Conservatives from college students to workers say they fear sharing their political and religious beliefs amid a growing “cancel culture,” according to recent surveys.
Conservative college students and workers say they fear sharing their political and religious beliefs amid a growing “cancel culture,” according to surveys.
“It puts religious and political conservatives in the crosshairs of cancellation,” Jay Hobbs of ADF, a Christian legal advocacy group specializing in free speech issues, told The Washington Times. “But employee fears of negative consequences cut across partisan lines.” The findings confirm that “woke workplace policies” unfairly silence employees who disagree politically with liberal policies, said Andrew Crapuchettes, CEO of Idaho-based recruitment agency RedBalloon.
Most offices’ cancel culture targets conservative views, said Scott Shepard of the National Center for Public Policy Research. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a Philadelphia free speech advocacy group, reported in December that 88% of four-year colleges and universities now restrict the free expression of their students, reversing a 15-year trend.
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