When college students fell for a fake petition to ban expressions of Christmas on their campus, I shook my head but wasn’t surprised. The absurdity of forbidding candy canes or limiting decorations to lighted trees that don’t have gifts under them is the ironic result of a decades-long effort for greater inclusivity in academia and society.

However, we’ve passed the point of welcoming all people, ideas and beliefs to the public square and campus common to censor anything that celebrates our uniqueness and differences.