On Tuesday’s show, Fox News host Tucker Carlson invited Middlebury College professor Jay Parini to discuss the mob that greeted Charles Murray when he attempted to give a speech at the school last week.
Jay Parini: "I think a university should be… a space where free discourse can happen, where ideas can clash, people can disagree." #Tucker pic.twitter.com/t4LoZO5Dkx
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 8, 2017
Jay Parini: "I think people are…utterly fed up with the coarseness, the incivility of discourse in the US." #Tucker pic.twitter.com/Kpq4yxKPbk
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 8, 2017
Some found it hard to believe that a college professor was actually defending free speech:
https://twitter.com/DyEpicure/status/839303880471166977
https://twitter.com/mymediumrare/status/839302845337722882
@TuckerCarlson I cannot believe a college professor defends free speech. There needs to be more of him. I give him a A+++ on his efforts
— David Stuedle (@krogbug) March 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/An0nR0adie/status/839303307151753216
@TuckerCarlson Jay Parini is Spot on. Students need to be controlled & step aside for the greater good. #Listen
— Judy Young ❤️ (@Mesquite_girl) March 8, 2017
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Mr. Parini is correct. Universities are not the free speech institutions they used to be. Students are now indoctrinated. @TuckerCarlson
— JustNoCollusionJeff (@justjeffthings) March 8, 2017
@TuckerCarlson You should have Professor Parini back again. Very eloquent and earnest.
— VOP (@The_VOP) March 8, 2017
#VT #vtpoli Wow! Jay Parini @Middlebury College impressive! Thanks 4 standing up 4 free speech. @TuckerCarlson thanks 4 having him on show
— Pat Crocker (@VTmomm) March 8, 2017
@TuckerCarlson wow, fantastic guests tonight Tuck- the VT professor should be a regular-well done man Thank you.
— TrapperClem (@88clemison) March 8, 2017