Warmists/Progressives are very tolerant of all points of view as long as they fully agree with the Warmist/Progressive point of view
This isn’t an election year for state Sen. Doug Ericksen, R-Ferndale, but challengers do seek to wrest something from him — not his elected office but rather one of his college degrees.
A group of students with ties to Huxley College held a meeting at 5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, May 7, on campus, to start what promises to be an uphill — if not Quixotic — battle to convince university administration to strip Ericksen of his diploma.
Representatives of the group who sat down for an interview — Chiara D’Angelo, Evelyn Kennedy and Emily Krieger — understand that an action that serious typically requires a serious breach of the university’s trust, say proof of plagiarism or some other form of academic cheating.
This is the degree he paid for, and earned. But, Ericksen holds the Wrong Views on Hotcoldwetdry.
Why try to revoke his degree?
“It gives students a point of agency, some kind of power,†Kennedy said. “People want to know more and want to know our vision for this campaign, what we want to get out of it.â€
So, in order to have “some kind of power”, they are going to attempt to pull Ericksen’s diploma, because of Thought Crimes.
The Western student group would agree. By next week, the group will be seeking petition signatures to have Ericksen’s degree expunged.
Mob rule. Of course, WWU would have to be monumentally stupid to actually pull the degree, as they would immediately be the recipients of a lawsuit. But, this is the state of the Left today, where Thought Crimes must be punished.
The students are embarrassed to attend a college that graduates someone as dumb as Erickson. Their protest is similar to Pamela Geller’s provocation of Muslims. It brings attention to their criticisms.
Classic example of the methods of the proletariat and apparatchik using denunciation to marginalize the kulak and consolidate the party power.