Copeland gave the dean a list of students that could confirm he never “berated” anyone. The dean brushed it off, apparently telling Copeland: “What matters is that the student felt unsafe.”

Get that? It didn’t matter what the facts were, what matters is that someone’s feelings were hurt.

And because Copeland is a man and the complaining student is a woman, the issue was going to be investigated under the anti-sex discrimination statute known as Title IX. Because colleges, thanks to the federal government, can’t possibly imagine a scenario where a man and a woman would disagree without it being caused by sexism.