Whatever happened to "sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never hurt me"? New evidence suggests the snowflakes inhabiting our campuses never learned that.
Reason reports a study which found this.
Seven out of 10 college students say that speech can be just as damaging as physical violence, according to a new survey from the Knight Foundation, a journalism and free speech nonprofit. The survey, which polled more than 1,600 college students, also found that since 2016, college students' faith in the security of free speech rights has declined.Forty-four percent reported feeling uncomfortable in college because of "something someone said in reference to your race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or sexual orientation—whether or not it was directed at you," up from 25 percent in 2016. It's not clear, however, whether this increase is due to an uptick in genuinely offensive statements or increasing student intolerance towards mild political disagreements.
There are a whole lot of tender psyches among collegians. We need more robust defenders of the First Amendment.
