Video: Ted Cruz Urges College Socialists to Engage With Free Enterprise Proponents Instead of Trying to Silence Them

Socialism has been gaining in popularity over the years with young people – especially in the aftermath of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-VT) surprisingly popular presidential run in 2016 and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Ortez’s (D-NY-14) media-driven meteoric rise to fame.

In addition to that, college liberals and socialists alike have increased their efforts at squelching the voices of free thinking conservative students whose views differ from them on issues like illegal immigration, healthcare, and socialism

In response to all of that, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has a message about socialism for today’s young people:

Stop trying to stifle the debate. Be open-minded instead of demanding your political opposition be silenced over differing views. Be willing to listen and respectfully engage.

Campus Reform‘s editor-in-chief Lawrence Jones recently interviewed Cruz on a number of issues, including free speech issues on campus. He also talked about how efforts at shutting down discussions about things like socialism were the antithesis of what the First Amendment was all about:

“Unfortunately, students…they’re not being taught to think,” Cruz said. “What’s defined as hate speech, by the way, is anything the Left disagrees with. The First Amendment wasn’t designed for popular speech. You actually don’t need the First Amendment if what you’re saying is popular. The First Amendment was designed to protect unpopular speech, to protect minority views, to protect views that are not in common agreement. And particularly the whole point about a college experience is learning to confront views you’ve never seen before.”

Watch the full interview below:

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