I have very little positive to say about the Trump administration over the past four years, but President Trump has been right about one thing: The intense focus on political correctness has been incredibly detrimental to the nation and, in particular, the younger generation of Americans who are in or have recently been in college.

These students, who lean a bit to the Left but have a sizable conservative contingent, have been heavily influenced by omnipresent progressive administrators in terms of what can and cannot be said. The implications for speech are now very clear: These current and former students are self-censoring. They have become guarded in asking questions, silencing themselves out of fear for shame and real repercussions.

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