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The latest idiotic attack on free speech: Opinions as violence

By Tom Rogan

Published July 17, 2017 1:27pm ET

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The latest idiotic attack on free speech: Opinions as violence — A Northeastern University professor wrote that "it's reasonable, scientifically speaking, not to allow a provocateur and hatemonger like Milo Yiannopoulos to speak at your school." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Seth Wenig

Writing in the New York Times Sunday Review, Professor Lisa Barrett of Northeastern University posed a question this weekend:

“When is speech violence?”

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