according to a national poll of 1500 college students, about one in five think it's okay to use violence if you don't like what a public speaker has to say. if you believe it is disgusting or hateful. they have a right to use means to silence such views. many more of the students surveyed, half in fact said it's already to create so much disruption in the room that a speaker can't be heard. the partisan break down for such views is disturbing. democratic college students are more likely to say it's okay to disrupt the public speech. men are more likely than women said it's okay. men are more likely than women to back the use of out right violence to silence words they consider hateful. when i was in school the liberals defended the free speech of communists without violence or disruption. freedom of speech is a basic