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Forty-Five Percent of College Students Justify Violence to Stop ‘Hate Speech’: Survey

Headline from American Greatness

A new survey finds that nearly half of undergraduate students support censorship, shout-downs, and physical violence to suppress what they consider “hate speech” or offensive […] Source

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  1. Fox News

    Forty-five percent of college students say violence can be justified to stop hate speech, poll finds (opens Fox News)

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    A Buckley Institute survey reveals 40% of college students now support criminalizing offensive speech, the highest level in three years of polling.

  2. Fox News

    University president sounds alarm as nearly half of students justify violence to stop 'hate speech' (opens Fox News)

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    A university president is sounding the alarm as a survey reveals 45% of college students believe physical violence is justified to stop hate speech.

  3. American Greatness

    Forty-Five Percent of College Students Justify Violence to Stop ‘Hate Speech’: Survey (opens American Greatness)

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    A new survey finds that nearly half of undergraduate students support censorship, shout-downs, and physical violence to suppress what they consider “hate speech” or offensive […] Source