More than 90% of American undergraduates believe “words can be violence” in the aftermath of the horrific assassination of free speech activist Charlie Kirk in early September.

The new data was compiled by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), which asked more than 2,000 college students about their perceptions of free speech in the United States.

Staggeringly, researchers found 91% of respondents agreed to various extents that words are a form of violence, with only 9% believing words could not be violence. Two-hundred-and-four of the students surveyed were from Utah Valley University in Orem, where Kirk was fatally gunned down while peacefully and cordially taking questions from attendees.

A smaller but still alarming percentage of students (79%) said they ag

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