George Will is the latest victim of political correctness on America's campuses as California's Scripps College yanks the columnist's invitation to address the tender and sensitive ears of its students.

george willWill says he received the heave-ho for a June 6 column about sexual assaults on campus, in which he claimed those who are attacked take on a victimhood status that "confers privileges."

Retaliation followed. Some newspapers, led by the gutless St. Louis Post-Dispatch dropped Will's column. It's a sad day when a newspaper or any media outlet drops a column for political rather than violent or hateful content.

In a follow-up, Will said sexual predators should be charged with assault and prosecuted by the criminal system, rather than improvised campuses processors.

The delicious irony of Will's disinvite: he was slated to give the ninth annual Elizabeth Malott Public Affairs Program, which was established to present opinions "which we may not agree, or think we do not agree." The program's goal, according to the Scripps website, is to lead to a better educational experience. The college kids were denied that experience. It's their loss.

Scripps was wrong to dump Will. His talk was a golden opportunity for students to challenge his view of "victimhood." Instead, the college made a victim out of Will—though he would stridently deny that status.

Students eventually will depart the sheltered world of campus life. They will grew up some day and realize the real world is a place in which varied opinions are bandied about each day. One probably doesn't agree with about half of what he or she hears daily. It's the disagreements that make things interesting.

Free speech only works when pros and cons are freely presented. It especially applies to conservative Will at Scripps, which is the belly of the best of all things liberal.