Gunny
08-15-2024, 04:55 PM
Consider the source:
As researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Project on Unity and American Democracy (https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/06/25/vanderbilt-unity-poll-june-2024/) and The Future of Free Speech (https://futurefreespeech.org/), respectively,
For years, conservative politicians and commentators have warned that college campuses are not strong enough protectors (https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/op-eds/free-speech-is-under-fire-on-americas-college-campuses-heres-how-well-protect-it) of free speech. But as demonstrations erupted, these same people complained (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/02/congress-republicans-investigate-campus-protests/) that the protests were filled with antisemitic hate speech (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12835487/Nikki-Haley-compares-anti-Semitism-college-campuses-KKK-Slams-disgusting-Harvard-president-not-condemning-calls-genocide-Jews-vows-strip-taxpayer-funds-universities-dont-crack-down.html). Leading conservatives declared the demonstrations should be banned and halted, by force (https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4620838-texas-governor-abbott-backlash-mass-arrest-ut-austin-pro-palestine-protest/) if necessary.
Liberals executed a similar reversal. Many of them have supported increased regulation (https://search.worldcat.org/title/27034335) of hate speech (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis) against minority groups. But during the campus protests, liberals cautioned that crackdowns (https://truthout.org/articles/campus-crackdowns-have-exposed-authoritarian-rot-at-the-heart-of-universities/) by university administrators, state officials and the police violated protestors’ free speech (https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24156540/israel-palestine-protests-columbia-universities-free-speech) rights.
full article:
Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/americans-love-free-speech-survey-finds-until-they-realize-everyone-else-has-it-too-234884)
As researchers at Vanderbilt University’s Project on Unity and American Democracy (https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2024/06/25/vanderbilt-unity-poll-june-2024/) and The Future of Free Speech (https://futurefreespeech.org/), respectively,
For years, conservative politicians and commentators have warned that college campuses are not strong enough protectors (https://www.cotton.senate.gov/news/op-eds/free-speech-is-under-fire-on-americas-college-campuses-heres-how-well-protect-it) of free speech. But as demonstrations erupted, these same people complained (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/02/congress-republicans-investigate-campus-protests/) that the protests were filled with antisemitic hate speech (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12835487/Nikki-Haley-compares-anti-Semitism-college-campuses-KKK-Slams-disgusting-Harvard-president-not-condemning-calls-genocide-Jews-vows-strip-taxpayer-funds-universities-dont-crack-down.html). Leading conservatives declared the demonstrations should be banned and halted, by force (https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4620838-texas-governor-abbott-backlash-mass-arrest-ut-austin-pro-palestine-protest/) if necessary.
Liberals executed a similar reversal. Many of them have supported increased regulation (https://search.worldcat.org/title/27034335) of hate speech (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/the-myth-of-the-free-speech-crisis) against minority groups. But during the campus protests, liberals cautioned that crackdowns (https://truthout.org/articles/campus-crackdowns-have-exposed-authoritarian-rot-at-the-heart-of-universities/) by university administrators, state officials and the police violated protestors’ free speech (https://www.vox.com/world-politics/24156540/israel-palestine-protests-columbia-universities-free-speech) rights.
full article:
Americans love free speech, survey finds − until they realize everyone else has it, too (theconversation.com) (https://theconversation.com/americans-love-free-speech-survey-finds-until-they-realize-everyone-else-has-it-too-234884)