THE REVOLT? – AT 12:37 P.M. ET:  We've run several pieces on the possible signs of a conservative revolt on some college campuses.  There have been a number of cases recently of conservative or moderate students fighting back against what they see (correctly) as the oppressive atmosphere created by political correctness and leftist orthodoxy.  Is the revolt growing?  Consider this, from the Washington Examiner: 

I have a college speaking tour called “Make Campus Great Again!”

Admittedly, my audience often skews Right and my invitations to campus are usually from conservative and libertarian groups. The crux of my speech is to encourage right-leaning campus activists to play offense instead of defense in the era of Trump.

Recently, I’ve noticed a growing number of left-leaning students at my events — and not to protest as you might assume. Instead, self-avowed Marxists and DACA-supporting students have been showing up to hear what I have to say. These students are starving for diverse ideas.

Timidly, they’ll admit to me after my speech that they can’t get along with their leftist peers. They’re too emotional in their arguments and aren’t interested in deep, challenging discussion, they tell me.

Their professors aren’t much better, so they say. Frustrated, they find themselves in a classroom, listening to a 25-year-old Trump supporter talking about how to make campus great again.

I find this both incredibly sad and highly laudable.

It's sad because students should encounter varying viewpoints on campus every day. It's laudable because some students are recognizing that their universities are failing them, and they’re seeking out alternative means of education.

You may be shocked to hear, but many of the leftist students I speak with find free speech zones and safe spaces to be an affront on their civil liberties, progressive values, and academic merits.

COMMENT:  Read the whole thing.  It's worth it.  We're now starting to see the appearance of the post-millennials on college campuses.  Anecdotal evidence suggests that many of them are less ideological, less immature, and more open to ideas than the students they're replacing.  Let us hope.

May 12,  2018