Re:“Roughly one-third of students are in favor of banning co...
by vidarh on Saturday June 19, 2021 @02:20PM
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It's also worth looking at the context - the students were given four specific scenarios:
1. Someone who believes that Islam is incompatible with the Western way of life.
2. Someone who thought there are biological differences in talents between men and women.
3. Someone who is against all forms of immigration to this country.
4. Someone who thinks that homosexuality is immoral and dangerous.
Only for #4 were as low as 66% against removing their works from the university library. For 1, 78% were against, for 2, 81% were against, for 3, 74% were against.
While that may still be troubling, it's clear peoples willingness to have them removed from the library depends significantly on the specific statement, and another way of presenting this is that the more clearly a statement was flat out expressing bigotry, the more willing people were to remove works by that person.
1. Someone who believes that Islam is incompatible with the Western way of life.
2. Someone who thought there are biological differences in talents between men and women.
3. Someone who is against all forms of immigration to this country.
4. Someone who thinks that homosexuality is immoral and dangerous.
Only for #4 were as low as 66% against removing their works from the university library. For 1, 78% were against, for 2, 81% were against, for 3, 74% were against.
While that may still be troubling, it's clear peoples willingness to have them removed from the library depends significantly on the specific statement, and another way of presenting this is that the more clearly a statement was flat out expressing bigotry, the more willing people were to remove works by that person.