Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Brookings study shows that many college students don't find value in free speech that challenges group deferences
Catherine Rampell writes on p. A17 of the Washington
Post today, Tuesday, September 19, 2017, “Students need a lesson on free
speech.” Online the title is more blunt “A chilling study shows how hostile college students are to free speech.”
The survey was distributed by John Villasenor, a
Brookings Institute Senior Fellow, and a UCLA professor. Brookings publishes the results with detailed
analysis.
Some students believe that speech can be construed as violence, especially when it intrudes on "safe spaces", and therefore can ethically be met by violence. Many
did not understand that “hate speech” is legally protected by the First
Amendment.
Many seem to believe that historical systematic oppression justifies
additional protection from hostile speech today. And many may believe that (according to the
idea of unearned privilege) speakers need to be able to put their own skin in
the game, and speech alone is a kind of spectator activity.
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