free speech crisis. Her evidence? The fact that comedian Nimesh Patel was ejected from the stage at Columbia last week.

Here’s my evidence for the contrary. nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-ope…

In March, Ann Coulter spoke at Columbia without any real disruption. Ten protesters shouted slogans outside. They were from an off-campus group.

columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/03/2…

A month before, Anthony Scaramucci came to Columbia, also without incident.

columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/02/0…

When Candace Owens came in January, no protesters even bothered to show up.

columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/01/3…

Same with Dennis Praeger.

columbiaspectator.com/news/2018/04/1…

But best of all is Mark Krikorian, who was so miffed by the lack of protesters at his Columbia event that he complained about it: “What am I? Chopper liver?”

mlive.com/news/ann-arbor…

All from 2018. All at Columbia. And bafflingly, all disappeared into the ether without any comment from the campus free speech commentariat.

Some have argued that while free speech controversies are rare, they are disproportionately clustered in elite universities.

Maybe. But Columbia in 2018 is a horrible poster child for that argument.

https://twitter.com/nickwolfinger/status/1070562820910006272?s=21

One last thing. With so few campus disruptions in 2018, you’re about to be told by a lot of people that that’s only because so few controversial speakers were invited. In other words, self-censorship.

Don’t you believe it.