Michelle Malkin is a right-wing nutcase. Here’s her illuminating take on the VA Tech shooting:

There’s no polite way or time to say it: American college and universities have become coddle industries…. Instead of teaching students to defend their beliefs, American educators shield them from vigorous intellectual debate. Instead of encouraging autonomy, our higher institutions of learning stoke passivity and conflict-avoidance. And as the erosion of intellectual self-defense goes, so goes the erosion of physical self-defense. You want a safer campus? It begins with two words: Fight back.

I’m glad she wasn’t concerned with being polite. It’s true, though. I don’t remember having a single discussion or debate about anything in college, ever. Every Monday, we would line up for the week’s talking points. Our GPA was determined based on how many talking points we could spew over the course of the week. I am happy to report that I did quite well.