A student running for safety as law enforcement responds to the scene where Kirk was shot recently. — TNS
THE First Amendment is in a sorry state, especially on college campuses. A survey of students released recently from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) shows a steady decline in support for free speech – with a new high of 34% saying that using violence to stop a campus speech is acceptable in some cases.
These findings would be disturbing at any time in American history, but they are especially chilling coming the same week that conservative activist Charlie Kirk was gunned down while speaking at a Utah university. The suspect is a 22-year-old who allegedly believed Kirk was “spreading hate.”
