Thirty years ago, we really did allow for all voices to be heard. I was VP of the joint faculty student council back in the 1980s. There was an attempt to remove ROTC from campus due to an anti-gay policy of the military at the time. I argues that ROTC's removal would limit resources for many students in that program and would have a high impact on minority students and poorer rural students. There were good arguments on all sides (all sides did agree that the discrimination should end, but the question was would ROTC ban be a good response). This was a heated debate but we managed to listen to each other. I would note that the organized left, at the time SPA, students for a progressive agenda, was very respectful of conservative and other voices.