A college professor in Vermont was attacked by a group of college students who were protesting a speaker whose views were unpopular with the liberal student body. Dr. Charles Murray, author of the “Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life” was invited to speak at Middlebury and was subjected to what you see in the video below. He was invited to discuss his new book “Coming Apart: The State Of White America“-which students argue is normalizing white supremacy and white nationalism. Obviously, irony abounds here. One of the students protesting Dr. Murray is holding a sign that says “Fuck Eugenics”-ironic since I am sure this group would defend well known Eugenicist Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood who was a big believer in white supremacy) to their death.

Let us get to discussing the Professor though who was physically attacked by this unruly mob while escorting Dr. Murray off of campus. Evidently while she was attempting to escort Dr. Murray to his vehicle the students blocked their way out of the building. As described in a blog post on Seven Days:

“Professor Allison Stanger was assaulted and her neck was injured when someone pulled her hair as she tried to shield Murray from the 20 or 30 people who attacked the duo outside the McCullough Student Center, said Bill Burger, a vice president of communications at Middlebury College.”

I must say that I applaud the response of the college’s President, Laurie Patton, who said she was “deeply disappointed” by the students behavior in a statement to students later that day.

“I know that many students, faculty, and staff who were in attendance or waiting outside to participate were upset by the events, and the lost opportunity for those in our community who wanted to listen to and engage with Mr. Murray,” she wrote, later adding: “I extend my sincerest apologies to everyone who came in good faith to participate in a serious discussion, and particularly to Mr. Murray and Prof. Stanger for the way they were treated during the event and, especially, afterward.”

Administrators were smart however, and moved the speaker to a closed room with Professor Stanger in order to live stream his talk online. About 30 minutes after the event ended Professor Stanger and Dr. Murray, escorted by two campus public safety officers, tried to depart the building and get Dr. Murray to his car. Protesters had surrounded the premises and swarmed both the Professor and her guest. Protesters reportedly grabbed Professor Stanger’s hair and pulled her neck back resulting in a neck strain injury. Once she and Murray made it to his car, they continued to harass the pair by jumping on the hood of the car and banging on the windows. Dr. Murray attempted to inch out of the parking space but as the crowd surrounded the vehicle he gave up. After someone attempted to throw a Stop sign with a heavy cement base at the car, Dr. Murray managed to get the car free and leave campus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NdeI42jdx0

For the intellectually curious among us, you can watch the entirety of this hot mess in the video above. For myself, I doubt sincerely that Dr. Murray is in fact a “white nationalist”. Many people I respect have read the Bell Curve and someone I respect endlessly for his bravery has been termed a “white nationalist” by buffoons like these for holding opinions contrary to theirs. I wish Professor Stanger a quick and complete recovery, to Dr. Murray I say “Good show sir”. I hope that neither of them allows themselves to be silenced by the violent left.