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As I have said before, it must be exhausting to be a progressive. With so many grievances and so many aggrieved people, not to mention a constellation of issues surfacing every day, it has to be a full-time job staying on the correct side of everything and everyone. That does not mean that the denizens of the Left won’t kill themselves trying to do so.
Oursisanadversarialsystemofjustice,meaningthatapersonaccusedofacrimehastherighttorepresentationinacourtoflaw.IthasitsrootsinEnglishlaw,andagreatexampleofitdatesbacktoJohnAdams,whodefendedtheBritishsoldierswhoopenedfireontheAmericancolonistsduringtheBostonMassacre.Adamsknewhewasnotmakinghimselfpopular,buthealsobelievedthatjusticeneededtobeserved.
Itiscommonknowledgethattheantisemiticprotestersoncollegecampuseshaveconsistedofprofessionalpaidagitatorsandspoiled,mollycoddledcollegestudents.Earlierthismonth,thepoliceclearedouttheprotestersatUCLA.HundredsofpeoplewerearrestedonMay1and2.Priortothat,policehaddonelittleotherthankeeptheprotestersandcounter-protestersseparatedfromoneanother.Oncet
