Campus conservatives’ open mindedness

Published February 21, 2020 4:00am ET



The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the country’s first public university, has a partisanship problem. That doesn’t make it unique, though. In fact, UNC fits right in with schools such as the University of California, Berkeley, and Emory University, prestigious universities known for their students rioting against conservative speakers on campus.

At UNC, three professors decided to determine where this type of turmoil was coming from, interviewing more than 1,000 students on their political affiliations via email. Students were asked questions about free speech subjects, including what they believed and whether it was appropriate to censor or curse out those with whom they disagreed. While a majority of liberals did not express the intolerance you frequently hear of at public universities, a substantial minority expressed little tolerance for unpopular opinions.

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