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Discount them. but there's also, it seems to me, they can be the by-product of speech. people can say things that really, genuinely, you do emotionally harm. they may even make you in some sense feel unsafe or feel harassed. figuring out what that line is seems to be a pretty tricky thing. because if that category expands big enough, you do start to encroach on debate. >> sure, but let's be clear that black students aren't going and complaining to the administration every time someone says something that is remotely offensive to them. these were a series of escalating incidents in which studen...

He is one of the first black students to graduate from the lawsuit. he has been involved with the school for 30 years. the unrest on missouri's campus is a big topic on the campaign trail. listen to the republican candidates. >> freedom of speech on campuses is under assault. at some of the finest institutions in the country. in the case of missouri, i'm still trying to figure out what exactly did he do or say to cause him to resign. >> people are so frightened of the politically correct police that they are willing to do things that are irrational to appease them. >> people are taught they sh...

Because if that category expands big enough, you do start to encroach on debate. >> sure, but let's be clear that black students aren't going and complaining to the administration every time someone says something that is remotely offensive to them. these were a series of escalating incidents in which students were moving around and being yelled at, so that they felt physically unsafe. that's very different than a student in your class said something that was racially insensitive and now you're calling on the administration to sensor them. and i've spoken very robustly about the fact that i th...

"harassment," those are real things, and i don't want to discount them. but there's also, it seems to me, they can be the by-product of speech. people can say things that really, genuinely, you do emotionally harm. they may even make you in some sense feel unsafe or feel harassed. figuring out what that line is seems to be a pretty tricky thing. because if that category expands big enough, you do start to encroach on debate. >> sure, but let's be clear that black students aren't going and complaining to the administration every time someone says something that is remotely offensive to them. th...

Going on so many college campuses now is kids are taught that you know, if anything offends their sensibilities they should say don't talk to me about that. they are called trigger warnings. this does not help young people prepare for a lifetime in the real world. >> is she right? are real civil rights struggles being marginalized. these are not real world problems that the students are dealing with? >> i think there is a legitimate problem with too much political correctness but i also think if you look at american educational problems, is anybody really think that political correctness on so...