This (below) may seem “off topic” but it actually does pertain to Coulter’s views about excesses of liberalism, the role of false victimhood in contemporary liberalism, and liberty vs. license, etc.
You reminded me of a big campus controversy at HAHvahd when a bunch of men (non-students) were arrested for having sex in bathroom stalls on campus — apparently the libraries and Science Center bathrooms had become known as quiet places for gay “cruising” and when the campus police reacted with some arrests, the local activists went nuts, claiming the police were cramping the lifestyles of gay men etc., oppressing their sensitive souls that yearned for anonymous sex with strangers in public restrooms, etc........
Police Arrest Four Men In Science Ctr. Bathroom
Published On Friday, January 19, 1990
By JOSHUA A. GERSTEIN
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=172762
Harvard police arrested four men yesterday afternoon for allegedly engaging in “open and gross lewdness” in the men’s bathroom of the Science Center basement.
Witnesses said the men emerged from the bathroom in handcuffs at about 1 p.m., accompanied by several police officers. The four were then marched out of the building through the loading dock area, witnesses said.
“It was a long line and they had to make it through a big crowd of students,” said David A. Aronberg ‘93.
Those arrested were identified in the Cambridge police journal as Robert A. Russo, 34, and John F. White, 47, both of Arlington, William White, 27, of Roslindale and John Adams, 42, of Watertown.
During the last five years, police have repeatedly sought to crack down on illicit sexual activity in the Science Center bathrooms. In 1985, Dean of Students Archie C. Epps III ordered the doors on lavatory stalls removed, shortly after two undergraduates and a University employee filed formal complaints that they had been harassed in the bathroom.
At that time, the bathroom had reportedly been listed in national gay publications as a “T-room,” where men met to have sex.
December Raid
Harvard police recently stepped up efforts to discourage sexual activity in the men’s room, according to officers. On several occasions, plainclothes officers have been stationed in the bathroom to watch for illegal activity.
In a raid shortly before Christmas vacation, officers reportedly caught a number of men using the restroom for sex. Those men were not arrested but were given warnings to stay off University property, police said.
He was told that it was "lifestyle" thing, that it was an attack on gays, and the Chamber of Commerce got involved saying it was going to affect Ft. Lauderdale tourism to stop it.
Apparently, local gay newspapers advertised specific bathrooms as gay destinations.
-PJ