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Hughes: Big-Tent Groups Allowing Conservative Views Get Smeared as Right-Wing

Coleman Hughes · Why Reparations Won't Work & Why Standardized Tests Help Minorities -- Coleman Hughes · Joe Lonsdale · May 16, 2024 · at 11:23

Coleman Hughes and Joe Lonsdale discuss ideological orthodoxy at universities and the perception of viewpoint-neutral organizations.

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“If you're allowing conservative perspectives, you will be smeared as a conservative or right-wing organization, even if you're aspiring to be a big tent organization.”

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