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Conservative Middlebury students kill anti-free speech bill
Campus Reform ^ | March 23, 2017 | Anthony Gockowski

Posted on 03/23/2017 7:35:25 AM PDT by C19fan

A resolution that would have severely limited certain speakers from lecturing at Middlebury College has been defeated by conservative student senators standing up for free speech.

The bill, which was initially titled “Community Standards in Public Events,” was introduced shortly after controversial political activist Charles Murray spoke on campus, where he was shouted down and eventually assaulted along with a liberal professor who was leaving the venue with him.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: vermont
Attempt to codify the hecklers' veto.
1 posted on 03/23/2017 7:35:25 AM PDT by C19fan
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