So, did UW-Madison’s diversity chief incite students?

Just as important, were students’ actions respectful of others’ speech rights?

Donald Downs, a UW-Madison political science professor and expert on free speech, wrote in the Badger Herald that while some protesters were respectful, those who disrupted [critic of UW] Clegg “crossed an important line.” Three hotel employee reported minor injuries to police.

“Such conduct is not the kind of counter-speech countenanced and protected by the First Amendment -to say nothing about appropriate behavior,” he wrote. He noted that the hotel is private property and owners have a right to control access within legal limits.

Via La Crosse Tribune.

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