David Strom: No, Jason Arday was Not Hounded to Death

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   As many (including me) have already said: to the extent that anyone but Arday is responsible for his death, it was the academic left and its DEI madness. Basically, the rules were suspended for him. He was credentialed and promoted far beyond his abilities because he was black. Oh, sorry: "Black." When it was discovered that he was a fraud, this was--eventually--widely reported. I'm sorry Arday killed himself. But he knew he was a fraud, and that he had no sound response to the evidence. Arday was put in this absurd position by leftist people, principles and policies that lower standards for blacks and other preferred minorities. In Arday's case, standards were basically thrown out the window. The left prefers: non-whites over whites, women over men, non-heterosexuals and other such people over heterosexuals. Demography is more important to them than merit. In fact, it's common on the academic left to claim that the very idea of merit is racist. Well, of course, everything is racist according to them.

   Matt Walsh makes a point in the post that many have made. It's an old point, and it's right...though I myself tend to avoid it: according to the principles of the left, only white men are really human. Humanity goes along with freedom and responsibility. But women and non-whites (except Jews!) tend to not be held responsible, hence are not really considered free. (It's a bit more complicated than that. White women are given preferred treatment over white men...but black men are preferred over white women... Black women are the best, of course... So freedom and responsibility are suspended selectively.) I avoid this point because--though correct--in a way it's saying: you're hurting blacks! But the left has to learn that not every reason must reduce to something about the welfare of blacks (or other preferred demographic groups). You might conceivably get them to concede the specific point via that argument...but it won't touch their fundamental confusions. They need to learn that blacks are not more important than whites, women are not more important than men, and non-heterosexuals (etc.) are not more important than heterosexuals. Blacks can be wrong. Whites can be right. Etc.