Post-Kirk assassination, Wisconsin needs to teach difference between words and bullets, says prof

Silence after attack on the soul of universities puts too much at risk

[The views expressed here by Trevor Tomesh do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.]

If we’re to go on having universities that are worth the name, Wisconsin needs to start teaching the difference between words and bullets, says a professor in River Falls.

That distinction should go without saying, though a survey of 68,000 college students by the free-speech group FIRE just found one-third agreeing it’s at least sometimes acceptable to use violence to shut up an opinion they disagree with.

Those results came out the day before Charlie Kirk was assassinated by someone who disagreed with his opinions , the day before Trevor Tomesh found himself horrified by what he desc