Of Fish and Barrels

So this particularly ignorant and self-absorbed student op-ed has already been thoroughly giggled at - read it, it's hilarious! 

Andrea links to the link to the article in IvyGate, in which myriad commenters pile onto the writer - not to point out the roughly 2 billion errors within the op-ed - but to make it PERFECTLY CLEAR that the writer DOES NOT GO TO COLUMBIA, DAMMIT! And that all these PRETENDERS who COULDN'T GET INTO COLUMBIA need to STOP SAYING THEY GO THERE! 

Which, okay, I get not wanting to see your school being dragged through the mud because of one dingaling's supremely uninformed ravings in a public forum, but let's get real. That's not the source of the outrage here. When you read between the lines (or even just read the lines themselves) the message is clear: Can't have those filthy little Barnard interlopers polluting the hallowed halls!  Thrill to the backhanded "compliments," the "damning with faint praise" and the whiffs of condescension so strong I had to step outside for fresh air after reading them!

Although I will hand it to the commenters - they are well-prepared, if they so choose, to pursue a life within academia, where the stakes are routinely this low.

Ah, intellectual snobbery:  our only true uniter in these divisive times.