<p>Unfortunately, this hateful behavior is everywhere. Swarthmore is now dealing with a gay bashing attack right on campus. I witnessed one there myself in 1978. I suffered from vicious anti-Semitic attacks in high school. But from what I know of Oberlin and its community and its long traditions of tolerance and inclusion, though, this latest incident would have to be an isolated aberration. Which, in some sense, makes it all the more painful and unexpected to those effected.</p>