President Obama on Political Correctness in College: We Shouldn’t “Coddle” Students Anymore

Political correctness on college campuses is something that many people are discussing these days, largely because it seems college students – and the people who run the schools – are just too afraid to offend people. Well, President Barack Obama seems to disagree with it all, because he's claiming we shouldn't "coddle" our college students—especially since the institution is the place they're supposed to be growing into adults.

And as most of us know, being offended or dealing with people we disagree with is just something every adult deals with ... Every. Damn. Day.

Because of this, why not give college students the pleasure of being offended?

Obama held a town hall in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday. During his meeting the idea of political correctness came up. He addresses the fact that many colleges today turn away people and subjects that "offend" people or that a vast majority disagrees with. As an example, he cited how some colleges turn away staunchly-conservative speakers, mainly because so many college students in 2015 are liberal. But even though he may agree on many of their political views, this practice is something he feels is taking away from a student's ability to grow.

He urged colleges to continue to bring on subjects and people who call for debate.

"It's not just sometimes folks who are mad that colleges are too liberal, that have a problem; sometimes there are folks on college campuses who are liberal and maybe even agree with me on a bunch of issues who sometimes aren't listening to the other side," Obama said. "And that's a problem too."

"I don't agree that you, when you become students at colleges, have to be coddled and protected from different points of view. Anyone that comes to speak to you, and you disagree with them, you should have an argument with them. But you shouldn't silence them by saying, 'you can't come!' ... That's not the way we learn either."

So, thoughts? Should we listen to both sides before forming an opinion and/or argument?