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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A whole generation was told that words = violence, aka disagreement = violence. Then throw in the explosion of self-identification and the politicization of identity groups as protected categories.

There's a huge difference between people 30 and north (especially 35 and north) and people in their 20s and late teens. And it's due to the failures of education. It makes complete sense when you realize what's being taught now and how it's being taught. [/quote]

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

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

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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.“

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OMG - this is truly terrifying.

Young people have lost their minds! [/quote]

I don’t understand when young people became so afraid of free speech. Gen X here and I remember free speech being a big point of pride when I was young? Even the ACLU has abandoned free speech as an issue to champion. It’s a shift that I don’t really understand. [/quote]

Come on! Free speech doesn’t mean you are free from the consequences of your speech if private citizens or non-state entities don’t like what you have to say!

Also,  I made the mistake of clicking on that link (god knows what FB ads I’m going to get now, thanks, Al Gore)  -  the website makes me highly skeptical of the quality of their reporting and the strength of the survey they conducted.  There’s no  indication of how they define “violence” - although, to be fair,  since there was also an option of “shouting down” a speaker, I would assume it’s more than that.   No idea who they asked, how they asked the questions, etc.  
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