It is highly likely many prominent liberals are saying to themselves these days, "What hath we wrought". The other day former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave the commencement address at Harvard where he is an alumnus. He is one of the most prominent and most liberal Democrats in the country. Here are three quotes from his speech...
“A liberal arts education must not be the art of liberalism”
“Tolerance for other people’s ideas and the freedom to
express your own are . . . perpetually vulnerable to the tyrannical tendencies
of monarchs, mobs, and majorities, and lately we’ve seen those tendencies
manifest themselves too often, both on college campuses and in our
society"
"This spring, it has been disturbing to see a number of
college commencement speakers withdraw -- or have their invitations rescinded
-- after protests from students and -- to me shockingly -- from senior faculty
and administrators who should know better"
Now I know that's hard to believe, so here's his address in its entirety...
