Just remember that the same people that say Tucker Carlson is a "tRaiToR" for interviewing Putin once thought it was stunning and brave to have President Ahmadinejad speak at Columbia University under the banner of "mUh fRee sPeAcH".

https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/ahmadinejad-columbia-campus-view

"I'm very proud of my school right now," said Jivan Kurinec '09SEAS, who watched the 90-minute presentation inside Roone Arledge Auditorium. "We gave Ahmadinejad the respect to speak, and that speaks volumes about our character."

This was in 2007 not so long ago.