You don’t have to be the parent of a college student to have heard about “safe spaces” and “microaggressions.” They’ve been in the news again, this time because of the results of the presidential election, with reports of university professors canceling classes and postponing exams for students apparently too upset to cope when reality bites.

At Cornell University over 50 students gathered for a “cry in” to bemoan the fact that Trump won. The co-president of Cornell’s Planned Parenthood Generation Action, Zoe Maisel, helped organize the event, where students were supplied with blankets, tissues and hot cocoa. Explaining the need for the “cry-in,” Maisel said that “we need to just take a break and just cry before … tomorrow we get back up and keep fighting, because people feel really, really powerless.” Does she ever consider the tiny humans that Planned Parenthood destroys? Talk about being powerless.

On a brighter note, not all colleges are engaging in such absurdities. On Fox News “Special Report” Doug McKelway recently interviewed Edward Piper, President of Oklahoma-Wesleyan University, on the subject. What a relief it was to hear someone who was clearly not afraid to speak the truth. In addition to actually mentioning Jesus Christ (when’s the last time you heard that name spoken on an evening news show!), Piper explained that “when you stop teaching the big ideas, the good ideas, the great ideas, the great books, the Great Book — when you stop teaching veritas, Latin for truth, and you start peddling politically correct pablum — what you’re going to get is thousands and thousands of little ideas that rush in to fill this vacuum.” And what you wind up with isn’t intellectual freedom; it’s intellectual fascism.

I was reminded of “safe spaces,” “microaggressions” and intellectual fascism when I read that France recently upheld a previous ban barring a TV ad made in 2014 for World Down Syndrome Day. If you haven’t already seen it, you can watch it here. In the ad, called “Dear Future Mom,” children with Down syndrome address the concerns of a mother who’s recently learned that her unborn child has Down syndrome. “Dear future mom, don’t be afraid. Your child will be able to do many things,” says one. “Dear future mom, your child can be happy, just like I am – and you’ll be happy, too,” says another. So why the ban by the French Council of State? Because, the court argued, the ad is “likely to disturb the conscience of women who had lawfully made different personal life choices.” I guess pricking a conscience is a microaggression now. And in France, pricking a conscience about abortion is against the law.

But there’s some good news, too. The New York Times recently reported on an upsurge in the use of actors and models with Down Syndrome. A new commercial for Fisher Price will feature 2-year-old Lili playing with its Little People Sit ‘n Stand Skyway. Four-year-old Izzy has appeared in three ads for Target, and 15-month-old Asher will soon be modeling for OshKosh children’s clothing line. Advertisers apparently believe that people will react favorably. Teresa Gonzalez Ruiz, vice president for marketing at Fisher Price, says that the mind-set of consumers has changed dramatically in the last few years. “They care about the product but they also want to know where the company stands.” It may be marketing, but in terms of recognizing people with Down syndrome, it’s still an encouraging development.