[bachmeier]

"I think there's plenty of value in reading the Black Panthers' and Nation of Islam's writings despite their often-abhorrent views" is different from allowing one of them to stand on a stage and falsely claim someone is a child rapist.

> Should a professor be allowed to say that all white students are inherently racist?

That's an opinion. Very different from singling out a white student and saying they are a child rapist.

> Controversy is at the heart of the free academic inquiry which the entire statement is designed to foster.

I don't disagree with that statement. The problem is that lies are not controversial, they are lies.[1]

[1] MW defines controversy as "a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views".