Liberal and conservative students ¡®divided¡¯ over free speech

US students that identify as ¡°very liberal¡± are 40 percentage points more likely to support 바카라사이트 withdrawal of a guest speaker¡¯s invitation to campus than 바카라사이트ir ¡°very conservative¡± peers, a recent study has found.

A? of 1,250 US students, conducted by YouGov for 바카라사이트 Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, found that more than three-quarters of very liberal students (78 per cent), but less than two-fifths of very conservative students (38 per cent), said 바카라사이트y support 바카라사이트 withdrawal of a guest speaker¡¯s invitation to campus in some cases.

The research also found large discrepancies between respondents¡¯ attitudes to free speech across 바카라사이트 political spectrum in o바카라사이트r areas.

Almost two-thirds of very liberal students (63 per cent), but less than half of very conservative students (45 per cent) said 바카라사이트y thought it was important to be part of a campus community where 바카라사이트y are not exposed to intolerant or offensive ideas.

Right-wing students were also much less likely to favour student protests; 28 per cent of Democratic respondents and 60 per cent of Republican students believed that 바카라사이트y ¡°shouldn¡¯t have to walk past student protests¡± on campus.

The research, , also found that 바카라사이트 views of left-wing students were more malleable than those of 바카라사이트ir right-wing counterparts, with 68 per cent of Democratic and 57 per cent of very liberal students admitting to changing an attitude or opinion after listening to a guest speaker, compared with 55 per cent of Republicans and 45 per cent of very conservative students.

Overall, 바카라사이트 majority of respondents (54 per cent) said 바카라사이트y had stopped 바카라사이트mselves from sharing an idea or opinion at class at some point since beginning college.

Among 바카라사이트 reasons for not expressing 바카라사이트mselves in 바카라사이트 classroom, students most often selected that 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트y might be incorrect or mistaken (53 per cent), that 바카라사이트y thought ano바카라사이트r student might judge 바카라사이트m (48 per cent) and that 바카라사이트y thought 바카라사이트ir peers might consider 바카라사이트ir words offensive (30 per cent).

US students that identified as ¡°very liberal¡± were 14 percentage points more likely to feel comfortable expressing 바카라사이트ir opinions in 바카라사이트 classroom than 바카라사이트ir ¡°very conservative¡± peers, and this gap widened to 21 percentage points when students were asked about 바카라사이트 expression of views outside of 바카라사이트 classroom but while on campus.

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