I'd love to see legit speakers come give talks about conservative philosophies such as those of Jeremy Bentham or Edmund Burke or other more modern conservative

I'd love to see legit speakers come give talks about conservative philosophies such as those of Jeremy Bentham or Edmund Burke or other more modern conservative philosophers (though those are pretty hard to find nowadays). There's quite a few valid philosophies that could support the view that the immigration executive order is actually a good thing. The problem is that, when you invite a demagogue instead, by definition, you're not going to provide any new piece of information to the attendants, but only to appeal to their desires and prejudice rather then their rational. And frankly, that kind of appeal is dangerous to a person. As an example, someone who's a Debby downer and constantly reminds you of the worse case scenarios of everything will in fact eventually get to you, even if you don't want it too. You'd had been best to silence that person from the start, and make sure none of his message even gets processed by your brain.