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I appreciate your well written article comparing right wing pundits and left wing students shouting down Kirk and Owen's and Judge Duncan. To me they are not equivalent.

When DiSantis uses the law to punish Disney, ban books in schools and forces colleges to change their curriculum because he doesn't want discussion of Black History or any mention of gay people. These are permanent consequences for the people he is shutting down.

When College students protest speakers they don't like, they are doing what college students have been doing for years. College students are supposed to be passionate about what they believe. It's not because it's hurtful speech, it's because they are young and pissed off. I believe Judge Duncan will get over it, especially if still gets paid. And Kirk probably loved that dozens of heckling him.

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