it is surreal how insanely the right wing of America frames this whole discussion, and how the notional "center" of American politics engages with it as if it i

it is surreal how insanely the right wing of America frames this whole discussion, and how the notional "center" of American politics engages with it as if it is a good faith discussion of an important and consistently held principle. are they genuinely suggesting that everyone has a right to speak at any university? and that the university has to let them? and that the university has to provide security, and AV staff and pay for catering? really? who does it apply to anyway? anyone any student invites? any student club? do janitors get to invite people? how about professors? or is that you can't uninvite someone after they've received an invite? really? how thorough a background check should one do before extending an invite then? what if you find out they killed their wife on the way to the school? or is it that students shouldn't loudly complain about things they disagree with? really? if I'm a student at some uni, and some arseholes invite Nick Fuentes to come and give a talk about how he wants to gas the jews, I should just...not do anything? not complain to the administration? not go and tell him he's a cunt? really? and how much force - physical and administrative - should universities use to stop students exercising their free speech to complain and protest? fines? rubber bullets? actual bullets? what if the leader of Islamic Jihad wants to give a speech? Kim Jong-Un? how much is the university required to spend on security in those cases? infinity dollars?