Members of what psychologist Jean Twenge calls “iGen” (born after 1995) moved from challenging controversial speakers to hounding even very liberal members of their own communities who wrote or said something that was deemed offensive. They lobbied for “safe spaces” where they could avoid being exposed to uncomfortable ideas. Some demanded that anything “triggering” be removed entirely from the curriculum so that no one might feel traumatized. Students began demanding “trigger warnings” for certain material in their classes. But something changed about five years ago. For most of the past few decades, college students have been proponents of free speech, despite occasional bouts of protest and indignation.
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