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Re:Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate by tomrod on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @01:50PM (#30688504)
Correct, in that it would remove extremists who jeer, boo, and taunt. A consistent policy that is the tradeoff of living in a society that honors free speech.

To be fair, it would also remove most Proud Boys and other right-aligned extremists one reads about in the recent news. It would allow well-behaved Nazi sympathizers and other Alt-Right folks, like Bannon and Milo and many right-wing newsfolks, to be able to speak at forums unless the universities recognize that giving a platform to people driven by pseudo-racial nationalism or other incoherent worldviews advocating for violence is a not part of their charter.

So, in other words, its a tradeoff.

Re:Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate by throwntoday on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:14PM (#30688856)
The overwhelming majority of students in all university campuses are left leaning. Conservative ideas seem to become more appealing with maturity. Also helps to be a taxpayer/homeowner/parent.
Re:Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate by tomrod on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @02:55PM (#30689439)
Is that true? The overwhelming majority are centrist and left leaning? Curious. I've heard thst statement as a talking point but haven't wasted the time to source it from Pew or other reputable sources since it's only come up in conversation with nationalist uncles at Thanksgiving.

Mind showing your research?

Re:Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate by bko on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:39PM (#30690362)
> But research suggests that there is a neglected dimension of polarization, one driven by age: younger people are disproportionately liberal, and then drift steadily to the right, becoming just as disproportionately conservative by retirement age... “We can say, with a great deal of confidence, that people get more conservative when they get older—and a lot more,” says Chicago Booth’s Sam Peltzman, who conducted the research. “It’s not just a little bit. It’s a pretty big change over their lifetime.”

https://www.chicagobooth.edu/review/there-are-two-americas-a...

Re:Chinese students at Cornell “taunt” Uyghur classmate by tomrod on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @09:57AM (#30698885)
Your link says that at age 25, 33% are liberal, 25% conservative, and the rest moderate. "Overwhelmingly liberal" is hyperbole. "Lean liberal" is accurate.