A new report finds that most U.S. college students support free speech, but nearly half fear speaking up about controversial issues like affirmative action and transgender rights.
finds that most U.S. college students support free speech, but nearly half fear speaking up about controversial issues like affirmative action and transgender rights.
“To some extent, the fear these students have is justified,” Stephen Hawkins, director of research at the institute and a co-author of the report, told The Washington Times. “Significant numbers of students report that they are often offended, and more than 1 in 5 have participated in calling out or ‘canceling’ someone.”
It also found that liberal, non-binary and Black students surveyed were “disproportionately” more likely to take offense when conservatives on their campuses expressed opinions they didn’t like. The findings confirm that conservatives make up a minority of college students and have little campus influence, the researchers said.Officials at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a Philadelphia group that advocates for free speech on college campuses, said many conservatives routinely self-censor.
“Back it up by not succumbing to mob pressure to censor or sanction controversial or unpopular speech,” Mr. Honeycutt said. “Back it up with a commitment to institutional neutrality — not taking sides on political issues, hot topics or culture-war controversies.” Gregory T. Angelo, president of the right-leaning New Tolerance Campaign, said college administrators have increasingly taken sides against conservatives in campus free speech debates.
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