Who’s the ‘McCarthyist’ Now?

In a rare admission from the left that “the political triumph of ideology over open debate and free inquiry” has overtaken higher education, Julian Vigo concedes that where once she and her political cohorts protested Campus Watch (CW), “today the Left brings us campus groups which employ intimidating if not violent tactics to defend one type of speech, while actively suppressing others.”

In other words, the false accusations against CW of “McCarthyism,” “censorship,” and the like turned out to be yet another instance of leftist projection.

Cinnamon Stillwell analyzes Middle East studies academia in West Coast colleges and universities for Campus Watch. A San Francisco Bay Area native and graduate of San Francisco State University, she is a columnist, blogger, and social media analyst. Ms. Stillwell, a former contributing political columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written on a wide variety of topics, including the political atmosphere in American higher education, and has appeared as a guest on television and talk radio.
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