Gen Z Americans are more willing to use blockades and violence to stop public speakers

Gen Z Americans are more willing to use blockades and violence to stop public speakers

A survey of over 4,000 individuals found that Gen Z Americans tend to be more accepting of shoutdowns, blockades, and violence as methods to suppress speech than their older compatriots, regardless of whether they are asked about these tactics in the abstract or against speech they find personally offensive. Young liberals tended to be more supportive of these methods compared to conservatives when asked abstractly worded questions, but this ide…