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Thou Shalt Admit Thy Guilt—Or Maybe Not

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Thou Shalt Admit Thy Guilt—Or Maybe Not
The main building at Converse College, in Spartanburg, S.C., on Dec. 19, 2015. PegasusRacer28/Wikimedia Commons
Mark Bauerlein
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One of the clear signs of a totalitarian situation is the imposition of guilt of some kind upon people who have shown no evidence of having perpetrated a crime.

Mark Bauerlein
Mark Bauerlein
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Mark Bauerlein is an emeritus professor of English at Emory University. His work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The Weekly Standard, The Washington Post, the TLS, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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