In this week’s Pope Center Clarion Call, Michigan State journalism professor Fred Fico writes about an Orwellian incident at his campus where students who tried and failed to shout down a speaker they didn’t like then complained to the university’s Office for Inclusion that his talk (opposing illegal immigration) violated the anti-discrimination policy.

One of the most important lessons any school can teach its students is that if you read or hear something you disagree with, the mature, civilized thing to do is to write and speak in opposition. Sadly, a lot of schools permit antics like those at Michigan State.