If there’s anything more frightening to college students in 2017 than a Chick-fil-A Express in the student lounge, it’s a visit by Charles Murray, who wrote … a whole bunch of stuff, but never mind that … “The Bell Curve.”
Murray has been inspiring meltdowns on college campuses across the country this spring, most recently at Indiana University in Bloomington.
https://twitter.com/DanFosterType/status/851915911913197568
It'll take more than that to stop Charles. https://t.co/3oMZMoZ6HR
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) April 12, 2017
https://twitter.com/kmanguward/status/851977582270656513
Me too.
— Charles Murray (@charlesmurray) April 12, 2017
An open letter with over 170 signatures was not enough to make the University break its silence on Charles Murray. https://t.co/VBxAYz4rUw
— Indiana Daily Student (@idsnews) April 11, 2017
Wow, 170 signatures. And yet … he persisted.
Like other “controversial” speakers who have inspired college students and faculty members to look inward and conclude that free speech isn’t that important after all, Murray was met with hundreds of protesters who aren’t nearly as brilliant as they’ve been led to believe.
Take the Young Democratic Socialists, for example, who were upset that their steep college tuitions weren’t going to ensure the campus was an open and safe place for marginalized groups and instead to protect a speaker who doesn’t represent the interest of the students. And IU tells them to be critical!
Our full statement on Charles Murray and today's protests: pic.twitter.com/vRBWVLHt8t
— ???? ??????????? (@YDSABloomington) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShaylaZion_/status/851893845067538433
Disappointed Charles Murray, a white supremacist, is giving a speech at @IUBloomington today. What are you trying to promote? Hate? Racism?
— Jackie Rodriguez (@_JackieRdz) April 11, 2017
Those who dared hear what Murray had to say were given a handout suggesting they neither provoke nor ridicule protesters if they did not wish to engage them.
This handout was given to people as they entered Franklin Hall for Charles Murray's talk pic.twitter.com/pAnJYIOHwg
— Indiana Daily Student (@idsnews) April 11, 2017
Oh, and here’s a protester in a unicorn mask flipping off the police.
A kid wearing a unicorn hat flips off police outside Franklin Hall 30 mins before Murray talk pic.twitter.com/eYsDv5pdTv
— Melanie Metzman (@melanie_metzman) April 11, 2017
— Sarah Verschoor (@SarahVerschoor) April 11, 2017
https://twitter.com/rachelleffers/status/851914132190359553
— Lydia Gerike (@LydiaGerike) April 11, 2017
Several hundred IU students protesting speaker Charles Murray. pic.twitter.com/gfmrVMS0hC
— Emily Longnecker (@EmilyWTHR) April 11, 2017
Protestors chant vulgarity towards Presidents Hall from outside while Murray speaks inside. Warning: explicit content. pic.twitter.com/rXp8gCvwxJ
— Indiana Daily Student (@idsnews) April 11, 2017
Thank goodness we were spared whatever hateful nonsense Murray had to say.
Protestors getting close to police pic.twitter.com/46GRw8lWtk
— Sarah Verschoor (@SarahVerschoor) April 11, 2017
Stella has returned pic.twitter.com/wbyP1w4l0T
— Sarah Verschoor (@SarahVerschoor) April 12, 2017
Stella thanking protestors, said they could hear that chants inside. She said police did not say what she was arrested for. pic.twitter.com/3FxtWa9Gax
— Hannah Boufford (@hannahboufford) April 12, 2017
Solidarity:
https://twitter.com/occupypurduewl/status/851532308045860866
A car drove through the Sample Gates to escort Charles Murray out of Franklin Hall and away from protests. https://t.co/h4Q1LTxTXB pic.twitter.com/tzBLQbkKIX
— Indiana Daily Student (@idsnews) April 12, 2017
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