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Kids today: 4 in 10 call Constitution �outdated,?OK with silencing speech
Free speech, support for the Constitution, and even having a variety of friends are taking a hit on America�s campuses as college undergraduates appear to be adopting a �my way or the highway?attitude. A new survey of campuses developing the nation�s future leaders shows an antagonistic approach by students to views they don�t agree with. And worse, a majority feel that they can�t express a view different from those of their professors. The survey for Yale University�s William F. Buckley Program, provided to Secrets, is the latest to show the fading of thought diversity on campuses and shrinking support for the First ********* and the Constitution overall.
Thirty-six percent believe the Constitution is outdated, while 52% call it �important.?A year ago, 63% called the founding document important.
While support for the First ********* is at 72%, that is the lowest in six years.
More students, by a margin of 48%-41%, favor �speech codes.?
For the first time, a majority of students (52%) �now say they share the same opinions and beliefs as all or most of their friends.?Only a third have friends who don�t think like them.
Forty percent agree that �it is sometimes appropriate to shout down or disrupt a speaker on campus.?
Thirty-nine percent �agree that violence can be justified to prevent a person from using hate speech or making racially charged comments, while 51% disagree. This is the highest �agree?number in four years and an eight-point increase from last year.?br />
Fifty-three percent feel intimidated in sharing their views if they disagree with their professor.
Kids today: 4 in 10 call Constitution �outdated,?OK with silencing speech
Free speech, support for the Constitution, and even having a variety of friends are taking a hit on America�s campuses as college undergraduates appear to be adopting a �my way or the highway?attitude. A new survey of campuses developing the nation�s future leaders shows an antagonistic approach by students to views they don�t agree with. And worse, a majority feel that they can�t express a view different from those of their professors. The survey for Yale University�s William F. Buckley Program, provided to Secrets, is the latest to show the fading of thought diversity on campuses and shrinking support for the First ********* and the Constitution overall.
Thirty-six percent believe the Constitution is outdated, while 52% call it �important.?A year ago, 63% called the founding document important.
While support for the First ********* is at 72%, that is the lowest in six years.
More students, by a margin of 48%-41%, favor �speech codes.?
For the first time, a majority of students (52%) �now say they share the same opinions and beliefs as all or most of their friends.?Only a third have friends who don�t think like them.
Forty percent agree that �it is sometimes appropriate to shout down or disrupt a speaker on campus.?
Thirty-nine percent �agree that violence can be justified to prevent a person from using hate speech or making racially charged comments, while 51% disagree. This is the highest �agree?number in four years and an eight-point increase from last year.?br />
Fifty-three percent feel intimidated in sharing their views if they disagree with their professor.
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