What is a "left wing" student supposed to think a university endorses the appearance of a speaker who makes wild anti-liberal statements?  They would, no doubt, feel that certain of their professors might penalize them unfairly.  Neither position is defensible.

That a conservative group advocated for her dismissal is certainly an attempt to limit free speech.  If students were to complain about poor professors the universities would indeed be flooded.

That a watch list, together with a snitch list, exists is troubling and smacks of Mcarythism.  The association is still very active: http://tpusa.com/