The process of shutting down a speaker by disruption is known as the heckler's veto, which raises serious ethical questions about free speech and protest.
Critics argue disruptions illustrate that the left supports free speech only for those they agree with, though such claims ignore varied responses from within the left.
The extreme form of the heckler's veto can involve violence, with incidents like Richard Spencer being punched highlighting the complex ethics of response to extremist speakers.
Many on the right who condemned disruptions of free speech by the left were paradoxically supportive of police violence against protests, exposing contradictions in free speech advocacy.
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