If you give a speech called “The Born Gay Hoax” at a college like Smith, the all-women’s school in central Massachusetts, you can expect that you will not receive a positive reaction.

And, indeed, that proved to be true for Ryan Sorba, an invited speaker of the Smith College Republicans who was interrupted about 10 minutes into his talk when activists climbed through windows, banged pots and pans, stood in front of the podium, and at last forced the event to a halt.

You can see it all here.Uniformed police officers stand by doing nothing, and then, the crowning moment: an administrator tells Sorba he has to leave for his own safety!

The following day, college president Carol Christ sent a mass e-mail telling people not to shout down speakers, even while announcing a College-sponsored event that would “stand in contrast” to Sorba’s views — you know, the views no one heard because he was shouted down.

Absurd. One doesn’t have to agree with Sorba’s views — I personally find them dubious — to think this behavior is completely out of line.

The good news is that it seems in recent years more and more schools are making students face consequences for disruptive antics.