Opposition to conservative political commentator Michael Knowles on the University of Missouri-Kansas City campus required the intervention of law enforcement after a protester attempted to squirt Knowles with an unidentified white substance.
The Young Americans Foundation invited Knowles to the Kansas City campus on Thursday, where he delivered a lecture titled “Men are Not Women.” However, the university posted on Twitter that while Knowles was speaking, protesters disrupted the event. …
After the incident, Knowles posted on Twitter that the protester got him “a bit in the face and on the side” and said, at first, he thought the substance was paint because of how it smelled. Initially, he assumed it was bleach, but after speaking with the police officers, he posted on Twitter that it was an “unknown odorous liquid.” …During his speech, Knowles argued that the statement, “Men are not women,” should not be considered controversial. … Critics argued that his speech touted transphobic ideology.
Newsweek