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...sure everyone’s thankful for that. On Oct. 4, Columbia student protesters rushed the stage during a speech by Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minuteman Project. The ensuing fistfight prevented Gilchrist from even starting his speech. It was an embarrassment to Columbia’s administration and the entire student body...
...days following the incident at Columbia, I was surprised at my friends who had participated in the brawl. I was frustrated with the Columbia administration’s bumbling response. And I was annoyed by all the attention Bill O’Reilly was giving the issue—the head of the College Republicans appeared on “The O’Reilly Factor” soon after the incident, condemning the “liberal bias” at Columbia...
Still, something about all the attention Columbia was receiving from angry politicians and irate pundits made me strangely nostalgic...
Because political controversy is not inherently bad; it can rouse intelligent debate and provoke people to question their priorities and beliefs. Even as the Columbia administration has been hanging its head in shame, the pages of the Columbia Spectator have been full of insightful opinion pieces on issues ranging from the meaning of free speech, to the role of political opinion in the classroom, to the appropriateness of civil disobedience...
...problem is that violence was used to this end. When the Columbia protestors did that, they crossed the line...