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Originally Posted by William A. Baurle
. . . In my opinion, institutions of higher learning should be able to host ANY speaker, be it the ghost of Adolf Shitler, or even satan himself. . .
If no-one goes to the speech: isn't that the best resistance? Nobody shows up! An empty hall for the asshole with the empty head? Isn't that terrifically better than what is described in the article I linked to?
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Bill,
I'm in a rush, but I wanted to stop by and say I agree with you, in principle. I know very little about Charles Murray, but the behaviour of those students was absolutely
appalling.
Not showing up to hear a speaker is one way of protesting quietly, but university students
should be exposed to radical views, so better still would be for them to learn how to participate in a reasoned debate, and put their alternative opinions forward!
They're supposed to be intelligent, and just shouting, screaming and being violent towards someone with whom they disagree is ludicrous.
(Simplistic thoughts, I admit, but it's all I have time for!)
Jayne