A Professor Is Suspended for Suggesting It’s Better to ‘Kill’ Racist or Homophobic Speakers Than Shout Them Down

"Steven Shaviro, a professor of English at Wayne State University, in Detroit, was suspended this week for a Facebook post saying that it is “more admirable to kill a racist, homophobic, or transphobic speaker than it is to shout them down.”

Shaviro prefaced the inflammatory comment by saying he does not support people breaking criminal codes. He also wrote in the now-deleted post, made on his personal Facebook page, that right-wing groups invite such speakers to college campuses “to provoke an incident that discredits the left.” ..."