Are Liberal Women To Blame for Censorship on Campuses?
Did Lenin back in 1985-1921 use Liberals through Political Correctness to Oppress people?
According to Cory J. Clark, Bo M. Winegard, and Dorottya Farkas.
Liberals censor accurate, truthful, and negative facts about
- Women
- Black people
- Muslim
Women who censor
Elizabeth Wilson who was active in the women’s movement back in the 1970s and 80s had this to say about women.
“This was only one example of the way in which an accusation of racism or ‘Islamophobia’ could be used to delegitimise the opinions of (white western) women who spoke out against fundamentalist practices.”
— By Elizabeth Wilson (2012)
Growing trend of censorship on college campuses
Cory Clark and coauthors describe it as focusing on how it relates to information that could be perceived as threatening to group equality or reinforcing status hierarchies.
This is also supported by Taylor.
Which countries were studied?
The study, more precisely four samples from the U.S., U.K., and Hungary.
Their finding showed that those who identify as politically liberal.
Show a higher inclination to censor information that unfavorably portrays low-status groups (like women, Black people, and Muslims).
But not for high-status groups (such as men, White people, and Christians).
Highlights
They highlight the traditional view of Western universities against recent concerns about increasing censorship on campuses.
Their research specifically tried to investigate if there’s a heightened desire to censor information perceived as harmful to low-status groups. A trend seemingly linked to the political ideology of individuals, with liberals showing greater sensitivity.
This might also be due to gender personality trends in conscientiousness and disgust sensitivity.
Their methodology
Their methodology involved presenting participants with controversial passages.
They were either presenting unfavorably portrayed as low-status or high-status groups. Their responses were measured as the level of support for censoring that type of information. The results showed consistent bias towards censoring information harmful to low-status groups.
This trend was more pronounced among participants with liberal ideologies.
Patterns like this suggest a shift from traditional biases that favored high-status groups to now favoring low-status ones.
It might be an attempt to reverse existing societal hierarchies.
Findings
The study also challenges the notion of universities as free-speech bastions.
But it also reveals selective censorship. Driven by social and political ideologies. This trend is particularly strong among liberal individuals and indicates a protective stance towards low-status groups.
Maybe at the expense of open discourse and academic freedom.
Implications
The researchers signal a shift in how information is evaluated and disseminated on campuses.
Moral concern might potentially overshadow empirical accuracy. This trend raises questions about the future of academic inquiry and the ability of universities to serve as platforms for unfiltered knowledge and debate.
It recognizes the well-intentioned nature of those advocating for censorship.
Driven in part by a desire to protect disadvantaged groups.
But it also warns against the fragility of free speech norms and the need for constant vigilance to preserve a marketplace of ideas where truth can emerge through rigorous debate and testing.
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