Data shows a surprising campus free speech problem: left-wingers being fired for their opinions.
Does “political correctness” really crush conservative speech on campus? The data suggests no.
As many on Twitter have pointed out, their numbers don't benchmark against the rates of conservatives and liberals among faculty. Talking about totals rather than rates gives the wrong impression.
Let's see here, since academic faculty consists of a 9:1 ratio (minimum) of liberals to conservatives, you'd expect there to be... this can't be right. So, you're at least twice as likely to be fired for conservative than liberal speech? Thanks for the confirmation, Vox. pic.twitter.com/cDzGL6QyVx— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 7, 2018
