Safety First on Campus. Except for Jews.

Safety first. That’s the approach taken by university administrators these days. On campuses across the country, “safety first” has birthed a whole new moral framework—one that treats rhetorical “microaggressions” as acts of violence. It’s safety first when it comes to edgy Halloween costumes. It’s safety first when a professor writes an email in which she says, “Black Lives Matter but also, Everyone’s Life Matters.” And it’s safety first when a professor fails too many students in his class. But when it comes to threats and calls for genocide against the Jews, it’s a different story. Not safety first, but anything goes.