I heard the dude from St. John’s from this university participate in a debate with liberal counterparts in a really interesting session at UT earlier this year. On paper, I don’t oppose anything they’re advocating for. From what I can recall that with the minimal challenge of how conservative voices are being silenced… he couldn’t really come up with much of a rebuttal or add much on to the discourse. I did find some of the kids that leaned liberal being way to naive in how much of their views should be protected on campus. The patient and soon to be former School of Liberal Arts Dean (Thanks a lot Jay) had to explain to one student that there’s only so much they could do to create space for students to gather safely and express their thoughts and opinions. The school can’t control what happens during/after during these sessions.
I do hope Texas organizes this event again in the upcoming years and more locals attend… assuming it doesn’t run afoul of our idiot Texas Leg. It’s more needed than ever.