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Harvard was established as a christian college, a "church in the wilderness" to train strict Puritan clergy. Maybe both Harvard and the later christian colleges you mention can be orthodoxies.


> Maybe both Harvard and the later christian colleges you mention can be orthodoxies.

I literally said that _three different times_ in my post:

>> None of this is to dismiss or deny that maybe Harvard has its own orthodoxy

>> The orthodoxy of silicon valley and elite college campuses

>> Not because I don't believe this happens at Harvard or wherever

That's not the point. That point is that the proposed solution -- calling out an "orthodox privilege" and insisting on politeness -- is not going to work. How do I know? Because "cancel culture" is not even close to new. It's existed on college campuses, in media, etc. for hundreds of years on the right. History is a tutor for what will/won't work.




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