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In attempting to balance competing forces, they pleased no one, offering statements too vague to satisfy activists yet too equivocal to reassure critics.
"We are in urgent, dire times that require us as human beings coming together and fighting against fascism, fighting against genocide, and the only way to do that is by opening up the heart and realizing that collective liberation is the only solution."
Stephens hearkens to the infamous Yale Halloween incident from 2015, wondering why students weren't expelled for speaking intemperately about racially insensitive costumes.