Half of Americans Think Free Speech Goes Too Far

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  • 61% of Democrats and 52% of Republicans at least slightly agree that the First Amendment goes too far.
  • Half of Democrats — only one-fifth of Republicans — think America is on the right track regarding free speech.

According to a new poll by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, fifty-three percent of Americans believe that the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it protects.

What do you do if Americans want to be censored and have elites control what they say? If some don’t have free speech, no one has free speech.

Reducing civil liberties, for one, reduces them for all.

He’s such a commie:


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JOSEY WALES
JOSEY WALES
9 months ago

HALF OF AMERICANS THINK FREE SPEACH GOES TO FAR. THEN I SAY, THEY AREN’T AMERICANS AT ALL AND THEY SHOULD ALL MOVE TO CANADA. THE FOOLS DON’T REALIZE WHAT THEY ARE WISHING FOR. IT HAPPENS THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHEN TYRANNY TAKES OVER WITH THE HELP OF WHO ARE ALL IN FOR IT 90% OF THE TIME THOSE FOLKS END UP IN PRISON OR AGAINST THE WALL RIGHT ALONG SIDE THE ONES WHO FOUGHT AGAINST TYRANNY. SO BE REAL CAREFUL WHAT, YOU WHO ARE ANTI AMERICAN, ANTI BILL OF RIGHTS, AND ANTI CONSTITUTION, WISH FOR.

Peter B. Prange
Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

M. Dowling deserves a A+
Reducing civil liberties, for one, reduces them for all.”

Pete lt1
Pete lt1
9 months ago

Then they can just shut up.

Peter B. Prange
Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

Polls are often deceiving! If the pollsters are indeed unbiased and professional, the results should be fairly accurate. However the very wording of a question can terribly skew the results.
The Supreme Court has never called yelling “Fire” in a crowded building, thus causing a stampede and injuries, “free speech”.
However, if I asked if “free speech” means allowing that, I might find 90% opposed to allowing it.

Peter B. Prange
Peter B. Prange
9 months ago

Fire (https://www.thefire.org/)
After a brief look at their website, I think they are legitimate, and not a communist front.
That makes the statistic a major concern.
The Democrats have recently been really trying to muddy the waters, to try to win converts for rather extreme censorship.

JOSEY WALES
JOSEY WALES
9 months ago

THE SUPREME RULED THAT ALL SPEACH IS PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT INCLUDES POLITICAL, SO CALLED HATE SPEACH AND ALL ELSE THAT PEOPLE DON’T LIKE. IT’S LIKE WHEN THEY ARREST SOMEINE FOR LEAVING SKID MARKS ON THE FAGGOT FLAGS PAINTED ON ROADS. THE FLAG IS PROTECTED AND THE SKID MARK MAKER IS ALSO PROTECTED BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

tom
tom
9 months ago

About half of Americans are not very bright, anyways. That’s the half that keep the gates open for people from all over the world, “Y’all come on in.”