Is there any difference in principle between the kind of moral reasoning and the kind of disagreements that arise when we debate about justice and the meaning of free speech and the nature of religious liberty?
When they prevent speakers from being heard, by shouting them down or creating spaces where differing opinions are not permitted, they are trying to win arguments by bullying and censorship instead of facts and reason.
But of course, it must also be a place to listen, a place to hear views that inevitably may differ quite considerably one from another, and a place to honor those views.
During the violence between Palestinians and Israelis in the Middle East, there were also tensions in the United States between supporters of the different groups.