The Discourse Lab

When two Columbia juniors penned an op-ed arguing Jane Doe’s orgy may have been consensual, they didn’t expect be told to “kill yourself.” They also didn’t expect the whole campus to turn against them — fellow @Sundial_CU staffers called for the paper to shut down operations, a free speech club canceled an event in response, and countless condemnations rolled in, accusing the paper of promoting “rape culture.” The Israel issue may have come and gone, but the future barista class does not easily forget its ways. The outcry at Columbia is a reminder that America’s ordained future elite never really moved past the idea that words are literally violence. I got the firsthand account from the authors, @Nikos_Mohammadi and @Christina_ma4👇