This is obviously crazy, and would not happen in any civilized society, and the backlash is already in progress. But I have to say I am just really sorry for my wonderful colleagues who are being put through this.  I fear it will be the end of the University of Texas as a serious university, really one of the best state universities in America.  (A few years after joining the UT Austin faculty, I used to joke that this was a great university but it needed to move to a civililzed state.  Things have gotten much worse since.  I really fear for the future there.)