Students: Being ‘inclusive’ better than free speech – WND

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01/31/19

 

“Given what’s being taught in elementary and high schools nowadays this attitude is not surprising.”  Admin

 

In a result that civil libertarians across the United States should find startling, a new survey reveals that a majority of college students responding to a new survey says schools should be allowed to “restrict” expression of views, including political, that are “offensive” to some students.

 

The survey was done by YouGov for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education on a grant from the John Templeton Foundation.

 

It contacted 2,225 American undergraduate students in September and October 2018 and weighted the responses based on “gender, race, age, education, and geographic region.”

 

It actually was 57 percent of students who want colleges to be able to restrict student expression of political views “that are hurtful or offensive to certain students.”

 

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