Were his pupils responsive to light? Are people really this stupid?
The nice (look up the etymology of that word some time) thing about "zero tolerance" is it requires absolutely zero intelligence to enforce.
IOW, yes, they really are this stupid. Stupid and trained to bring out and accentuate their native stupidity.
Yes, people are really this stupid. That’s where communism comes from. Something like this happened to me years ago at a boarding school when my eyes were puffy from allergies.