Shocking number of undergrads say the US deserved 9/11: Poll

Young Americans might be trending straighter these days, but recent polling indicates that some of their minds are still twisted.

According to the Yale University-based Buckley Institute’s 2026 National Undergraduate Study, undergraduate students — self-identified liberals in particular — are increasingly a censorious, thin-skinned bunch who not only entertain anti-American views but are warming up to socialism.

‘The 14-point spread in favor of socialism is the largest in the five years the question has been asked.’

Pollsters with Inquire LLC found in their survey of over 800 students that while 87% of respondents agreed that the First Amendment is important and needs to be followed and respected in today’s society, a record high 49% of undergraduate students overall said that they favor their college or university “having speech