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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders Defends Ann Coulter [View all]Kentonio
(4,377 posts)It was the accepted way of dealing with these kinds of people for centuries and it actually works. It doesn't matter what the hater's intentions are. As for 'setting them loose on college campuses' that is you giving them far more credit than they deserve. College students are not gullible idiots, they're supposed to be there to learn to think for themselves. They're young adults, not a bunch of kids who need to be carefully guarded from any bad words.
As for publicity, which do you think gives them more publicity? 'Hater x goes to college and gets made to look a fool' or 'Hater x faces massive violent protests and is prevented from speaking at a college'? Which of those do you think the press is going to run with more, and which do you think gives the better optics?