[ June 20, 2026 ]
We are raising tyrants.
Civil society is built on laws and principles. If we can’t uniformly condemn political violence, we are doomed to a violent demise.
Freedom of speech is the foundation of a free society. Without it, a tyrant can wreak havoc unopposed, while his opponents are silenced. Putting up with being offended is essential in a pluralistic society in which people differ on basic truths. If a group will not bear being offended without resorting to violence, that group will rule unopposed while everyone else lives in fear, while other groups curtail their activities to appease the violent group. This results in the violent group being able to tyrannize the others.
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FIRE's new survey of 59k college students is out.
Unfortunately, a significant percentage of them have disastrously illiberal ideas about free speech.
– 32% said that using violence to stop a campus speech is acceptable to some degree — up from 27% last year and 20% two years… pic.twitter.com/h8dmpbaV4r
— Nico Perrino (@NicoPerrino) September 5, 2024
1 in 3 College Students Say Violence in a Campus Protest Can Be Acceptable, Survey Finds
The survey of over 50,000 students also found that 37 percent of students said it was “sometimes” or “always” acceptable to shout down a speaker, up from 31 percent last year.
By:Emma Camp, Reason Magazine, September 6, 2024:
Thirty-two percent of college students believe it can be acceptable in at least some circumstances to use violence to stop a campus speech, according to a newly released survey of over 50,000 college students from 258 universities. The survey, conducted by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), a First Amendment group, is the fifth released by the organization.
ADVERTISEMENTFIRE’s survey polled students on a range of questions about their attitudes toward free expression and the general climate at their universities. FIRE also ranked schools based on student reports, as well as their formal speech policies and their administration’s history of speech-stifling actions.
The public University of Virginia (UVA) took the top spot this year, while Harvard—for the second year in a row—came in last place. However, FIRE’s ranking process is complex. UVA, for example, came in first place primarily due to consistent administrative support for free speech. But when looking at subcategories that cover student opinion, UVA ranked 200th for support for disruptive conduct and 112th for self-censorship.
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