Lauren Noble
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“The high levels of undergraduate support for censorship should serve as a warning to America,”
Lauren Noble · said 2026-10-20 · reported 2026-10-20
Noble told Fox News Digital in a statement that high undergraduate support for censorship should serve as a warning to America.
“The 40% of undergraduates who support criminalizing offensive speech will bring that perspective into their communities and workplaces after they graduate. Two hundred fifty years after America’s founding, defenders of the First Amendment should be worried about what the future holds when these censorious students assume positions of leadership.”
Lauren Noble · said 2026-10-20 · reported 2026-10-20
Noble warned that students who support criminalizing offensive speech will carry that perspective into their communities and workplaces after graduation.
“The survey data shows that America’s colleges and universities are clearly not doing enough to impress upon their students why free speech is so critical to a free society,”
Lauren Noble · said 2026-10-20 · reported 2026-10-20
Noble added that colleges and universities are not doing enough to teach students why free speech is critical to a free society.
“When significant numbers of college students accept violence and shout downs as appropriate responses to speech they disagree with, alarm bells should be ringing for Americans across the political spectrum.”
Lauren Noble · said 2026-10-20 · reported 2026-10-20
Noble said alarm bells should ring for Americans across the political spectrum when significant numbers of college students accept violence as a response to disagreeable speech.