Despite the apology letter issued by the university president and law school dean, Stanford University is not sorry for the disruption of Judge Kyle Duncan’s speech last week. This is clear because the university has failed to address the “diversity, equity, and inclusion” bureaucracy that made the disruption possible.

Duncan’s speech was shouted down by students throwing tantrums as if they were toddlers. There is no indication that any students involved in this pathetic display will be disciplined. Most notably, the tantrum was joined by Tirien Steinbach, the associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Stanford. Steinbach took the stage and ranted, ultimately asking whether a speech from Duncan was “worth” the “division that this causes.”

The apology letter from University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and law school Dean Jenny Martinez notes that “staff members who should have enforced university policies failed to do so, and instead intervened in inappropriate ways that are not aligned with the university’s commitment to free speech,” a clear reference to Steinbach. The letter also claims that the university is “taking steps to ensure that something like this does not happen again.”

That is doubtful, however. A strongly worded email or some sort of free speech training will not ensure that this doesn’t happen again. After all, in a letter to students, Martinez claimed that Steinbach encouraging the disruptors was a “well-intentioned” attempt at “managing the room.” This is not true. If Stanford wants to make sure something like this doesn’t happen again, Steinbach should be fired immediately.

And it shouldn't stop there, either. Steinbach’s actions are nothing more than the logical endpoint of employing and empowering a DEI bureaucracy in the first place. Fire Steinbach, and she would simply be replaced by a new DEI dean that encourages the same kind of anti-First Amendment culture. If Stanford wants to ensure that this never happens again, Steinbach should be fired and not replaced, along with the university’s entire DEI bureaucracy.

Anything short of that exposes Stanford's apology as insincere.

Meanwhile, acting associate dean of students Jeanne Merino emailed students of the Federalist Society (who organized the talk) urging them not to tweet about the debacle. She also sent them “resources that you can use right now to support your safety and mental health.” Among those resources? DEI Dean Tirien Steinbach. The disease somehow becomes the cure for the disease.

Stanford is not concerned about attacks on free speech. Unless heads start rolling, this is nothing more than a public relations crisis in the university’s eyes, which is why Steinbach will keep her job and the DEI bureaucracy will keep on encouraging such intolerance.

Ultimately, Stanford has to choose between free speech and the progressive authoritarianism of DEI. Don’t hold your breath that it will choose the former.