America Done: A Majority Now Opposes Free Speech

The Communist teacher’s Unions have won.

-53% of Americans believe the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it protects

-69% of those surveyed believe the country is on the wrong track regarding free speech

-65% of respondents have some level of trust in the government to fairly decide on what speech is considered threatening or indecent

– only 32% said they were “not at all” comfortable with the government limiting the free speech of pro-Hamas protesters.

-half of Democrats and only one-fifth of Republicans think America is on the right track when it comes to free speech in general.

– number of people who self-censor “fairly” or “very” often also decreased to 23% from 27%.

MORE:

https://theohiostar.com/news/majority-says-first-amendment-goes-too-far-according-to-poll/tcsquare/2024/08/11/

h/t Gypo O’Leary

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