Robert Glazer on “Why The Shocking Campus Behavior is Only the Beginning”

From Penn alum, Robert Glazer’s Substack:

I’ve been part of so many conversations over the past few months about the same weighty topic. People are struggling to understand why so many individuals and institutions have openly embraced antisemitic viewpoints, permitting hateful rhetoric they’d never permit against another identity group.   

These actions and language are a visible manifestation of a movement that’s quickly gained traction in the past few years, largely unnoticed by those who live and work outside of large institutions. While I had only a basic understanding of this new orthodoxy, the events of October 7, and the response in the United States, compelled me to spend the past few months delving deep into a diverse range of perspectives on this subject. 

To conclude all that research, I have tried to formulate what I believe is the most cogent explanation for the shocking behavior of this fall. The truth lies in the development of a new and increasingly radical progressive orthodoxy (RPO), which has come to dominate many campuses, institutions, workplaces, and online spaces.