Poll: Majority says First Amendment 'goes too far'
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(The Center Square) – Free speech suppression on college campuses and social media censorship often spur debates over how far the First Amendment should go to protect Americans’ rights to
  • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
    151·
    3 months ago

    TheCenterSquare conservative propaganda again?

    Stevens highlighted one encouraging result: there seems to be rare bipartisan agreement between Democrats and Republicans — 61% and 52%, respectively — that they are not comfortable with the government regulating the speech of pro-Hamas protesters.

    Speech on support of Palestinians is not the same as pro-Hamas…

    • ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.worksOP
      15·
      3 months ago

      “Not only do many Americans want to take a machete to the First Amendment, but it’s unclear whether they understand its bounds,” said FIRE’s press release. It also states that a plurality of respondents said this spring’s campus pro-Palestinian protests should have been allowed to continue on free speech grounds.

      Yes.