More than three-in-four college students want "Safe spaces" on their campuses that are free of "Threatening actions, ideas, or conversations," even as a majority support President Trump's threat to withhold taxpayer dollars from universities that restrict speech, according to a new poll.
While 97 percent of college students believe that free speech is an essential pillar of American democracy, a significant majority of students also support policies to restrict specific types of speech on campus.
The poll conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that 78 percent of students support "Safe spaces" where threatening ideas and conversations would be barred.
The survey-which polled 3,319 college students, aged 18 to 24, from 24 different schools-also found that 63 percent of students feel that their campus climates deter students from expressing themselves openly, up from 54 percent in 2016.
Students have also occasionally mounted violent protests to shut down outside speakers, as Middlebury College students did when the school hosted Charles Murray, a libertarian social scientist, in 2017.
While 88 percent of students support restrictions on the use of offensive racial slurs, 71 percent of students also want restrictions on "Costumes that stereotype certain racial or ethnic groups." Slightly less than half of students also want to restrict the display of pornographic posters from dorm rooms and 17 percent of pupils would impose restrictions on the distribution of Christian pamphlets on campus.
More than four-in-five students prefer a campus environment that exposes students to all types of speech while 19 percent want to prohibit "Offensive or biased" speech.
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/poll-78-percent-of-college-students-want-to-restrict-threatening-ideas/
While 97 percent of college students believe that free speech is an essential pillar of American democracy, a significant majority of students also support policies to restrict specific types of speech on campus.
The poll conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that 78 percent of students support "Safe spaces" where threatening ideas and conversations would be barred.
The survey-which polled 3,319 college students, aged 18 to 24, from 24 different schools-also found that 63 percent of students feel that their campus climates deter students from expressing themselves openly, up from 54 percent in 2016.
Students have also occasionally mounted violent protests to shut down outside speakers, as Middlebury College students did when the school hosted Charles Murray, a libertarian social scientist, in 2017.
While 88 percent of students support restrictions on the use of offensive racial slurs, 71 percent of students also want restrictions on "Costumes that stereotype certain racial or ethnic groups." Slightly less than half of students also want to restrict the display of pornographic posters from dorm rooms and 17 percent of pupils would impose restrictions on the distribution of Christian pamphlets on campus.
More than four-in-five students prefer a campus environment that exposes students to all types of speech while 19 percent want to prohibit "Offensive or biased" speech.
https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/poll-78-percent-of-college-students-want-to-restrict-threatening-ideas/
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