A Story for Universities

A mom walks into the grocery store with her 5 year old son. She selects a few items and places them in her cart while he son constantly asks her for things. “Mommy can I have this, mommy can I have that?” Each time the mother replies “No dear, that’s not healthy” or “Sorry honey we can’t afford that.” As they walk down an aisle the boy runs ahead of his mother and grabs a package of cookies and runs back to his mom. “I want this” the boy says and tosses it in the cart “Okay” the mom replies tired of arguing with her son, besides what could one package of cookies hurt. The boy darts off again, this time coming back with a jumbo pack of cupcakes. “We are getting this” the boy says and again the mom says sure, those are her favorite cupcakes after all.

The boy’s face lights up and he skips on ahead. This time he comes back with a large soda bottle and puts it into the cart. “We are getting this too” the boy says. “Sorry honey we only drink soda on holiday’s remember.” The boy looks at his mom with an angry face. She is taken aback for a moment. “We are getting this soda!” The boy screams. People start to look and the mom can feel the eyes on her. “Okay dear,” she says “Now let’s finish our shopping quietly.” The boy grins and tilts his head back a glint in his eye. This time he grabs a box of fresh baked doughnuts and puts it in the cart.

“We are getting these and I’m going to eat them all on the way home” The mom hesitates and finally says “No honey we aren’t getting those donuts” The boy stamps his feet and starts to cry and scream. “Now that’s enough dear” the mom says a tinge of fear in her voice. But the boy continues to scream and runs down the aisle and knocks over a display. People stop and watch, the mother feels the eyes on her but tries to stand firm. The boy continues his rampage. He knocks items off the shelf and pushes the cart and yells at his mom “you are such a bad mom, you never feed or take care of me” The mother can see people watching and listening, she can almost hear what they are thinking. “What a terrible mother, why doesn’t she take care of her kid?” He son goes on, “You are the worst mother on the planet, you are so stupid, why do you hate me?” The mother can feel everyone in the store has stopped and are looking at her, listening to her son. She has no idea what to do. Does she give in just to make the problem go away? Does she discipline her child in the store? What if someone calls the cops because they think she is abusing her son? Does she ask for help?

            Universities, wake up, stop letting these children run the school. Don’t let protesters shut down a speech that other students, want to hear, paid to hear, and organized according to your guidelines. Do not be ashamed to discipline students and teachers for acts of violence and destruction. Would you let the KKK on campus to brake windows and burn things all to stop a speaker who they did not like? Would you tell the cops to stand down while people are being beaten in the street, businesses are being looted and smashed? Universities need to stand up against this, but we all know they will not. They are the universities now. The Professors are teaching this sort of behavior to their students. They are joining in the social justice crusade and praising those who commit violence and shut down free speech. They are the embodiment of the extreme of violent compassion.