Everett Piper: Fighting cancel culture in our classrooms and universities. Here's how we restore freedom

If you harbor any hopes that the ivory tower still stands strong, you can put those hopes to rest. It has crumbled. Consider Exhibit A in the case of the Sane vs. the Snowflakes at the University of Virginia. 

The trouble for Bhattacharya began in 2018, when he, as a second-year medical student, decided to attend a panel discussion on the subject of microaggressions. During the lecture, he asked the presenter, assistant dean Beverly Cowell Adams, if only "marginalized groups" could be victims of such thought crimes.   The solution to this self-centered navel-gazing is found in a 2,000-year-old letter titled 1 Corinthians: "Set aside these childish things," and "grow up!"  When Adams answered "No," Bhattacharya challenged her by pointing out that the slides she had used thus far in her lecture indicated the exact opposite and that she was being "inconsistent."