[chimera]

Whether they are reasonable or not, if they are going to have these speech codes, they should apply them fairly and uniformly. If nothing else, this is a chance to hoist one of their own on their own petard. Too often they are selectively applied, to harass conservatives while giving leftists a pass. We should use this as an opportunity to challenge the university authorities to put up or shut up. Here is a clear case of someone violating their stated policy. Let’s see if they have the moral fortitude to stand by it. Turn the tables on the libs and see how they like it.

[harmodius]

You are absolutely correct that these policies are selectively enforced. However, by turning the tables on the lefties and using their own PC rules against them we inadvertently grant legitimacy to those rules. Myers should be fired, but bringing charges under the school's ridiculous "bias" policy only validates the policy. Hoisting one of them on their own petard won't cause the lefties to wake up and see the foolishness of it - nor will it cause them to back off and stop enforcing the policy. Trust me, just like Obama, they'll hurl one of their own straight under the bus if it advances their agenda. And since the ideological balance on university campuses doesn't seem likely to swing in conservatives' favor any time soon, that's just shooting ourselves in the foot.

Catholics and conservatives should call for Myers to be fired - and should organize whatever donor and alumni action is required to accomplish that. But we mustn't fall into the trap of using the left's own tools, since that just means those tools will be strengthened by our use and will thus continue to be used, which doesn't benefit us at all. Citing a PC policy as a means of ousting him tacitly endorses that policy - a policy, incidentally, that could just as easily be used against practicing Catholics on campus. And almost certainly will be in the future.

By accepting the left's rules, we automatically lose the game.