This strikes me as oddly familiar...

First, read this article...

I may have complained about this in the past, but it reminded me again of my third year in law school, when I wanted to join the Federalist Society... and they had zero events for the entire year. Why?

Well, the scuttlebutt was that the students in charge "just wanted to get through their last year of law school". Maybe they were easily intimidated. Maybe it was that we were attending what someone referred to as "the most liberal law school in the country".  I don't know.  But it's something I still think about.  When people with legitimate differences are scared or shamed into silence, what is that if not... fascism?