<p>It’s not a question of whether the man deserves to be heckled.
It’s not a question of whether you can talk sense into the man’s head.</p>
<p>The point is that he was invited to a serious academic conference intended to promote open, earnest, intellectual dialogue, and a university president and the students of the university made a mockery of both the conference and the ideals that these very people purport to embrace.</p>
<p>It’s outrageous and shameful.</p>