[Thanks to Mike Pecaut for passing this along.]

Okay, earlier I was pissed because America’s youth think it’s okay to censor the press. Now with the results of the whole survey before me, I begin to see maybe why they’re so fucked in the head.

• One in five teachers and principals do not believe the press should be allowed to freely publish stories without prior government approval (which is another way of saying that they don’t approve of the 1st Amendment, pretty much).
• 57% of principals and 42% of teachers surveyed do not believe musicians should be allowed to sing songs that might be offensive to others.

I don’t know what to say, aside from the fairly obvious observation that at least 20% of those in charge of running our nation’s schools need to be, at the very least, fired on the spot.

I’m a college professor, and these kids are headed my way. Some of them will be educable. Many will not.

I can hear their jackboots smacking the pavement already.

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