WSU Evergreen: Profs Behaved Poorly @ Protest

Complete editorial here

Yelling racist and inflammatory comments accomplishes nothing. Yet some faculty and students chose to do this Nov. 2 on Glenn Terrell Mall during a demonstration on border security by the College Republicans. They ruined a chance for meaningful discussion and better understanding of different opinions. Professors abused their status as authority figures on campus by intimidating a College Republicans member running the demonstration. One professor claimed the student conduct code allowed him to demand the student to hand over his student identification card and stop videotaping the event. The code has no sections to back this statement up. Professors are leaders of discussion on this campus, and using authority to frighten students out of expressing their viewpoints is unprofessional and unproductive. Individuals and groups accomplish nothing when they use threats, intimidation or hateful words to express their opinions. Instead of furthering their interests or viewpoints, such tactics shut down conversation and alienate those with whom they disagree — WSU Evergreen Editorial Board.

DFO: Sounds like the student journalists have more sense than the nutty professors who don’t understand that First Amendment rights apply to the Right as well as the Left.