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Bravo to Yiannopoulos protesters at Cal Poly for being nonviolent

Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at Cal Poly on Jan. 31, 2017.
Milo Yiannopoulos speaks at Cal Poly on Jan. 31, 2017. dmiddlecamp@thetribunenews.com

While the best response to Milo Yiannopoulos’ speaking engagement at Cal Poly would have been to totally ignore him and show how irrelevant his views are, congratulations to those who did protest for not diving down to the level of other protesters around the country who engaged in violent and reprehensible behavior in their responses.

A. Quaglino, Arroyo Grande

This story was originally published February 18, 2017 at 7:20 PM with the headline "Bravo to Yiannopoulos protesters at Cal Poly for being nonviolent."

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