Pity American society and the fragility of the American mind. Whether at elite universities or in legacy media, intellectuals and journalists have their collective panties in a bunch over just about every infraction of political correctness. 

New York Times journalists rose in revolt, for example, when Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) published an op-ed in their publication calling for the deployment of troops to prevent unrest in America’s cities. More recently, about 50 NPR employees wrote a letter to the president demanding she both punish dissent and circle the wagons of their diversity infrastructure. Talk about inmates running the asylum!