By Jonathan Butcher and Mike Gonzalez | The Daily Signal Noxious Marxist theories that have festered in academia for decades finally burst out of ivy-covered walls in 2020, invading all aspects of American life. It wasn’t just the cities succumbing to nightly riots — everything from sporting events, to classrooms, to the workplace was hammered with the message that America was never the land of the free. Even “Jeopardy” — the beloved television quiz show that ratifies when a meme has become an integral part of American culture — had a question in December on the New York Times’ 1619 Project, which claims that “our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written.”