Excerpt from the Report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest, 1970
On the nation's campuses, and in their neighboring communities, the level of violence has been steadily rising. Students have been killed and injured; civil authorities have been killed and injured; bystanders have been killed and injured. Valuable public and private property, and scholarly products have been burned.
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The Constitution protects the freedom of all citizens to dissent and to engage in non-violent protest. Dissent is a healthy sign of freedom and a protection against stagnation. But the right to dissent is not the right to resort to violence.
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We believe it urgent that Americans of all convictions draw back from the brink. We must recognize even our bitter opponents as fellow Americans with rights upon which we cannot morally or legally encroach and as fellow human beings whom we must not club, stone, shoot, or bomb.
We utterly condemn violence. Students who bomb and burn are criminals. Police and National Guardsmen who needlessly shoot or assault students are criminals. All who applaud these criminal acts share in their evil. We must declare a national cease-fire.
Use the report on campus unrest to answer the question.
Which of the following does the report on campus unrest BEST exemplify?
A.
liberal attitudes creating social movements
B.
liberal attitudes opposing social movements
C.
conservative attitudes creating social movements
D.
conservative attitudes opposing social movements
The report on campus unrest does not explicitly align with any specific political ideology. However, it espouses a belief in protecting the freedom of all citizens to dissent and engage in non-violent protest. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing even bitter opponents as fellow Americans with rights that should not be encroached upon. Additionally, it condemns violence from both students and law enforcement. Therefore, it can be argued that the report aligns more closely with liberal attitudes opposing social movements, as it calls for non-violence and respect for individual rights.
So the answer is B. liberal attitudes opposing social movements.