>>Having said that, if I want to wear a MAGA hat and walk across the campus of Oberlin University, and wind up getting my teeth bashed in, I should stop and think about whether it was really worth it.
Had that logic prevailed, Rosa Parks never would have sat where she did and (insert numerous similar examples here)
Tolerating intolerant behavior just normalizes it. If an intolerant thuggish mentality pervades any university, party or institution, 'tis a noble act to help guide them back towards the respectful democratic society that makes America Great.
Coincidentally, I see Trump has announced an executive order requiring universities to commit to protect free speech if they want federal funding. Heads will explode trying to come up with ways to block that without appearing to block free speech.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
