Middlebury College Strikes Out on Conservative Speaker, Again

Middlebury College Strikes Out on Conservative Speaker, Again

The mildness of Polish conservative Ryszard Legutko's classroom comments on the campus of Middlebury College last week highlight the silliness of the planned campus protest that led to the cancellation of his scheduled public speech.

Legutko is a philosopher and a mainstream political figure in Poland – he's an elected member of the European Parliament, and a member of the country's largest political party, Law and Justice.

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Middlebury College’s Cancellation of Conservative Polish Speaker Prompts Calls for Investigation – of Inviters

Matthew McDonald

Middlebury College canceled a forum last week that was going to feature a conservative Polish politician in part because of a planned protest called "Ryszard Legutko is a f——- homophobe."

College officials said they couldn't guarantee the speaker's safety.

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