A new poll shows that the millennial generation opposes free speech.
Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.” While some may argue that remark was completely hyperbolic, it seems he was a more proficient Prophet, than Al “The Icecaps Are Melting” Gore. From the Daily Caller:
A new Pew Research Center poll shows that 40 percent of American Millennials (ages 18-34) are likely to support government prevention of public statements (full story)
The only saving grace, this is also the demographic that is least likely to vote. That should stave off the dangerous inevitable for a little while, at least until Internet Voting becomes a reality.
We should have seen this coming. The generation that grew up underneath the helicopter parents now believes that the helicopters would always be there. It turns out that my conspiracy friends who spent years scouring the skies for dangerous helicopters, were looking in the wrong direction.
We now have an entire generation coming of age, expecting that the excessive protections that they have become accustomed to, should always be there. And when their parents are no longer around to coddle them, the Government should step in and punish people who say bad things.
In the future, public housing will probably resemble a suburban finished basement.