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Burgess Owens: “54% would accept blocking other students from attending a…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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Burgess Owens Sound The Alarm On 'Trend Towards Intolerance' In Higher Education

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

Fire 59% of students self censor around other students at least once or twice a month. Even more concerning is 71% believe it's acceptable to shout down speakers to prevent them from Speaking on campus, 54% would accept blocking other students from attending a campus speech. and 34% believe using violence to stop a speech is justified. This is creating, or we are creating, a culture that accepts fear, bullying and cowardice as a culture versus a bold confidence and debate of ideas. (00:47–00:54)

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