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You gave two scenarios. put the fourth slide up on the screen. and you asked them you know, which option is the appropriate option. and i'll explain, option 1 was that the university creates a positive learning environment for all students by prohibiting certain speech. option two was, that they create a learning environment where students are exposed to all types, 53%, slightly more than half said hey, please, prohibit the offensive speech. your reaction? >> my reaction is that anyone who spent time on college campuses in the last year or two, probably wouldn't find it very surprising. those ...

Answer of supporting violence, but it was phrased intentionally to gauge students' reactions to the most obnoxious and offensive of speakers, and a stunningly high percentage of the respondents did, in fact, say they were in agreement with the use of violence to prevent that speech. i find that a disturbing answer. >> perhaps most disturbing of all is that the students are looking to the institution to protect them from harmful words. you gave two scenarios. put the fourth slide up on the screen. and you asked them, you know, which option is the appropriate option, and i'll explain. option one...

What i think is interesting about this case is here it involves a dance and rock band. i think a lot of millenials will pay attention to this and so many of them are on college campuses where authority figures are telling them what's offensive, what they can't say. a lot of them are self-censoring themselves for fear of running into trouble with their university or college campus. so i think this is a really great case, a really great ruling and a really great lesson for millenials who are trying to figure out and learning just how broad our freedom of speech is here in america. >> shannon: it...

Against disparaging trademarks. it is also being hailed by the nfl's washington redskins, which is currently fighting its own battle over their mascot. charlie heard as a political columnist. julie roginsky is a democratic strategist. what did you think about this decision and the impact on the redskins? >> martha, i think the most interesting part about it as the fact that it was an 8-0 ruling. we don't ever get 8-0 rulings anymore. they are always 5-4 -- >> martha: all of the judges like to slants. [laughs] >> who knew that the slants were so popular with the supreme court? what it shows is ...

That are deplorable's. they warned everybody else against them. when it comes to offensive speech, it seems like liberals don't really care what is said, it only matters who says it. if it's a conservative says anything close to this, they would be off the air in a second. he's not really paying a price for this. i guess if you are bill maher, you are allowed to say that word on hbo and not get in trouble for it. i also haven't seen a lot of other people stand up and really condemn him that strongly. they did with kathy griffin. i respect that. i didn't hear anything about bill maher. >> juan:...