1 in 3 College Students Believe in Violence to Stop Campus Speech
1,360 students said it's always acceptable to use violence.
Daniel Greenfield 11.09.2025
After what just happened, I don’t know if any commentary is even needed.
One in three students believe some level of violence is acceptable to stop a campus speech, according to the results of a large-scale survey released Tuesday by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
The survey, which questioned more than 68,000 students at 257 colleges and universities nationwide on a variety of free speech topics, asked: “How acceptable would you say it is for students to engage in the following actions to protest a campus speaker? Using violence to stop a campus speech.”
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