Gregory Davis is really sorry for the "disruption." For a Harvard resident dean, one would think that he was referencing a malfunctioning fire alarm, not years of racist, hateful messages.

It is akin to Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D) referring to the "poor choice" of words of her endorsed candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, when he said that he wanted to kill his political opponents and their children.

These figures reflect the cynical calculation that apologies are just background music in an age of rage — heard but not really registered.

Davis personifies the unblinking hypocrisy of Harvard. For several months, Harvard faculty have been portraying themselves as victims of political intolerance after the Trump administration sought to force the university to restore intellectual diversity in its departments. The same faculty that spent years purging conservatives and dissenters from their school hyperventilated at the notion that anyone else should object to ideological conformity.

For the record, I opposed measures directed at Harvard as inimical to free speech and academic freedom. Harvard has long been an example of the destruction of higher education in America and the lowering of academic standards to achieve far-left policies. However, Harvard is hardly worthy of sympathy, but it is not worth........

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