Students Now Shy Away from Controversy After Charlie Kirk

By Ward Clark 

While the purpose of any system of education is to produce young adults with marketable skills, at the college level, one of those skills must be the ability to deal with opinions one may not agree with, and to do so civilly and in good humor. Learned discourse is a valuable skill, after all, and not just in the workplace.

Of course, our institutions of higher education haven’t operated on that principle for some time now. Instead of teaching young skulls full of mush how to think, the primary purpose of many educators seems to be to teach them what to think, and if they disagree, well, they’d better keep it to themselves.

Now, a new survey from the Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression, or FIRE, finds that in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, students are even less comfortable with “controversial” topics and speakers.

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, half of the nation’s college students report feeling less comfortable attending controversial public events on campus and nearly half are less comfortable voicing opinions on controversial subjects in class…

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