“She’ll Be Destroyed on Social Media by Noon”
From MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough this morning on the context of the 2024 elections:
“You know, my daughter at the University of Virginia, she’s afraid to raise her hand in class because if she says something that’s politically incorrect, she will immediately be cancelled. She’ll be shunned from class. She’ll be destroyed on social media by noon. So, they just sit in class quiet….”
“If any of you out there say, oh, that’s just a conservative, a White Southern guy da-da-da, that’s why you’re losing. That’s why you’re losing. Because that’s what I heard. I didn’t hear it from Republicans. I didn’t hear it from Trumpers. I heard it from Democrats over the past three or four years: Their kids were afraid to talk in class and say something unpopular because they would be canceled. And it’s an epidemic….
“It happens in New York City schools. It happens in colleges. And all of this adds up. People go, come on, come on, this is crazy.”
Not the kind of word-of-mouth we like seeing for UVA. –– JAB
