I have a different take.  I think that our devolved academic culture promotes the yes-men, the PC elite.  Such people are fine until an important matter of principle comes along and they try to say yes to everybody at the same time.  Of course this does not work.  I had high hopes for Schill.  Turns out he is just a yes-man.  A principled person would set hard lines of respect for diversity including such things as the professor with black makeup.  That was none of the University's business.  An academic who truly respected diversity would say firmly that the University is apolitical, is not a mommy or daddy figure, and simply will not take positions of PC disputes especially related to off hours and off campus.