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You can believe anything you like, and it's a little silly to read "we" in my comment as "without even a single individual exception".

We, society, currently elect representatives who see fit to continue funding a public educational system of schools and universities, which can be inferred to be a general acceptance of their value.



And we, the society, are outraged at the blatant abuse of power we are witnessing in this article. We are shocked by how our current system may have critical vulnerabilities that compromise it's ability to deliver the education it promised, and are ready to discuss which aspect of the status quo may need to be improved upon.


All that may be true; we'll have to see if society kicks up enough of a fuss. I hope it does in this case.

I'm not sure how you get from "this university did a bad thing" to "we should get rid of public universities", though.


The issue is not getting rid of public universities.

The issue is huge partisanship which has distorted academia from their mission.




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