We, of course, are all now familiar with how student protestors at the University of Ottawa - and to some extent at the University of Calgary - responded to the presence of Ann Coulter.
They abhor Ann Coulter's views and tried to prevent her coming to speak in the first place, and then showed up on the night of her speech intent on shutting it down (mission accomplished).
Not only did that show an utter disregard for freedom of speech, it was entirely counterproductive: serving only to generate more attention for Ann Coulter.
Here's a student who gets it, and offers an approach which is much more effective. This is a student at the University of Illinois at Chicago confronting the notorious Westboro Baptist Church:
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