Nor is there any reason you should want to. People of different ideas and inclinations have shared the world since the dawn of time and it’s nothing for anyone to be scared of.

get how beyond absurd this seems to you and me. Try to imagine a group of young conservatives banging on the door of a room where liberals were having a meeting - telling them the very fact that they were sitting there talking to each other was an affront to humanity that needed to be stopped. Never happen, right? Of course it wouldn’t, because sane, well-adjusted people understand that not everyone is going to agree with you and you can’t stop people of like mind from getting together and talking.

“Your existence is a disruption”

I’ve noticed in recent months that leftists are trying to redefine “snowflake” to include anyone who doesn’t like it when someone attacks or criticizes them. So Trump is a snowflake if he defends himself against charges he insulted a Gold Star family. Or Kid Rock is a snowflake if he disputes a media claim that he’s a dirty racist.

This is a useful opportunity to double back to where the term originated, and why. No reasonable person begrudges someone the desire dispute a false accusation, or even to feel some anger over being on the receiving end of it. That doesn’t make you a snowflake.

What does make you a snowflake is when you can’t even handle the fact that people exist who don’t agree with you. That’s exactly what we’re seeing here. These college-age leftists are so convinced they have the market on righteousness, they’re actually shouting at the College Republicans, “Your existence is a disruption.”

It reminds me of something: Back in the ‘80s when I was a college student, I was involved with the College Republicans. There was also a Young Democrats chapter at our school, and I recall one night when we played a softball game against each other. It was a fun time (I think we won the game), and some of those Young Democrats became my friends. We got together socially and, while we disagreed on things, everyone understood it was nothing personal.

Do you think that’s even possible today? At least at the college campus level? I want to think it is. Stuff like this doesn’t make me optimistic.