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Whether it is legal is tangential to the real question, whether it is right. Many college administrations are pursuing a very contentious social agenda against
by marcoperaza 11y ago
Whether it is legal is tangential to the real question, whether it is right.
Many college administrations are pursuing a very contentious social agenda against single-sex private clubs, at the expense of students' liberties. A lot of it is driven by large SJW/"Safe Spaces"[1] contingents at these colleges. Fraternities and sororities are popular targets for those who hurl accusations of racism, sexism, etc. at every opportunity.
There's also a campaign in some parts of the media to smear these institutions by publishing unsubstantiated allegations. You might remember the article about an alleged gang rape by fraternity brothers and how it blew up in Rolling Stone's face. A few years prior they had a go at my own alma mater by publishing the lies of a disgruntled student who had several run-ins with the law, including an assault on a security guard (throwing a chair at her) and witness tampering in a case where he was originally charged with drug possession. As a result of all this, he was suspended from the college and expelled from his fraternity. That didn't stop the hacks at Rolling Stone.
It doesn't help that the leadership at universities is pitiful. At my college, part of the administration was happy to impose their political agenda by controlling student's lives and destroying any other poles of power. The rest were too scared to make a stand, lest the witch hunt turned to them.
[1] Does anyone have a better name for this movement? I really don't like "Social Justice Warriors". It's too ironic and dismissive, and detracts from serious critiques of the movement. "Safe spaces" just refers to part of their agenda, and parrots their Orwellian phrase.