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The lack of consequences for misuse of power will doom us all in the end.
The publicly elected can demand respect ... but that generally backfires.

As I recall, 'A Boy and His Dog' was set in Kansas. "Lack Of Respect, Wrong Attitude, Failure To Obey Authority. The farm, immediately."

Reminder that at every level of government your vote is less powerful than someone in some crappy flyover backwater Kansas.

They get more per Capita representation in the House, and electoral college.

They get a good bit more disproportionate per capita representation in the senate than in the house.
Surprised that FIRE criticized an actual incident of supressing free speech (vs vibes). Shocked that they criticized someone(s) in authority, with actual power.

Aha! Author is a guest columnist. I wonder if FIRE will repeat that mistake.

Another article from that site: "Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females show for their own allies"

I don't necessarily disbelieve it, but it made me laugh.

That is why males join fascist, authoritarian and far right movements much more then women. It is their famous tolerance that makes them join those.

Consodering reality of male dominated literal near fascist goverment that got into power by votes of mostly males ... and then keeps engaging in a campaign of silencing, retaliation and suppression of speach ... fire and its commenters are just showing their own biases.