They even burned Michael Knowles in effigy.
Thankfully, no one ended up getting hurt, but we didn't know what was going to happen at the time. To me, it seemed the intention was very clearly to intimidate, not discuss.
I was quite literally there to defend trans rights, yet I couldn't help but express my frustration at these naive activists who sought to shut down debate rather than engage in it. I ended up dispensing with my planned introduction and instead ad-libbing an admonition to those who sought to shut down the debate to"grow the hell up."Intercollegiate Studies Institute
It turned out to be simply fireworks or smoke bombs, according to reports, but in the moment we all feared it was something worse. Hence why we were all on edge. After the event, we were quickly ushered off the stage and, within a matter of seconds, escorted out the back door and loaded in discrete black cars that were waiting. They zipped us out of there through a back entrance to the parking lot and brought us back to our hotels.Dylan T. Mitchell
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