Fordham University President's eloquent comments regarding bad speech

When Fordham University's College Republicans invited Ann Coulter to speak, Father McShane, the University President, had this to say, as reported on Salon.com:

There are many people who can speak to the conservative point of view with integrity and conviction, but Ms. Coulter is not among them. Her rhetoric is often hateful and needlessly provocative — more heat than light — and her message is aimed squarely at the darker side of our nature.

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Still, to prohibit Ms. Coulter from speaking at Fordham would be to do greater violence to the academy, and to the Jesuit tradition of fearless and robust engagement.

The Republican group withdrew the invitation.  (They claim they had decided to withdraw it prior to the President's statement.)