[Pearls Before Swine]

Still, faculty members said that they didn't break the rules.

"Absolutely, this student had an option," she said.

Let's see if I understand this. The "option" he absolutely had was to refuse to wear the pink triangle and take his F. I suppose this wasn't something he could challenge in the handbook, either. It required either the humiliation of the broadcast spotlight or a trip to the courts.

[elbucko]

"Let's see if I understand this. The "option" he absolutely had was to...."

No, not exactly. Remember this type of option is mandatory in the world of the Left.

T.S. White had the contrariness of socialism in the quote: "All things not permitted are forbidden".

It's obvious that part of this "option" was "not permitted".(sarcasm/off)