Criticism Is Not Violence

On campus, leftist violence against conservatives has become the rule rather than the exception. Two years ago, a mob of left-wing students injured Middlebury College professor Allison Stanger, herself a Democrat, for engaging in a discussion with conservative scholar Charles Murray. Last month, an attacker punched conservative student Hayden Williams in the face at UC Berkeley. Last Thursday, a masked assailant sprayed me with an unknown chemical substance during a speech titled “Men Are Not Women” at the University of Missouri Kansas City.

Ironically, just moments before Williams endured his attack at Berkeley, another student accused him of “encouraging violence.” The Kansas City Star accused me of having “inflamed students.” In one article, the Star suggested that by accepting the invitation and articulating an opinion that contradicted modern leftist ideology, I somehow bore responsibility for my assault.