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Many American pundits seem to firmly believe that the country stands at a precipice in which young, left-wing college students and recent graduates are the leading edge of a rising tide of illiberalism that comes in the form of “political correctness” and poses a clear and present danger to free speech and rational discourse.
[...] The alarm about student protesters, in other words, though not always mistaken about particular cases, is generally grounded in a completely mistaken view of the big-picture state of American society and public opinion, both on and off campus.
[...] Since the 1970s, the General Social Survey has posed a question about whether five hypothetical speakers should be allowed to give a speech in your community — a communist, a homosexual, an opponent of all religion, a racist, and a person who favors replacing the elected government with a military coup.
Justin Murphy of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom aggregated trend data about all five kinds of speakers and found that public support for free expression has been generally rising
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Sunday March 25 2018, @11:19PM (3 children)
"Justin Murphy of the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom aggregated trend data about all five kinds of speakers and found that public support for free expression has been generally rising"
Gaaark, of the internet, aggregated trend data about pro gun owners and found that public support for free expression from them has generally been shot down.
Damn, Ari. Damn.
This is the best you got? This was not worth posting. Sorry, but true.
"Some guy says one thing."
Sheeit.
Gaaark says God doesn't exist. He has data he says is conclusive: this is FINAL. Don't bother saying elsewise. CONCLUSIVE!
Dumb sub.
Sorry.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 3, Interesting) by aristarchus on Sunday March 25 2018, @11:29PM (2 children)
One question: who is gaaark? (The point being, why should we listen to you, instead of a credentialed academic, when you have not even done the research you claim, and even if you did, your methodology would probably be flawed.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday March 26 2018, @01:09AM
Oh, we know Gaaark but a better question should be; Who is aristarchus? We know some stuff (you're secretly Jordan Peterson's number one fan) but we need the full rundown. Come on dude, share the love!
-- AC
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday March 26 2018, @02:04AM
Have you checked the dude out?
Credentialed academic...Ari, Trump is a well known businessman and TV star and President: that puts him ABOVE your guy in credentials.
Have you checked that dude Trump out?
How many credentialed academics have you known? I knew one who taught computer science by reading the 'book' the night before. She failed me on one program because I made a nice, tight program that gave the result she wanted because SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT!
Credentialed academics are a dime a dozen: look at how many have worked for DECADES on string theory!
Credentialed academic: he looks like a skinny, drugged up Whhhil Whhhhheaton.
I stand by my research: it's as flawed as HIS.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---