MY TURN: Did we just witness a Color Revolution? No — we watched democracy work
Let’s be clear: What happened at North Idaho College wasn’t some shadowy “color revolution.” It was ordinary people doing what they’re supposed to do in a free republic — standing up, speaking out and using the power of the ballot and the law to correct what they believed was a grave injustice. That’s not a revolution. That’s democracy.
The breathless paranoia on display in this complaint — let’s call it what it is: a sore loser’s lament — paints a picture of a sinister cabal of protesters, foundations and accreditors conspiring to bring down a few far-right ideologues. But the reality is simpler and far less dramatic: the KCRCC-backed trustees made a series of reckless, ideological decisions that endangered the college’s accreditation, and the public — including students, educators, alumni and taxpayers — responded. Not with violence, not with “lawfare,” but with civic action.
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