I had been tabling with Cornell Progressives, talking to families about the University’s crackdown on student protest. President Kotlikoff and the administration are not neutral, they are picking and choosing which students to protect and which to punish. In his op-ed, President Kotlikoff cites this as his primary example of “protected speech” at Cornell. Clearly, President Kotlikoff disagrees. In our conversation, President Kotlikoff twice called me “ridiculous,” and wrote that I demonstrate a “fundamental misunderstanding.” Does President Kotlikoff view 5,000 of Cornell’s undergraduates as “ridiculous”?
