text: While I agree with Wente on these current issues – they are all cases of absolutely absurd behaviour in the name of political correctness – I disagree that this can simply be absorbed into the usual left-right classification of values. One of the truly good things about the left, is its belief in the acceptance and respect of those that are different than us. The right generally has a problem in this regard. However, the people who claim that an inoffensive Halloween costume is racist or that we should invent 15 different pronouns to describe every conceivable gender identification, are not representative of the left. Frankly, I think they are just representing lunacy. University administrations, on the other hand, are moving progressively to the right, and very much beginning to emulate private corporations. Like private companies, they are allergic to bad publicity and are therefore ready to abandon logic whenever they think someone is going to say something bad about them.