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ROTC UPDATE: Wounded Iraq Vet Jeered At Columbia. So much for that ?new civility? crap. (Via Dana?

By Glenn Reynolds

ROTC UPDATE: Wounded Iraq Vet Jeered At Columbia. So much for that “new civility” crap. (Via Dana Pico).

I note that this is also more evidence that “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was just a lame excuse to cover for generic hostility to the military, something made clear by numerous speakers at the event including some Columbia faculty. I also note that in these days of constrained budgets and an angry, aware electorate, heavily subsidized sectors like higher education — and Columbia, despite its private nature, is itself heavily dependent on government subsidies — should think twice about appearing anti-American. It’s not the 1960s anymore.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on February 20, 2011 (boomark / email).