Survey: 53% of college students don't believe in free speech

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Survey: 53% of college students don't believe in free speech

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Read the whole op ed at the link. Pretty depressing overall.
And yet, when about 30% of college students favor censorship, it should be a cause for alarm — especially because that's up from 22% two years ago. Moreover, 53% of students believe "promoting an inclusive society" is a higher priority than protecting free speech rights. Over a third say it is sometimes acceptable to shout a speaker down, and one in 10 approve of violent disruption. The last figure may seem small, but it means some 2 million collegians in the United States believe it can be OK to use violence to stop speech they don't like.

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la ... story.html
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I want to be shocked. I really do.
So I put (the dead dog) on her doorstep!
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Of course. It's perfectly fine to slur people with "racist, bigot, fascist, KKK member, white nationalist, white supremacist, Nazi" with no proof or grounds. That's "freedom of speech", of course and nothing wrong with that. Rappers can also use the N word in every verse of a song- freedom of speech/art. Nolan and IP have openly stated they would be totally fine with a ban on the N word, and have it declared as protected speech by the SCOTUS, yes. Rappers and blacks would not be prosecuted, of course. Same logic here.
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RiverguyVT wrote:I want to be shocked. I really do.
I believe Linsday Sheppard was shocked when she discovered this. Let's hope there are a lot more Lindsay's out there that wake up from this Orwellian nightmare.
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