Hebegebe: Where is the actual evidence that this is truly an increasing problem? There have been 2 well publicized incidents recently Milo at UCB and Middlebury. There have likely been others like F&M, like Murry appearing at other places, which have gone off without major disruption. Even at Middlebury and certainly at Berkeley it was not ALL of the students, but a subset. And yes there are others, including speakers that decided to not speak, but still given there are over 3000 colleges in the US, not really a common issue.
At Middlebury, as posted above, there was some effort made to have a discussion about Murray and his views and why they were controversial.
That being said, there are a small minority of students at some campuses that may be overly sensitive and spot offensive when none was meant or even suggested (some of the micro-aggression discussions in previous posts). Many of those have been blown way out of proportion by certain media outlets (and on CC) to suggest it is common and that students are excessively sensitive when in fact it is very rare. I would venture to say that most college students are just not that political or motivated to go out and protest something like this.
All it takes is a few to make a peaceful protest turn ugly. Numerous students had done their homework and planned to ask specific questions, but were unable to because of the protesters.
The current political climate is one of sound bites. On Murray, the point being argued can be reviewed without reading the entire book through articles on both sides of the spectrum. The reality is that most people, again on both sides of almost any issues, are not going to original sources or reading a full article or paper. Yet you keep making the argument that people have no business making any statements without reading the entire book or the entire body of his work. Do you feel the same way about every controversial topic?
Thanks Ohmom for posting that from F&M.