David French of National Review Online focuses on a conservative response to political correctness.

This might come as some surprise to observers of our campus culture wars, but there was a time, not long ago, when the situation in American higher education was much worse. There a wave of vicious campus activism aimed at silencing heterodox speakers, and it was typically empowered by a comprehensive regime of speech codes that exposed students to formal university discipline for daring to utter dissenting views. …

… And that brings me to the core free-speech challenge on American campuses today: Students are free, but they don’t feel free. …

… [C]onservatives often feel more isolated and alone than they truly are. A conservative sees the abuse that a colleague experiences and rather than thinking, “I need to stand by her,” thinks, “That would happen to me if I spoke up.” As a consequence, a few very public shame campaigns and terminations have an outsized deterrent effect.

Well, you can fight. Self-censorship isn’t real censorship. And if you suffer unlawful retaliation, there are platoons of lawyers willing and eager to take a swing at your antagonists, no matter how powerful they might be. Moreover, the advantage of your voice is that you control it. You don’t have to apologize for someone else’s tweets or rationalize another person’s excesses. You can tailor your message to your community, using words of calm conviction that are easy to defend not just in courts of law but also in the court of public opinion.