I have extremely mixed feelings about all of this. On the one hand, I think the whole point of university is debate, discourse, critical thought. The apparent

I have extremely mixed feelings about all of this. On the one hand, I think the whole point of university is debate, discourse, critical thought. The apparent trend away from liberalism is very distressing. On the other, I sympathize with the notion that liberalism can often be a way for the privileged to entrench their privilege, and that unprivileged voices don't benefit from it equally. If you're black and you believe that black americans are owed reparations, you probably can't say that freely without expecting some negative repercussions in your future life: you'll be judged and categorized, marked as "uppity". Liberalism doesn't exist in a vacuum: we have to take into account other societal truths when we're evaluating its effects. I don't have a great handle on how to reconcile all of this.