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40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
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Re: 40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
#12Most millennials I know are ill-informed on all matters of politics/civil liberties. As such, this does not surprise me one bit.
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#13That's got to be the most depressing statistic I've seen all day. It's terrifying how we've fought for years for freedom of speech and rights, then this generation seemingly want to chuck it all away for political correctness.
Still though you could write it another way - 60% of millenials support the rights of free speech even when it is offensive to minorities.
It's not so dire. That's a solid majority.
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#14Glad it didn't get over 40%. I'd hate to be creatively analyzing all of my writing or speech trying to guess if someone might take offence in a million different ways. Burden should be on them to grow up and accept people will have opinions they don't like.
Very good illustration here:
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#15I wish this study would have first asked the question "Should the government be allowed to limit free speech?", record that answer, and then ask "Should the government be allowed to limit free speech if it is offensive?", record that answer, and then ask "Should the government be allowed to limit free speech if it is offensive to the majority or those that are "privileged" in some way?", record that answer, and then…
Those numbers would be interesting to see.
Re: 40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
#16That's got to be the most depressing statistic I've seen all day. It's terrifying how we've fought for years for freedom of speech and rights, then this generation seemingly want to chuck it all away for political correctness.
Still though you could write it another way - 60% of millenials support the rights of free speech even when it is offensive to minorities. It's not so dire. That's a solid majority.
That's how I look at it. Those of us who cherish freedom are winning. :)
In a survey but not the country as a whole... (sighs)
Re: 40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
#17Most millennials I know are ill-informed on all matters of politics/civil liberties. As such, this does not surprise me one bit.
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#18Alternative headline: 40% of Non-White OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
Re: 40% of Millennials OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities
#19Most millennials I know are ill-informed on all matters of politics/civil liberties. As such, this does not surprise me one bit.
Would you say the same of "non-whites?" Because 40% of them said the same thing.
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#20I must be one of the minority that finds it offensive when people talk about limiting speech...
Me too, but I'll support their right to speech about limiting free speech. Once they try to pass something as law, then the gloves come off.
The people who want to ban speech justify it by saying things like "tolerance doesn't include tolerance of intolerance." I wonder how they'd react to passage of a law criminalizing their discussion of limiting free speech.