50 years of snowflakes

Concern about free speech at universities is part of a culture war dating back to the late 1960s.

Over the past few years, concerns have been growing about alleged lack of free speech on university campuses in the UK and around the world. The suggestion is that students are creating a climate of censorship towards unpopular ideas, with politicians, commentators and students from the right claiming that expressing conservative opinions at universities has become taboo.