Nearly 25% of College Students Say it’s Acceptable to Use Violence to Shut Down Controversial Speake

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Nearly 25% of College Students Say it’s Acceptable to Use Violence to Shut Down Controversial Speakers

Human Events Staff  |  September 28, 2021

A new survey of the top 150 colleges in the United States found that nearly 25 percent of students believe it is acceptable to use violence to shut down a controversial speaker on campus.

At several elite women’s colleges, the number shockingly jumps to nearly 50 percent.

According to Just the News, Claremont-McKenna College ranks best in the country for free speech, while DePauw University ranks the worst.

The conclusions are based on the answers of over 37,000 college students at 159 of America’s largest campuses, conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, College Pulse and RealClearEducation.

“Existing ranking systems don’t look at a core aspect of higher education: the ability to think, discuss and speak freely,” the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Executive Director Robert Shibley said. “Our rankings guide prospective students and their parents towards schools that value free speech and open inquiry. They also help us hold schools accountable and demand they do better.”

The survey evaluated free speech on campus using seven different categories: openness to discussion of controversial topics, tolerance for liberal speakers, tolerance for conservative speakers, administrative support for free speech, comfort expressing ideas publicly, whether students support disruptive conduct during campus speeches, and FIRE’s speech code rating.  .  .  .

https://humanevents.com/2021/09/28/nearly-25-of-college-students-say-its-acceptable-to-use-violence-to-shut-down-controversial-speakers/

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Top five colleges for free speech:  Claremont McKenna College, the University of Chicago, the University of New Hampshire, Emory University and Florida State University.

Bottom five:  DePauw University, Marquette University, Louisiana State University, Wake Forest University and Boston College.

[BassWrangler]

Nearly 25% of College Students Say it’s Acceptable to Use Violence to Shut Down Controversial Speakers

Human Events Staff  |  September 28, 2021

A new survey of the top 150 colleges in the United States found that nearly 25 percent of students believe it is acceptable to use violence to shut down a controversial speaker on campus.

At several elite women’s colleges, the number shockingly jumps to nearly 50 percent.

According to Just the News, Claremont-McKenna College ranks best in the country for free speech, while DePauw University ranks the worst.

The conclusions are based on the answers of over 37,000 college students at 159 of America’s largest campuses, conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, College Pulse and RealClearEducation.

“Existing ranking systems don’t look at a core aspect of higher education: the ability to think, discuss and speak freely,” the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Executive Director Robert Shibley said. “Our rankings guide prospective students and their parents towards schools that value free speech and open inquiry. They also help us hold schools accountable and demand they do better.”

The survey evaluated free speech on campus using seven different categories: openness to discussion of controversial topics, tolerance for liberal speakers, tolerance for conservative speakers, administrative support for free speech, comfort expressing ideas publicly, whether students support disruptive conduct during campus speeches, and FIRE’s speech code rating.  .  .  .

https://humanevents.com/2021/09/28/nearly-25-of-college-students-say-its-acceptable-to-use-violence-to-shut-down-controversial-speakers/

There was a similar topic in the conservative press the other day, about leftists discussing how it might be OK to use violence to shut down "climate change" skeptics. The more they get away with it with no push-back, the worse they will get.

[Kamaji]

This is pretty scary.

That is straight out of the nazi/fascist playbook.

[andy58-in-nh]

Among their professors, one suspects the number is closer to 90%.