Originally Posted by
Stormdash
The prospect of rioting on the state's premier university campus is a very public matter. The peace damn well better be kept, too. This is my own alma mater, when I was a student speakers as contrary as Bob Dole to Mikhail Gorbachev were able to speak there and there wasn't even a whisper of public disturbance of a type that you'd worry if buildings would still be able to open the next day, if your car would still be driveable, etc. There is absolutely no reason that standard shouldn't be expected from today's undergrads or the general population. The best way to punish Spencer is to ignore him, for his speech to be as inconsequential as his ideas are twisted. His political ends are benefited by riots in opposition. What few active white supremacists there are in the country benefit from the prospect of trying to violently engage violent protestors, because they want people keyed up and easily manipulated on tribalist themes.