The hate group that incited Middlebury College melee: Carl M. Cannon
Middlebury College students turn their backs to Charles Murray, unseen, during his lecture in Middlebury, Vt., on March 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
By Carl M. Cannon Posted: 03/18/17, 8:20 AM PDT |
Under different circumstances, Alabama civil rights lawyer Morris S. Dees and American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray might have been colleagues, even pals. Instead, Murray found himself in a near-riot at Middlebury College after accepting a speaking invitation from Republican students at the Vermont school. Students and faculty galvanized by Dees’ political organization barred Murray from speaking. They shouted him down, chanted their own manifesto and pulled fire alarms to prevent him from being heard.
When Murray and Middlebury professor Allison Stanger tried to leave the building, they were followed by protesters who accosted them physically. The professor was grabbed by the hair and her neck twisted — she was fitted with a neck brace at a hospital — and their car rocked in a way that alarmed local authorities.
It was another victory for opponents of free speech, and if that seems like an incongruous scalp for a civil rights lawyer to wear, well, our politics are pretty odd these days.
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This is Charles Murray's wiki bio.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Murray_(political_scientist)
Perhaps he has voiced some controversial ideas, I don't know much about him.
But these protesters should face justice. Are any ideas more controversial than if they had some pro-choice individual speak?
