this particular session of the conference and frankly all the kids that got up, they re from front of thousands of others of their fellow peers who were cheering through most of the speech and during this part of the most offensive parts so to say they were pansies to me i don t think was a fair characterization. it took a lot of courage. here s the reaction after it hit the fan, after his speech, the association that threw this said we appreciate the level of thoughtfulness and deliberation regarding dan savage s keynote address. while as a journalist it s important to be able to listen to a speech that offends you, these student advisors reached their tolerance level of what they were ready to hear. never the intent to let students get hurt during their time at our convention. sorry. that s what they had to say. as a former journalist, i could have written that. i know that s what the company line would have been, you know, but they put me as a teacher in a bad position to actual