In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on his way to a speaking engagement in Madison, libertarian political scientist and co-author of “The Bell Curve” Charles Murray commented on the climate of college protests against speakers with a conservative viewpoint, efforts to pass new speech laws and his own take on the rise of President Donald Trump.
“I don’t lose any sleep over the protests,” said Murray, whose talk at Middlebury College on March 4 drew violent protest. “I don’t lose any sleep over people calling me names. Neither do I relish the protests. I’m not like Ann Coulter. I don’t get a big kick out of this kind of thing and I don’t enjoy going on TV or on radio, or otherwise talking at length about my exciting adventures,” Murray said.
Efforts by Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin and other states to pass laws protecting free speech on college campuses are superfluous because the First Amendment already does that, Murray said.