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Obama Slams Campus Political Correctness
Okay, this is good. I like. If only President Obama, however, hadn’t done so much himself to demonize conservatives – and not listen to the opposition – I might like more. But let’s give some credit where credit is due.
From remarks Monday at North High School in Des Moines, Iowa
Sometimes there are folks on college campuses who are liberal and maybe even agree with me on a bunch of issues who sometimes aren’t listening to the other side. And that’s a problem, too.
I was just talking to a friend of mine about this. I’ve heard I’ve of some college campuses where they don’t want to have a guest speaker who is too conservative. Or they don’t want to read a book if it has language that is offensive to African Americans, or somehow sends a demeaning signal towards women. And I’ve got to tell you, I don’t agree with that either. I don’t agree that you, when you become students at colleges, have to be coddled and protected from different points of views. (Applause.)
I think that you should be able to — anybody should — anybody who comes to speak to you and you disagree with, you should have an argument with them. But you shouldn’t silence them by saying, you can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say. That’s not the way we learn, either.
Source: http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2015/09/15/obama-slams-campus-political-correctness/
