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A recent public policy opinion poll released by the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard University and The Harris Poll revealed that 64% of Americans believe that “cancel culture” the bullying, boycotting, pressuring, and punishing of fellow citizens for their past and current verbal statements and written views is a threat to their freedom. 87% agree that it is a problem of varied import.
At his 2019 Foundation Summit, former President Barack Obama decried “call out culture” and cautioned young American activists. This “idea of purity, and you’ve never compromised, and you’re always politically ‘woke’ and all that stuff…you should get over that quickly. The world is messy; there are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws…if all you’re doing is casting stones you’re not going to get that far. That’s easy to do.”
well, it s another case of government overreach. this time, on the college campus in response to some serious allegations of sexual assault, the departments of education and justice last month issued a joint letter to the university of montana that my guest this week says amounts to a dangerous new speech code for colleges across the country. greg is the president of the foundation for individual rights in education and author of the book unlearning liberty campus censorship and the end of american debate. i spoke with him earlier and asked him why. well, in a letter to the university of montana when they re investigating serious allegations of mishandling of sexual assault for some reason the department of justice and education decided to get together and redefine sexual harassment in incredibly broad