Leftist College Students Want Censorship
31st October 2015
A new poll shows that a majority of leftist college students oppose censorship in theory – but also support censorship in practice when it boosts their “politically correct” progressive ideology.
First, the platitudes. Ninety-seven percent of leftist students claimed free speech was important and 74 percent claimed that preserving free speech is more important than assuring no-one gets offended, according to the poll, which was commissioned by Young America’s Foundation (YAF).
But next the reality: Fifty-four percent of student leftists believe that the Confederate flag should be banned.
Among all students surveyed, 77 percent favored their schools flying the gay pride flag, but only 41 percent say schools could fly the Confederate flag.
The Left is, at its core, totalitarian. Always has been, always will be. Animal Farm and 1984 were not written about conservatives.