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The world is a nasty place," he said. "If you want to confront it, change it, you have to understand the arguments of nasty people."

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"Is it what is offensive or who is being offended that matters?

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"There's no test, just an escalation of hostilities on both sides... When there's no more argument, there's no more progress."

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"There's no test, just an escalation of hostilities on both sides... When there's no more argument, there's no more progress."

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Teens' brains are developing, and critical thinking is essential to maturity, so "being able to listen to disagreeable opinions when you're that young and understanding what they're saying and why" is important to higher education, he said.

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More and more American universities are avoiding controversial speech altogether by banning polarizing speakers.

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Where debate once elevated the best idea, student bodies are now presented slanted worldviews, denying them lessons in critical thinking, he said.

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Where debate once elevated the best idea, student bodies are now presented slanted worldviews, denying them lessons in critical thinking, he said.

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"Many students today exist only in the bubble of what they believe"

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"It's a sad irony in the fact that the free speech movement was founded here and tonight, someone's free speech got shut down,"

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"We see more of a willingness on the part of the public to stop expression. They're happy certain speech is cut out,"

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"As a black woman in America, I have no choice but to hear the other side," she said. "But because those individuals are privileged, they don't have to hear my side. ... One side has grown up having to be sensitive and to navigate a white man's world."

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"As a black woman in America, I have no choice but to hear the other side," she said. "But because those individuals are privileged, they don't have to hear my side. ... One side has grown up having to be sensitive and to navigate a white man's world."

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" 'History is full of very, very upsetting things. ... Grow up. The world is a nasty place,' he said. 'If you want to confront it, change it, you have to understand the arguments of nasty people.' "

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"Is it what is offensive or who is being offended that matters?

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Auburn had tried four days earlier to cancel Spencer's speech Tuesday night. But a federal judge forced the public university to let him exercise his First Amendment rights.

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Auburn had tried four days earlier to cancel Spencer's speech Tuesday night. But a federal judge forced the public university to let him exercise his First Amendment rights.

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More and more American universities are avoiding controversial speech altogether by banning polarizing speakers.

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"It's a sad irony in the fact that the free speech movement was founded here and tonight, someone's free speech got shut down," said Shivam Patel, a freshman who witnessed the protests on campus. "It might have been hateful speech, but it's still his right to speak."

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"It's a sad irony in the fact that the free speech movement was founded here and tonight, someone's free speech got shut down," said Shivam Patel, a freshman who witnessed the protests on campus. "It might have been hateful speech, but it's still his right to speak."

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growing intolerance for the exchange of ideas

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"Yiannopoulos -- now persona non grata after appearing to condone pederasty -- a free speech martyr at the time."

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"Yiannopoulos -- now persona non grata after appearing to condone pederasty -- a free speech martyr at the time."

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"Students say the middle ground on campuses is in danger of becoming quicksand, a place where neither side dares tread".

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"Many students and their professors worry that when it comes to issues on campus, emotion rather than logic is driving the debate."

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"We see more of a willingness on the part of the public to stop expression. They're happy certain speech is cut out," the journalism professor said. "If you put something like that on a ballot, people would vote to regulate expression."

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"We see more of a willingness on the part of the public to stop expression. They're happy certain speech is cut out," the journalism professor said. "If you put something like that on a ballot, people would vote to regulate expression."

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"Jefferson did great things, but he owned slaves. We need to know both. Otherwise, we're stuck believing Columbus sailed the ocean blue and helped the Indians,"

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"Twitter dubbed it #TheChalkening. Last year at Emory, someone used chalk to scrawl "Build the wall" and other pro-Trump messages near Emory's Black Student Union and CentroLatino. Some Emory students were livid and let the administration know it. One sophomore declared, according to the school newspaper, that protesters were "in pain." ... This wasn't about politics, she said. Pro-Mitt Romney messages on campus hadn't threatened anybody, but Trump is hostile to segments of the student body. The chalkings represented "a visual affirmation of his hatred," Valderrama said. "

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"Twitter dubbed it #TheChalkening. Last year at Emory, someone used chalk to scrawl "Build the wall" and other pro-Trump messages near Emory's Black Student Union and CentroLatino. Some Emory students were livid and let the administration know it. One sophomore declared, according to the school newspaper, that protesters were "in pain." ... This wasn't about politics, she said. Pro-Mitt Romney messages on campus hadn't threatened anybody, but Trump is hostile to segments of the student body. The chalkings represented "a visual affirmation of his hatred," Valderrama said. "

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"It's important to communicate with those we disagree with."

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"History is full of very, very upsetting things. ... grow up"

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I want to support my arguments with what you believe -- your Bible, your Scripture," Scherlacher recalled.

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"When there's no more argument, there's no more progress."

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"growing intolerance for the exchange of ideas at American colleges and universities"

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"They will listen to speakers they disagree with if they're civil"

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"People feel their way is the right way, and it's their only way"

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"History is full of very, very upsetting things. ... Grow up. The world is a nasty place," he said. "If you want to confront it, change it, you have to understand the arguments of nasty people."

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"History is full of very, very upsetting things. ... Grow up. The world is a nasty place," he said. "If you want to confront it, change it, you have to understand the arguments of nasty people."

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"The episode comes amid what critics say is a growing intolerance for the exchange of ideas at American colleges and universities."