We've grown so used to being shocked by young people's ignorance of the constitution that new revaluations are met with a resignation that we really are headed down a path most of us have spent our lives thinking could never happen.
Heather Mac Donald recently put in front of us the hideous response college administrators had to two professors' suggestion that young people should, “Get married before you have children and strive to stay married for their sake. Get the education you need for gainful employment, work hard, and avoid idleness. . . . Eschew substance abuse and crime.” (Her article was originally published in the Wall Street Journal, but for non-subscribers it can be seen at Sigforum.com. Click Higher Ed's Latest Taboo Is 'Bourgeois Norms'.) These days anything that refers positively to good character traits is racism. And the two professors caught hell from their respective colleges.
Well, here's another troubling sign as survey results came to light from a Brookings survey of college students about the First Amendment. See Views among college students regarding the First Amendment: Results from a new survey. Some highlights:
Over 60% either think hate speech isn't protected by the First Amendment or answered "Don't know."
51% believed it was acceptable to shout down a speaker with whom they disagreed.
19% believed it was acceptable to use violence to prevent the speaker from speaking.
62% believed the First Amendment legally required an organization who brought in a speaker with whom many people disagree to ensure that the opposing view is also presented.
53% believed colleges should prohibiting certain expression of viewpoints that are offensive or biased against certain groups of people.
Where does this come from? Is it from their teachers? Their parents? The mainstream media?
In any event, it appears as though many college students want to pave The Road to Serfdom, ignorant of where it ends. And it's only a matter of time before Democrats will begin pandering to them.
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12:23 PM 9/20/2017
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