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Just saw a poll that 72% of students at my school think shouting down a speaker is okay. That number actually shocked me.
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drew_hart412d ago
Seventy-two percent is a wild number.
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aaron85412d ago
Shows a real problem with how people see free speech now. They confuse it with the right to not be offended. A university should be a place for tough talks, not silencing them. That number means they don't value the basic rules of debate. It's a scary trend for the future.
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Exactly. The whole point of free speech is to protect the stuff that makes people uncomfortable. If we only allow nice, easy ideas, we learn nothing. Universities shutting down debate teaches students the wrong lesson about how to handle disagreement. It sets them up for failure in the real world. That poll number is a bad sign for how we handle tough conversations going forward.
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