From the Vox:
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, Troll) by realDonaldTrump on Monday March 26 2018, @12:28AM (1 child)
Believe me, the Lighting of the Cross is no joke. It's not nice to laugh at it. People don't know, so many people don't understand the meaning of it. It's a sign of FAITH. It's the way our terrific Klan folks say, "we're here, we're Christian, there's nothing to fear." So many people get VERY SCARED when they see the cross all lit up. Those are VERY FOOLISH people. It's not supposed to scare people, it's the opposite. Our great SC understands. Virginia v. Black, great decision on that one!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 26 2018, @04:21AM
Today I saw a bunch of Mexicans carrying a wooden cross. I stopped and demanded that those thieves return the cross to the church from which they stole it or else I was going to call La Migra.
Then a White man appeared and told me that they were a church congregation doing the Cross Walk, because today is Easter Sunday, after all. I drove away relieved that nothing was stolen, even if they were heretic scumbag Methodists.