Michael Roth, President of Wesleyan University:
“that’s the classic collaborationist dilemma, right? ... you collaborate with authoritarians who you know are in the wrong, in order to keep them from doing worse stuff”
“Like I have a restaurant and if I collaborate with the Nazis and don’t let any Jews eat here, then the guys who wash dishes will still have jobs. As you know, that slope is very slippery. Appeasement doesn't end well.”
https://prospect.org/blogs-and-newsletters/tap/2025-03-24-columbias-capitulation-wesleyans-pushback/