At this date, only five of the nine newspapers to print the ad did so without publicly apologizing. At the University of Wisconsin-Madison, one hundred protesters marched outside the Badger Herald 's office and called for the resignation of the editor. At Brown, the entire press run of The Herald containing the ad was stolen, and a mob of students tried to destroy the 100 copies that remained in the pressroom. I've read the ad and saw nothing racist, hateful, or insulting. Not even D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams defended him as he accepted Howard's hasty resignation.
Reasonable people can disagree about whether reparations are a good idea.
It's not reasonable to assume that the conservative side of a debate is inherently wrong and should be stifled.