Poll on the First Amendment Finds Wide Support for Censorship Among Democrats
The poll’s lone bright spot is that 90 percent of all voters approve of the First Amendment’s protections, suggesting that, despite support for government control of speech, all hope is not lost.
A new RealClearOpinion Research poll finds Democrats supporting limits on the First Amendment, backing government censorship of social media and the press, an erosion of support for free speech that promises an America where only state-approved views are permitted.
The most telling question about how much the left’s view of dissenting voices has changed reminds me of an encounter my late boss, Rush Limbaugh, had with the famously liberal actor, Alan Alda. When the two met at a party, the actor approached to say hello.
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