Bill Lee: “I am truly saddened that I must address what I fear is a growing threat to our Republic--the silencing of political…”

“I am truly saddened that I must address what I fear is a growing threat to our Republic--the silencing of political debate by totalitarian mob violence on college campuses. I was not in Burlington, VT, last Thursday to witness what happened at Middlebury College, but I would like to read from accounts that have been provided by two people who were, in fact, there and who saw these things unfold. They were the targets of the mob's violence. Their names are Allison Stanger, professor of political science at Middlebury College, and Charles Murray, the author of several groundbreaking books, including the work ``The Bell Curve'' and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. America deserves and needs to hear their stories. On Saturday, 2 days after the incident, Professor Stanger wrote on her Facebook page as follows: I agreed to participate in the event with Charles Murray because several of my students asked me to do so. They are smart and good people--all of them--and this was their big event of the year. I, actually, welcomed the opportunity to be involved because, while my students may know I am a Democrat, all of my courses are nonpartisan, and this was a chance to demonstrate publicly my commitment to a free and fair exchange of views in my classroom. As the campus uproar about his visit built, I was genuinely surprised and troubled to learn that some of my faculty colleagues had rendered judgment on Dr.…”