Posted on 02/16/2020 8:36:30 PM PST by DeweyCA
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Indeed, students reported that they worry less about censure from faculty than from peers.
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An alarming 25.5 percent of survey respondents said it would be appropriate to “create an obstruction, such that a campus speaker endorsing this idea could not address an audience.” This authoritarian view was held by about 19 percent of self-identifying liberals, 3 percent of moderates, and 3 percent of conservatives.
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Also troubling were the undergraduates who reported having kept an opinion to themselves in the classroom, even though the opinion was related to the class, because they were worried about the potential consequences of expressing it. Almost 68 percent of conservatives censored themselves in this way, along with roughly 49 percent of moderates and 24 percent of liberals.
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But “a substantial proportion of respondents fear social sanction, or even outright grading penalties, for sharing their views.” What’s more, almost a quarter of conservative students reported being more than slightly concerned that peers would file a complaint against them for speech related to a class they are in together.
The report provides strong confirmation that conservatives face a hostile campus.
Among students who self-identify as liberals, some 10 percent said they hear “disrespectful, inappropriate, or offensive comments” about foreign students at least several times a semester, 14 percent said they hear disparaging comments about Muslims, 20 percent said they hear such comments about African Americans, 20 percent said they hear such comments about Christians, 21 percent said they hear such comments about LGBTQ individuals, and 57 percent said they hear such comments about conservatives. Among moderates, 68 percent said that they hear “disrespectful, inappropriate, or offensive comments” about conservatives at least several times a semester.
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The left has weapons like accusations of racism, sexism, homophobia, etc.
The right plays nice.
Guess who wins.
I have always refused to “play nice”. I was 15 years older than the kids in college and they were often shocked by my lack of willingness to self-censor.
68%? I thought it would be much higher.
I always found that you can ask everything you actually want to say as a question to the occasion.
It shows no bias and forces the liberal to engage because they otherwise look stupid to everyone else.
Hmm?......Good idea! Thanks!
25.5 percent of ststudent need to be thrown off campus as they are not willing to learn, and are holding back the ones who are there to learn.
It probably is as some will self-censor what they feel about self-censorship!
Ironic, no?
Iroic, YES. 👎 It’s sad, too.
I realized I was a die hard conservative in Fall 1969 in college. Everyone in class had a black armband on, except me, to show support for Jane Fonda. They spent the entire class trying to convert me. I told them Jane was a traitor and they were braindead. I received a PhD in conservatism that day.
It probably is.
Example:
Statement of bias: You are a liberal bigot.
Harmless question: Can you please explain how people would not see your stance as that of a liberal bigot?
Had this know-it-all PETA classmate...
She admonished some other folks about eating meat...in front of me. I asked her what her belt and boots were made of....they were leather.
She never talked to me again....My win!!!
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