Notably, Mr. Murray and Professor Stanger were physically attacked as they were LEAVING the campus, or at least attempting to do so. This act was not perpetrated to prevent ‘hate speech’ or to protect the (permanently) aggrieved from further torment. It was to punish Mr. Murray for his thoughts and written work, and to punish Ms. Stanger for her temerity to participate in the attempt to present this talk.
In defense of Middlebury – it’s been reported that the assault on Murray and Stanger was committed by “masked outside agitators”, and not by Middlebury students. Even so, Middlebury lost control of the situation well before this point. The disruption of Murray’s talk violates the school’s conduct policy. With the video readily available it would be easy to identify the students involved. Will the administration do anything about it? We’ll see.